Tethys’s Family Tree

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Family

• Gaia(parent),Uranus(parent),Coeus(sibling),Crius(sibling),Hyperion(sibling),Iapetus(sibling),Kronos(sibling),Mnemosyne(sibling),Oceanus(sibling),Phoebe(sibling),Rhea(sibling),Theia(sibling),Themis(sibling)— Consort

  Gaia and Uranus produced the twelve elder Titans — Kronos, Rhea, Oceanus, Tethys, Theia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe — who ruled the cosmos during the Golden Age before the Olympians overthrew them.

• Oceanus(spouse),Achelous(child),Clymene(child),Doris(child),Electra(child),Metis(child),Peneus(child),Perse(child),Philyra(child),Plouto(child),Styx(child),Tyche(child)— Marriage

  Oceanus and Tethys produced the three thousand Oceanids and river gods, including Styx, Electra, Clymene, Doris, Metis, Tyche, Perse, Plouto, Philyra, Peneus, and Achelous.

Member of

• Titans

  The elder gods who ruled during the Golden Age before being overthrown by the Olympians, including the twelve first-generation Titans born to Ouranos and Gaia and second-generation members Pallas and Perses.

Associated with

• Hera,Oceanus,Rhea

  According to Homer's Iliad, Rhea sent Hera to be raised by Oceanus and Tethys during the Titans' reign, keeping her daughter safe at the edges of the world while Kronos ruled.

• Callisto,Oceanus

  After Callisto was catasterized as Ursa Major, Hera appealed to Oceanus and Tethys never to let the Bear bathe in their waters, explaining why the constellation never sets below the horizon.

• Oceanids

  The Oceanids, three thousand freshwater nymphs, were daughters of Tethys and Oceanus. They inhabited every spring, stream, and pool across the Greek world, inheriting their nurturing nature from Tethys.

• Oceanus

  Tethys and her husband Oceanus together represented the cosmic waters that encircle and nourish the world. While Oceanus embodied the great world-river, Tethys personified water's maternal, life-giving quality.

• Styx

  Styx, the most honored of Tethys's daughters, was the first to rally to Zeus's side during the Titanomachy. Her mother Tethys remained neutral, but Styx's loyalty earned her eternal honor as the river by which the gods swore oaths.

• Titanomachy

  Tethys and Oceanus remained neutral during the Titanomachy, taking no part in the war between Titans and Olympians. Their essential role in the circulation of the world's waters protected them from Olympian retribution.