Ὠκεανός

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Ὠκεανός is the Greek name for Oceanus, the primordial Titan god who personifies the great world-encircling river in ancient Greek mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ωκεανός 4
Ὠκεανός canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure
Titan god
primordial deity
associatedWith fresh water
rivers
sea
springs
classification Protogenoi-adjacent Titan
consort Τηθύς (Tethys)
linked to: Tethys
cosmicFunction encircles the world
source of all waters
culture ancient Greek
domain cosmic river surrounding the earth
equivalentInRomanMythology Oceanus
etymologyRelatedTo Greek word ὠκεανός meaning ocean or great river
gender male
greekNameOf Oceanus
iconography body partly human and partly fish or serpentine
horned head
mentionedIn Hesiod's Theogony
Homer's Iliad
Homer's Odyssey
numberOfDaughters 3000 (traditional)
numberOfSons 3000 (traditional)
offspring Oceanids
river gods
offspringType nymphs
potamoi (river deities)
parents Gaia
Uranus
participationInTitanomachy remained neutral
positionInMythology one of the eldest Titans
role personification of the ocean
personification of the world-encircling river
sibling Θέμις (Themis)
linked to: Themis

Θεία (Theia)
Κοῖος (Coeus)
linked to: Coeus

Κρεῖος (Crius)
linked to: Coeus

Κρόνος (Cronus)
linked to: Cronus

Κυλλήνη / Κυλλήνη? (often: Φοίβη, Τηθύς etc.)
Μνημοσύνη (Mnemosyne)
linked to: Mnemosyne

Τηθύς (Tethys)
linked to: Tethys

Φοίβη (Phoebe)
Ἰαπετός (Iapetus)
linked to: Iapetus

Ὑπερίων (Hyperion)
Ῥέα (Rhea)
linked to: Rhea
worshipType primarily literary and cosmological rather than civic cult

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Okeanos greekName Ὠκεανός
Πλειόνη childOf Ωκεανός
linked to: Ὠκεανός
Ρέα sibling Ωκεανός
linked to: Ὠκεανός
Τηθύς spouse Ωκεανός
linked to: Ὠκεανός
Νηρεύς relative Ωκεανός
linked to: Ὠκεανός