Friday, 8 June 2012

Sea deities


Immortals 

Sea deities


  • Aegaeon
  •  (Αιγαίων), god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans
  • Acheilos
  •  (Αχειλος), shark-shaped sea spirit
  • Amphitrite
  •  (Αμφιτρίτη), sea goddess and consort of Poseidone
  • Benthesikyme
  •  (Βενθεσικύμη), daughter of Poseidon, who resided in Ethiopia
  • Brizo
  •  (Βριζώ), patron goddess of sailors, who sent prophetic dreams
  • Ceto
  •  (Κῆτώ), goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters
  • Charybdis
  •  (Χάρυβδις), a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide
  • Cymopoleia
  •  (Κυμοπόλεια), a daughter of Poseidon married to the Giant Briareus
  • Delphin (Δέλφιν), the leader of the dolphins, Poseidon placed him in the sky as the constellation Delphin
  • Eidothea (Ειδοθέα), prophetic sea nymph and daughter of 
  • Proteus
  • Glaucus
  •  (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god
  • Gorgons
  •  (Γοργόνες), three monstrous sea spiritsStheno (Σθεννώ)
  • Euryale (Εὐρυάλη)
  • Medusa (Μέδουσα), the only mortal of the three
  • The 
  • Graeae (Γραῖαι), three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between themDeino (Δεινώ)
  • Enyo (Ενυώ)
  • Pemphredo (Πεμφρεδώ)
  • The 
  • Harpies (Ηάρπυιαι), winged spirits of sudden, sharp gusts of windAello (Αελλώ) or Aellope (Αελλώπη) or Aellopous (Αελλόπους)
  • Ocypete (Ωκυπέτη) or Ocypode (Ωκυπόδη) or Ocythoe (Ωκυθόη)
  • Podarge (Ποδάργη) or Podarke (Ποδάρκη)
  • Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
  • Nicothoe (Νικοθόη)
  • Hippocampi
  •  (ἱπποκαμπος), the horses of the sea they are half horse with the tail of a fish
  • The 
  • Ichthyocentaurs (Ιχθυοκένταυροι), a pair of centaurine sea-gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower fore-parts of horses, ending in the serpentine tails of fishBythos (Βύθος) "sea depth"
  • Aphros (Άφρος) "sea foam"
  • Karkinos
  •  (Καρκίνος), a giant crab who allied itself with the Hydra against Heracles. When it died, Hera placed it in the sky as the constellation Cancer.
  • Ladon
  •  (Λάδων), a hundred-headed sea serpent who guarded the western reaches of the sea, and the island and golden apples of the Hesperides
  • Leucothea
  •  (Λευκοθέα), a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress
  • Nereides
  •  (Νηρηίδες), sea nymphsThetis (Θέτις), leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea
  • Arethusa (Αρετούσα), a daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain
  • Galene (Γαλήνη), goddess of calm seas
  • Psamathe (Πσαμάθη), goddess of sand beaches
  • Nereus
  •  (Νηρέας), the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish
  • Nerites
  •  (Νερίτης), a sea spirit who was transformed into a shell-fish by Aphrodite
  • Oceanus
  •  (Ὠκεανός), Titan god of the Earth-encircling river Oceanus, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water
  • Palaemon
  •  (Παλαίμων), a young sea god who aided sailors in distress
  • Phorcys
  •  (Φόρκυς), god of the hidden dangers of the deep
  • Pontos
  •  (Πόντος), primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures
  • Poseidon
  •  (Ποσειδῶν), king of the sea and lord of the sea gods; also god of rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses
  • Proteus
  •  (Πρωτεύς), a shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals
  • Scylla
  •  (Σκύλλα), monstrous sea goddess
  • The 
  • Sirens (Σειρῆνες), sea nymphs who lured sailors to their death with their songAglaope (Αγλαόπη) or Aglaophonos (Αγλαόφωνος) or Aglaopheme (Αγλαοφήμη)
  • Himerope (Ίμερόπη)
  • Leucosia (Λευκοσία)
  • Ligeia (Λιγεία)
  • Molpe (Μολπή)
  • Parthenope (Παρθενόπη)
  • Peisinoe (Πεισινόη) or Peisithoe (Πεισιθόη)
  • Raidne (Ραίδνη)
  • Teles (Τέλης)
  • Thelchtereia (Θελχτήρεια)
  • Thelxiope (Θελξιόπη) or Thelxiepeia (Θελξιέπεια)
  • The 
  • Telchines (Τελχινες), sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magicActaeus (Ακταιος)
  • Argyron (Αργυρών)
  • Atabyrius (Αταβύριος)
  • Chalcon (Χαλκών)
  • Chryson (Χρυσών)
  • Damon (Δαμων) or Demonax (Δημώναξ)
  • Damnameneus (Δαμναμενεύς)
  • Dexithea (Δεξιθέα), mother of Euxanthios by Minos
  • Lycos (Λύκος) or Lyktos (Λύκτος)
  • Lysagora (Λυσαγόρα)?
  • Makelo (Μακελώ)
  • Megalesius (Μεγαλήσιος)
  • Mylas (Μύλας)
  • Nikon (Νίκων)
  • Ormenos (Ορμενος)
  • Simon (Σίμων)
  • Skelmis (Σκελμις)
  • Tethys
  •  (Τηθύς), wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds
  • Thalassa
  •  (Θάλασσα), primeval spirit of the sea and consort of Pontos
  • Thaumas
  •  (Θαῦμας), god of the wonders of the sea
  • Thoosa
  •  (Θόοσα), goddess of swift currents
  • Triteia
  •  (Τριτεια), daughter of Triton and companion of Ares
  • Triton
  •  (Τρίτων), fish-tailed son and herald of Poseidon
  • Tritones
  •  (Τρίτωνες), fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue

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