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- Pontus – Mythopedia
Pontus, born to Gaia at the beginning of the cosmos, was the Greek primordial god who personified the sea Together with his mother Gaia, he fathered many ancient sea deities, including Nereus, Phorcys, and Ceto
- Phorcys – Mythopedia
Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto Among these terrifying children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were the Gorgons and the Graeae
- Ourea – Mythopedia
The Ourea were primordial gods who personified the mountains They were born to Gaia, the goddess of the earth, at the beginning of the cosmos, along with their brothers Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea)
- Ceto – Mythopedia
Ceto, daughter of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek goddess of the sea She had no mythology of her own but was known for the many famous monsters—including the Gorgons and the Graeae—that she begot with her brother-consort Phorcys
- Nereus – Mythopedia
Nereus, eldest son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god and a much-revered “Old Man of the Sea ” With the Oceanid Doris he became the father of the fifty Nereids In one story, Heracles wrestled Nereus
- Gaia – Mythopedia
Gaia was the embodiment of the earth itself, a Greek deity and the mother of all life She gave birth to the Titans and raised the god Zeus in secret, helping him to overthrow his tyrannical father, her own son Cronus
- Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
The Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges With fifty heads and one hundred arms each, these creatures were a force to be reckoned with and played an important role in the war between the Titans and Olympians
- Titans – Mythopedia
The Titans were twelve powerful deities, born from the union of the primordial gods Uranus and Gaia Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, overthrew Uranus to become ruler of the cosmos, though he was ultimately overthrown by his own son Zeus
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