Tethys (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. She was mother of the chief rivers of the world, such as the Nile, the Alpheus, the Maeander, and about three thousand daughters called the Oceanids.

Tethys, along with her consort Oceanus, ruled the seas before Poseidon; Roman mosaic from Daphne (near Antioch) made in the 4th century A.D.

During the war against the Titans, Tethys raised Rhea as her god-child.

Tethys is sometimes confused with the sea-nymph Thetis, the wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles.

Hera was not pleased with the placement of Callisto and Arcas in the sky, as the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, so she asked her nurse, Tethys, to help. Tethys, a marine goddess, caused the constellations to forever circle the sky and never drop below the horizon, hence explaining why they are circumpolar.

Consorts/Children

1. With Oceanus
2. # Achelous
3. # Acheron
4. # Alpheus
5. # Amaltheia
6. # Amphitrite
7. # Asia
8. # Asopus
9. # Callirhoe
10. # Catillus
11. # Cebren
12. # Cephissus
13. # Circe
14. # Clitunno (Roman mythology)
15. # Clymene
16. # Crinisus
17. # Dione
18. # Doris
19. # Electra
20. # Enipeus
21. # Eurynome
22. # Inachus
23. # Lysithea
24. # Melia
25. # Meliboea
26. # Merope
27. # Metis
28. # Nilus
29. # Peneus
30. # Perse
31. # Philyra
32. # Pleione
33. # Rhode
34. # Scamander
35. # Styx
36. # Telesto
37. # Tiberinus (Roman mythology)
38. # Tibertus (Roman mythology)
39. # Tyche
40. # Volturnus (Roman mythology)

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