In Greek mythology, Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, and the wife of Oceanus. A watery goddess, she was considered mother of the chief rivers, and birthed 3,000 daughters known as the ...

Water gods in Greek mythology are a diverse group. There are human-looking gods such as Poseidon, god of the sea, or Tethys: goddess of freshwater, rainfall, and nurse to the Olympians.

Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World Dorrik Stow, Oxford Univ., $29.95 (298p) ... with an enormous C-shaped ocean—now lost—named Tethys (after the Greek sea goddess).

Saturn’s moon Tethys, imaged by Cassini on April 14, 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI ... the brothers and sisters of Cronos – from Greek mythology. ...