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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Peisinoe (Πεισινόη) or Peisithoe (Πεισιθόη)
- 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)
- Damon (Δαμων) or Demonax (Δημώναξ)
- Damnameneus (Δαμναμενεύς)
- Dexithea (Δεξιθέα), mother of Euxanthios by Minos
- Lycos (Λύκος) or Lyktos (Λύκτος)
- 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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