The Gods

of the
Waters

Prepared by:
Bryner A. Selibio
Kevin Cloyd Avis
 • acquainted with all the water deities

Learning • compare and contrast the characteristics, attributes,

and roles of water deities in different mythologies
Outcomes:
• discuss how deities convey the essence and power
of water within each culture’s context
POSEIDON

 Was the Lord and the ruler of the sea (Mediterranean) and the
Friendly sea (the Euxine, now the Black Sea).

 Poseidon means either “husband of the earth”

or “lord of the earth”
OCEANUS

 Was the Chief God of all Waters.

 Was represented as an aged man

sitting on the sea and pouring out
water.
PONTUS

 Primeval God of the Sea

 He was one of the first-born Gods and was the father

of the most of the ancient sea Gods by Gaea.
TRITON

 Was the Trumpeter of the Sea

 His trumpet was a great shell

 He was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite

PROTEUS

 Was sometimes said to be Poseidon’s son, sometimes his

attendant.

 He had the power both of foretelling the future and of

changing his shape at will

 Early sea-god, or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of

water
THE NAIADS

 Were also water nymphs

 They dwelt in brooks and springs and fountains

CIRCE

 Was a daughter of the sun

 She was supposed to be clever enough to make the stars

come down from heaven

 Travelers could hardly escape from her

ARETHUSA

 Was a woodland nymph who loved the chase

 She implored Diana to help her escape and the

Goddesses changed the nymph into fountain
LADON

 Was a Greek River famous for the encounter on its bank of Syrinx
and Pan. The nymph, fearing the love of Pan, was changed into
reeds, which have continued to grow along the rivers ever since
THE NEREIDS

 Beautiful girl dolphins

 The hair were adorned with pearl

 Were the nymphs of the Mediterranean

AMPHITRITE

 She is the wife of Neptune, mother of Triton, and is pictured

driving a shell on the sea with the Nereids as her attendants
THE GORGONS

 Three famous sisters called Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa.

 Are represented with enormous heads interwoven with

snakes
TETHYS

 The daughter of Uranus and Terra

 She married her brother Oceanus, and gave birth to

three thousand nymphs, the Oceanides.

 Is generally seen driving a seashell, her chariot, followed

by a dolphins, Tritons and Oceanides
GLAUCUS

 A Sea God, gifted with a special power of prophecy

 He was Neptune’s soothsayer, or foreteller of events

CHARYBDIS

 A daughter of Jupiter

 Was stricken down by Jupiter and changed into

dangerous whirlpool in the Strait of Sicily for stealing a
part of the flock of Hercules
SCYLLA

 A beautiful nymph, had been changed into monster by

jealous Circe

 Was terrified by her ugliness, that is why she

threw herself into the sea and became a rough
rock which has since been called after her,
between Italy and Sicily
THE SIRENS

 The three sea nymphs to whom the oracles had predicted life
as long as they could detain navigators on their way
THE HARPIES

 Were monsters with the faces of old women and the bodies
of vultures

 They caused famine, wherever they

passed and emitted a fearful odor
NEREUS

 Was called the old man of the sea

 Trusty God and gentle

 He was the eldest son of Pontus and Gaea, born in

titans generation

 He was the father of Nereids by Doris

Thank you!