Search the Kids Internet
Encyclopedia > Tethys (mythology)
Article Content
Tethys (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. Together, they had the three-thousand Oceanids.
During the war against the Titans, Tethys raised Rhea, her god-child.
Hera was not please 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, cursed the constellations to forever circle the sky and never drop below the horizon, hence explaining why they are circumpolar.
Consorts/Children
- With Oceanus
- Achelous
- Acheron
- Alpheus
- Amaltheia
- Amphitrite
- Asia
- Asopus
- Callirhoe
- Catillus
- Cebren
- Cephissus
- Circe
- Clitunno (Roman mythology)
- Clymene
- Crinisus
- Dione
- Doris
- Electra
- Enipeus
- Eurynome
- Inachus
- Lysithea
- Melia
- Meliboea
- Merope
- Nilus
- Peneus
- Perse
- Philyra
- Pleione
- Rhode
- Scamander
- Telesto
- Tiberinus (Roman mythology)
- Tibertus (Roman mythology)
- Tyche
- Volturnus (Roman mythology)
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
|
Search Encyclopedia
|
Featured Article
|