The Oceanids in Greek and Romanmythology were the three-thousand sons and daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Each one was the patron of a particular spring, river, lake or pond. Each body of water had an Oceanid assigned to it.
... will not simply fall over, but start precessing around. (The precessing motion is perpendicular to the torque trying to make the gyro fall over.)
The axis of the ...