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