Νηρεύς

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Greek deity mythological character primordial deity sea god

Νηρεύς is the ancient Greek sea god Nereus, a primordial marine deity known as the wise and truthful "Old Man of the Sea" and father of the Nereids.

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Label	Occurrences
Νηρεύς canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ sea god ⓘ
associatedWith	shape-shifting ⓘ
category	Children of Gaia NERFINISHED ⓘ Children of Pontus ⓘ Sea gods in Greek mythology ⓘ
characteristic	gentle ⓘ kindly ⓘ unerring in prophecy ⓘ
child	Αμφιτρίτη NERFINISHED ⓘ Γαλάτεια NERFINISHED ⓘ Θέτις NERFINISHED ⓘ Νηρηΐδες NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	Πρωτεύς NERFINISHED ⓘ Φόρκυς NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ sea ⓘ
epithet	Old Man of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	prophecy ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn	Apollodorus Bibliotheca NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesiod Theogony NERFINISHED ⓘ Homeric epics NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
opposedTo	lying ⓘ
parent	Γαῖα NERFINISHED ⓘ Πόντος NERFINISHED ⓘ
power	control over sea creatures ⓘ prophetic knowledge ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ
relative	Τηθύς NERFINISHED ⓘ Τρίτων NERFINISHED ⓘ Ωκεανός NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ sea depths ⓘ
spouse	Δωρίς NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	fish ⓘ seaweed ⓘ trident ⓘ
transliteration	Nereus NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOf	Old Man of the Sea archetype ⓘ
worshipPlace	coastal sanctuaries ⓘ islands of the Aegean ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nereus → nameInGreek → Νηρεύς ⓘ