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List of Gods : "Goddess Thetis" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Goddess name "Doris"	Greek	Sea goddess. Daughter of OKEANOS and TETHYS and consort of NEREUS. In Hesiod's Theogony her children include AMPHITRITE and THETIS among many minor figures....
Goddess name "Thetis"	Greek	Goddess of rivers and oceans. One of the daughters of NEREUS, Thetis takes responsibility, with OKEANOS, for the oceans and rivers. She is among the lesser known deities; according to mythology she is a mermaid, but she is particularly significant as the mother of Achilles by an unnamed mortal. According to legend she attempted to render him immortal by immersing him in the waters of the Styx. She failed because the heel by which she held him had remained dry. His education she entrusted to the centaur Chiron. She was surrounded by attendant sea creatures known as Nereids and after Achilles's death she returned to the ocean depths....

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