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Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán. In Norse mythology, the goddess Rán and the jötunn Ægir both personify the sea, and together they have nine daughters who personify waves. Each daughter's name reflects poetic terms for waves. The sisters are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ...
It is not known whether the name Nereus was known to Homer or not, but the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. [3] Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested that his name could actually be derived from that of his daughters; [4] while the derivation of the Nereids from Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been ...
Niamh (Irish:; from Old Irish Niaṁ) is an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"), [2] anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve. [3]In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth.
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (/ oʊˈsiːənɪdz, ˈoʊʃənɪdz / oh-SEE-ə-nidz, OH-shə-nidz; Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανίδες, romanized: Ōkeanídes, pl. of Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanís) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. [1]
List of Oceanids. In Greek mythology, the nymph daughters of the Titan Oceanus (Ocean), were known collectively as the Oceanids. Four ancient sources give lists of names of Oceanids. The oldest, and longest such list, given by the late 8th–early 7th century BC Greek poet Hesiod, names 41 Oceanids. [1] Hesiod goes on to say that these "are the ...
According to the Orphic Hymns, they were the daughters of Zeus and Eunomia, [5] while Cornutus records other possible names of their mother by Zeus as Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe. [6] Rarely, they were said to be daughters of Dionysus and Coronis [7] or of Helios and the naiad Aegle [8] [9] or of Hera by an unnamed father. [10]
Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.
Hebe (/ ˈhiːbiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἥβη, romanized: Hḗbē, lit. 'youth'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), [1] is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. [2] She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ...