Oceanid
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In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand children of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Each of these nymphs was the patron of a particular spring, river, ocean, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud.
[edit] List of Oceanids
- Achelous
- Acheron
- Admete
- Alpheus
- Amaltheia
- Amphitrite - Usually counted as a goddess of the sea
- Asia - Nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europe
- Asopus
- Bolbe - Nymph of the City of Beirut
- Callirrhoe
- Catillus
- Cebren
- Cephissus
- Circe
- Clitunno (Roman mythology)
- Clytie
- Clymene - Mother of Prometheus
- Crinisus
- Dione
- Doris - Oceanid of "pure water", wife of the sea god Nereus
- Eidyia
- Electra
- Enipeus
- Eurynome
- Ianthe - Nephele of violet rain clouds or violet flowers
- Inachus
- Lysithea
- Melia
- Meliboea
- Merope
- Nilus
- Peneus
- Perse
- Philyra
- Pleione - Mother of the Pleiades by Atlas a Nephele of rain bringing clouds.
- Plouto - Mother of Tantalus
- Rhode
- Scamander
- Styx - Oceanid of the river Styx that flowed nine times around Hades the only female river spirit
- Telesto
- Tiberinus (Roman mythology)
- Tibertus (Roman mythology)
- Tyche
- Volturnus (Roman mythology)
- Zeuxo