In Greek mythology, Oceanus or Okeanos was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), and the god of the great river which encircled the entire world. He was the brother and husband of the Titaness Tethys, and by her was the father of the river gods and the Oceanids.
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AT A GLANCE
Greek nameOkeanos (Ὠκεανός)
Roman nameOceanus
Typetitan
Domainsthe earth-encircling river · fresh water · the sources of all streams
ParentageUranus · Gaiatellings differ →
Symbolsthe world-river · crab-claw horns · serpentine fish tail
EtymologyPre-Greek — the name of the world-encircling river itself.
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