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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, rivers (Ancient Greek: ποταμοί, romanized: potamoí) [1] were often personified as deities, and in a number of ancient Greek cities river gods were the subject of local worship. In Hesiod's Theogony, the river gods are the offspring of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and the brothers of the Oceanids.
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
Nilus, Egyptian river god and the father of numerous daughters who mingled with the descendants of Inachus, forming a dynasty of kings in Egypt, Libya, Arabia and Ethiopia. Peneus, river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus. He was the father of Daphne and Stilbe, love interests of the god Apollo.
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The primacy of water gods is reminiscent of, and may even have been influenced by, ancient Near Eastern mythology - where Tiamat (salt water) and Apsu (fresh water) are the first gods of the Enuma Elish, and where the Spirit of God is said to have "hovered over the waters" in Genesis. Pontus is the primordial deity of the sea.
Tiberinus is also known as the river god who found the twins Romulus and Remus and gave them to the she-wolf Lupa (who had just lost her own cubs) to suckle. He later rescued and married Rhea Silvia , the mother of the twins and a Vestal Virgin who had been sentenced to death.
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
Selemnus is changed into a river-god (detail), 1710 engraving by Jan Goeree, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. In Greek mythology, Selemnus (Ancient Greek: Σέλεμνος, romanized: Sélemnos) is a young shepherd boy turned river god from the Peloponnese in southern Greece.