Oceanids

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

In Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. She sided with Zeus in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.

In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Nemesis (; ), also called Rhamnousia (or Rhamnusia; ), was the goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris: arrogance before the gods.

thumb|upright=1.4|The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea)|Les Océanides, [[Gustave Doré ()]]

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology, goddess of wisdom, daughter of Oceanid and Tethys

Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη Túkhē, 'Luck', , ; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the daughter of the Titans Tethys and Oceanus, and she brings positive messages to people relating to external events outside their control.

Greek goddess, mother of Aphrodite

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Rhodos/Rhodus () or Rhode (), was the goddess and personification of the island of Rhodes and a wife of the sun god Helios.

In Greek mythology, Peitho ( or 'winning eloquence') is the personification of persuasion. She is a goddess of charming speech. She is typically presented as an important companion of Aphrodite. Her opposite is Bia, the personification of force. As a personification, she was sometimes imagined as a goddess and sometimes an abstract power with her name used both as a common and proper noun. There is evidence that Peitho was referred to as a goddess before she was referred to as an abstract concept, which is rare for a personification. Peitho represents both sexual and political persuasion. She

In Greek and Roman mythology, Nephele (; ; corresponding to Latin nebula) is the name of two figures associated with clouds, sometimes confused with each other, who figure respectively in the stories of Ixion and in the story of Phrixus and Helle.

Oceanid (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the Sun god, Helios

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid in Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

one of the Oceanids; daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

In Greek mythology, Idyia () or Eidyia (; ) was a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and queen to Aeëtes, king of Colchis. She was the mother of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, she was the youngest of the Oceanides. Her name means "the fair-faced" or "the knowing one" derived from the Greek word () meaning "to see" or "to know".

Polyxo (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξώ Poluxṓ) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:

Greek nymph

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Greek nymph, nurse of Zeus

set of mythological Greek characters

In Greek mythology, Daeira (Ancient Greek: Δάειρα or Δαείρας) or Daira (Δαῖρα) was a divinity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. Her name means the "knowing one" from daô knowing which links well to the inside knowledge of the initiate.

Sicilian nymph, connected to Mount Etna

Ianeira or Ianira (; Ancient Greek: Ἰάνειρά means 'lady of the Ionians') or Janira was a name attributed to three characters in Greek mythology.

set of mythological Greek characters

Oceanid of Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

__NOTOC__ In Greek mythology, the name Periboea (; Ancient Greek: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from peri "around" and boes "cattle") refers to multiple figures:

In Greek mythology, Leucippe () is the name of the following individuals:

In Greek mythology, Meliboea or Meliboia () was a name attributed to the following individuals:

name of multiple mythological figures

In Greek mythology, the name Asterodia, Asterodeia, or Asterodea (; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροδεία, Ἀστεροδία) refers to:

Oceanid of Greek mythology

nymph in Greek mythology, mother of Phoroneus and Aegialeus, consort of Inachus

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Adrasteia (; , ), also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestia, Adrestea, Adastreia or Adrasta, originally a Phrygian mountain goddess, probably associated with Cybele, was later a Cretan nymph, and daughter of Melisseus, who was charged by Rhea with nurturing the infant Zeus in secret, to protect him from his father Cronus. By at latest the fifth century BC, she became identified with Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution.

In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades () were Oceanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god Dionysus to their care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Silenus. When Dionysus was grown, the Nysiads joined his company as the first of the Maenads.

thumb|Ocyrhoë verteld haar vader Cheiron het lot van Aesculapius (Ocyrhoe tells her father Cheiron the fate of Aesculapius). 19th-century etching of a print by Willem van Mieris, 1694 Ocyrhoe (; Ancient Greek: Ὠκυρόη) or Ocyrrhoe (Ὠκυρρόη) refers to at least five characters in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Amphirho (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιρὼ or Αμφιρω Amphirô) was an Oceanid, one of the 3,000 daughters of the Titans of the sea, Oceanus and Tethys. Amphirho had also the same parentage with that of the river-gods. Her name may probably mean "surrounding-river" from amphi and rhoos.

set of mythological Greek characters

set of mythological Greek characters

Oceanid in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Capheira (Ancient Greek: Καφείρας or Καφείρα Kapheira) was an Oceanid, as a daughter of the Titan of the Sea, Oceanus, possibly by his sister-wife Tethys. Her name means "stormy-breath" from eir and kaphos.

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In Greek mythology, Prymno (Ancient Greek: Πρυμνώ Prymnô means 'undermost, root') was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. She was associated with the ship's stern. Her name means "like a cascade which falls down over a great height".

various mythological characters

set of Greek mythical character

Greek mythologial figure, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and consort of Apollo

set of mythological Greek characters

daughter of Oceanus in Greek mythology

Oceanid of Greek mythology

nymph in Greek mythology, loved by Helios