Name | God or Goddess | Description |
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Aegaeon | God | god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans |
Amphitrite | Goddess | sea goddess and consort of Poseidon |
Benthesikyme | Sea nymph | daughter of Poseidon, who resided in Ethiopia |
Brizo | Goddess | patron goddess of sailors, who sent prophetic dreams |
Ceto | Goddess | Goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters |
Cymopoleia | Sea nymph | a daughter of Poseidon married to the Giant Briareus |
Delphin | God | dolphin god or daimone |
Eidothea | Sea nymph | prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus |
Glaucus | God | the fisherman's sea god and oracle |
Leucothea | Goddess | a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress |
Nereides | Sea nymph | |
Arethusa | Sea nymph | a daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain |
Dynamene | Sea nymph | associated with the might and power of great ocean swells |
Galene | Goddess | goddess of calm seas |
Psamathe | Goddess | goddess of sand beaches |
Thetis | God | leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea |
Nereus | God | the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish |
Nerites | a sea spirit who was transformed into a shell-fish by Aphrodite | |
Oceanides | Sea nymph | sea nymphs, and patronesses of bodies of fresh waterSome notable Oceanides include: |
Idyia | Sea nymph | wife of the Colchian king Aeetes, mother of Medea |
Metis | Goddess | Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed. |
Styx | Goddess | goddess of the river Styx |
Oceanus | God | god of the Earth-encircling river Oceanus (the ocean), the fountain of all the Earth's fresh water |
Potamoi | God | Gods of rivers and streams of the earthSome notable river gods include: |
Achelous | God | the god of the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece, who gave his daughter in marriage to Alcmaeon. |
Alpheus | who fell in love with the nymph Arethusa. | |
Inachus | the first king of Argos and progenitor of Argive line through his son grandson Argus. | |
Nilus | God | Egyptian river god and the father of numerous daughters that mingled with the descendants of Inachus. |
Peneus | river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus. He was the father of Daphne and Stilbe. | |
Scamander | who fought on the side of the Trojans during the Trojan War. | |
Palaemon | God | a young sea god who aided sailors in distress |
Phorcys | God | god of the hidden dangers of the deep |
Pontus | God | primordial god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures, son of Gaia alone |
Proteus | God | a shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals |
Poseidon | God | king of the sea and lord of the sea gods; also god of rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses |
Sangarius | God | a river god |
The Telchines | sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magic | |
Actaeus | ||
Argyron | ||
Atabyrius | ||
Chalcon | ||
Chryson | ||
Damon | ||
Damnameneus | ||
Dexithea | mother of Euxanthios by Minos | |
Lycos | ||
Lysagora | ||
Makelo | ||
Megalesius | ||
Mylas | ||
Nikon | ||
Ormenos | ||
Simon | ||
Skelmis | ||
Tethys | Goddess | goddess of the sources of fresh water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds |
Thalassa | Goddess | primeval goddess of the sea and consort of Pontos |
Thaumas | God | god of the wonders of the sea |
Thoosa | Goddess | goddess of swift currents |
Triteia | daughter of Triton and companion of Ares | |
Triton | fish-tailed son and herald of Poseidon | |
Tritones | fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue |