Asia

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Asia is a figure in Greek mythology, often considered an Oceanid nymph associated with the region that later bore her name.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanid
figure in Greek mythology
nymph
associatedWith Oceanids
Titans through Oceanus and Tethys
region of Asia
classification deity
culture Greek mythology
eponymOf continent of Asia
gender female
hasDomain waters surrounding the known world
languageOfName Ancient Greek
mentionedIn Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony
mythologicalType water nymph
nameType theophoric-geographical name
parent Oceanus
Tethys
roleInMyth eponymous ancestor of Asia
sibling Clymene
Doris
Electra
Eurynome
Metis
Pleione
Styx
Tethys

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