wife of Oceanus

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• Oceanus Hopkins — (1620 – c. 1623) was the only child born on the Mayflower during its historic voyage which brought the Pilgrims to America. He was born to Stephen Hopkins and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Fisher), sometime between the boarding and arrival dates of… …   Wikipedia

• OCEANUS —    or OKEANOS    in the Greek mythology the great world stream which surrounds the whole earth, and is the parent source of all seas and streams, presided over by a Titan, the husband of Tethys, and the father of all river gods and water nymphs.… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Oceanus —    From Greek mythology, this Titan is the great sea that surrounds the Earth. In earlier stories, it was a river that surrounded the Earth. His wife was Tethys …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Tethys (mythology) — In Classical Greek mythology, Tethys (Greek Τηθύς ), daughter of Uranus and Gaia (Hesiod, Theogony lines 136, 337 and Bibliotheke 1.2) is an aquatic sea goddess. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus. [Tethys and Oceanus appear as a pair in… …   Wikipedia

• Tethys — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tēthys Date: 1567 a Titaness and wife of Oceanus II. geographical name hypothetical sea believed to have extended into E Pangaea & later to have separated Laurasia to the N & Gondwanaland to the S with the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Tethys — /tee this/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods. 2. Astron. one of the moons of Saturn. 3. Geol. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a …   Universalium

• TETHYS —    in the Greek mythology a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of OCEANUS (q.v.), and mother of the river gods …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Tethys — Te•thys [[t]ˈti θɪs[/t]] n. myt (in Greek myth) a Titan, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids …   From formal English to slang

• Tethys — Tethys1 [tē′this] n. [L < Gr Tēthys] 1. Gr. Myth. a daughter of Uranus and wife of Oceanus, by whom she is the mother of the Oceanides 2. a satellite of Saturn having long trenchlike valleys and sharing its orbit with other satellites Tethys2… …   English World dictionary

• Tethys — noun 1. (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Titaness 2. type genus of the family Aplysiidae • Syn: ↑Aplysia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• tethyum — ˈtēthēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tēthyon sea squirt, from Tēthys, wife of Oceanus : a genus (the type of the family Tethyidae) of large muscular simple ascidians sometimes used for food …   Useful english dictionary