A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Pontus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 14
Kinship in an account 14
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth - parent of (child) Adméto daughter of Pontus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Aegaeon deity or giant from Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cepheus mythical son of Pontus and Gaia
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parent of (father) Ceto Greek sea goddess - parent of (father) Damon one of the Telchines
- parent of (father) Eurybia Greek sea goddess
- parent of (father) Halie Greek nymph
- parent of (father) Lycus son of Pontus in Greek mythology
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parent of (father) Nereus sea god of Greek mythology -
parent of (father) Phorcys Greek sea god - parent of (child) Telchines Greek minor gods, original inhabitants of Rhodes
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parent of (father) Thaumas sea god of Greek mythology -
sibling of Uranus primordial Greek deity, god of the Sky; one of the Greek primordial deities
Connections
How Pontus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Attribute 1
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
15 statements on this record
- 15 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
Keep exploring
More from Greek and Roman
The Olympians and their Roman equivalents, the mystery cults, and the poets whose accounts disagree.