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Tethys in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids.

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Tethys, the greatest of the Greek sea goddesses, was the wife of Oceanus, and by legend the mother of the world's greatest rivers, including the Nile. She also had up to 3,000 daughters, known as the Oceanides. By some, she has been identified with Thetis, who in fact was her granddaughter. Her name is frequently used poetically to express the sea itself.

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