- Nereids – Mythopedia
The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids were widely regarded as kind and helpful sea deities The most famous among them were Amphitrite, Galatea, and Thetis
- Thetis – Mythopedia
Thetis, like her Nereid sisters, was a beautiful sea nymph She was honored as a goddess and was immortal Except for a brief period after her marriage to the mortal Peleus—during which she lived in Peleus’ palace in Phthia in northern Greece—Thetis lived with the other Nereids far below the waves, in the luxurious grotto of Nereus [3]
- Psamathe – Mythopedia
Psamathe was a Nereid—one of the fifty sea nymphs born to the gods Nereus and Doris With her two consorts, Aeacus and Proteus, she had several children A famous shapeshifter, Psamathe once turned herself into a seal to avoid a suitor’s attentions, but to no avail
- Naiads – Mythopedia
The Nereid Amphitrite, for example, was the wife of Poseidon himself, the Olympian god of the sea; [55] the Oceanid Metis was the second wife of Zeus, king of the gods; [56] another Oceanid, Doris, married the Titan Oceanus and became the mother of the fifty Nereids [57] But most Naiads ranked lower in the divine hierarchy
- Amphitrite – Mythopedia
Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon
- Doris – Mythopedia
Doris was a nymph, one of the three thousand Oceanids born to the Titans Oceanus and Tethys She married Nereus, the “Old Man of the Sea,” and gave birth to the fifty sea nymphs known as the Nereids
- Eurynome – Mythopedia
Eurynome was one of the three thousand Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys As one of Zeus’ many lovers, she became the mother of the Charites (also known as the “Graces”)
- Nereus – Mythopedia
Nereus, eldest son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god and a much-revered “Old Man of the Sea ” With the Oceanid Doris he became the father of the fifty Nereids In one story, Heracles wrestled Nereus
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