Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Glaukos" | Greek | Sea god. Allegedly an impoverished fisherman who ate a sea-gråśś with magical properties, dived into the ocean and remained there as a guardian deity of fishermen and their nets.See also PROTEUS.... |
God name "Nereus" | Greek | Minor sea god. The son of PONTOS and GAIA, and the father of the NEREIDES.See also PROTEUS.... |
God name "Proteus" | Greek | Minor sea god. Depicted as an old man who attends Triton and whose principal concern is the creatures of the oceans. He also has oracular powers. The poet cowper wrote: In ages past old Proteus, with his droves Of sea calves sought the mountains and the groves. Also known as GLAUKOS, NEREUS and PHORKYS.... |