Nereids

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Greek mythological figures mythological beings nymphs sea nymphs

The Nereids are sea nymphs from Greek mythology, often depicted as beautiful maidens who accompany Poseidon and personify various aspects of the Mediterranean Sea.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nereids canonical 22
Doris (younger Nereid, distinct from mother in some traditions) 1
MythologicalSeaCreatures 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figures ⓘ
mythological beings ⓘ
nymphs ⓘ
sea nymphs ⓘ
accompany Poseidon ⓘ
areChildrenOf Doris ⓘ
Nereus ⓘ
areDepictedAs beautiful maidens ⓘ
riding dolphins ⓘ
riding hippocamps ⓘ
riding sea creatures ⓘ
young women ⓘ
areKnownFor guiding ships ⓘ
helping sailors ⓘ
prophetic abilities ⓘ
protecting sailors ⓘ
areMentionedIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
arePartOf Nereids self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: retinue of Poseidon
areRelatedTo Oceanids ⓘ
Tritons ⓘ
associatedWith Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
canAlsoRepresent dangerous aspects of the sea ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
domain sea ⓘ
etymology derived from the name Nereus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
haveNotableMember Amphitrite ⓘ
Nereids self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Doris (younger Nereid, distinct from mother in some traditions)

Galatea ⓘ
Psamathe ⓘ
Thetis ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
numberOfMembers 50 ⓘ
personify aspects of the sea ⓘ
sea coasts ⓘ
sea currents ⓘ
sea hazards ⓘ
sea waves ⓘ
resideIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
symbol calm sea ⓘ
fertility of the sea ⓘ
sea's gentle aspects ⓘ
worshipContext local sea cults in Greek coastal regions ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Doris → motherOf → Nereids ⓘ
Nymphs of Greek mythology → canBeClassifiedAs → Nereids ⓘ
Tritons → relatedTo → Nereids ⓘ
Amphitrite → memberOf → Nereids ⓘ
Amphitrite → associatedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Amphitrite → depictedAs → Nereids ⓘ
this entity surface form: accompanied by Nereids
Amphitrite → category → Nereids ⓘ
Triton → associatedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Nereids → arePartOf → Nereids self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: retinue of Poseidon
Nereids → haveNotableMember → Nereids self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doris (younger Nereid, distinct from mother in some traditions)
Ligeia → category → Nereids ⓘ
this entity surface form: MythologicalSeaCreatures
Oreads → contrastedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Naiads → contrastedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Dryads → contrastedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Limnades → similarTo → Nereids ⓘ
Mountains (Oreads) → relatedTo → Nereids ⓘ
subject surface form: Oreads
Lakes and marshes (Limnades) → relatedTo → Nereids ⓘ
Eudora → groupMemberOf → Nereids ⓘ
Nymphs → hasSubclass → Nereids ⓘ
Nereus → offspring → Nereids ⓘ
Nereus → associatedWith → Nereids ⓘ
Neptune and the Nereids mosaic → depicts → Nereids ⓘ
Neptune and the Nereids mosaic → featuresMythologicalFigure → Nereids ⓘ
Cassiopeia from Greek mythology → opposedBy → Nereids ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia from Greek mythology → relatedTo → Nereids ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia from Greek mythology → hubrisAgainst → Nereids ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassiopeia