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In Greek mythology, Ceto (/ˈst/; Ancient Greek: or 'whale'[1]) may refer to three divine women:

  • Ceto, a primordial sea goddess and daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth).[2] She was the mother of the Phorcydes by her brother Phorcys.[3]
  • Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys.[1] Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris.[4]
  • Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters[5] and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[6]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  2. Hesiod, Theogony 238
  3. Apollodorus, 1.10
  4. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.355; Parada, p. 44
  5. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 199. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  6. Apollodorus, 1.2.7

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