Tethys (mythology)
Greek deities
series
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| Primordial deities
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| Olympians
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| Chthonic deities
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| Personified concepts
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| Other deities
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| Titans
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| The Twelve Titans:
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| Oceanus and Tethys,
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| Hyperion and Theia,
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| Coeus and Phoebe,
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| Cronus and Rhea,
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| Mnemosyne, Themis,
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| Crius, Iapetus
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| Sons of Iapetus:
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| Atlas, Prometheus,
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| Epimetheus, Menoetius
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| Aquatic deities
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In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. She was mother of the chief rivers of the universe, such as the Nile, the Alpheus, the Maeander, and about three thousand daughters called the Oceanids.
Tethys, a Titan sea-goddess who ruled the seas with her husband Oceanus; Roman mosaic from Antioch (House of Calendar) made between the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. During the war against the Titans, Tethys raised Rhea as her god-child.
Tethys is sometimes confused with Thetis, the wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles.
Hera was not pleased with the placement of Callisto and Arcas in the sky, as the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, so she asked her nurse, Tethys, to help. Tethys, a marine goddess, cursed the constellations to forever circle the sky and never drop below the horizon, hence explaining why they are circumpolar.
Consorts/Children
- With Oceanus
- Achelous
- Acheron
- Alpheus
- Amaltheia
- Amphitrite
- Asia
- Asopus
- Callirhoe
- Catillus
- Cebren
- Cephissus
- Circe
- Clitunno (Roman mythology)
- Clymene
- Crinisus
- Dione
- Doris
- Electra
- Enipeus
- Eurynome
- Inachus
- Lysithea
- Melia
- Meliboea
- Merope
- Nilus
- Peneus
- Perse
- Philyra
- Pleione
- Rhode
- Scamander
- Styx
- Telesto
- Tiberinus (Roman mythology)
- Tibertus (Roman mythology)
- Tyche
- Volturnus (Roman mythology)
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