Pontus

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Greek god primordial deity sea god

Pontus is a primordial Greek sea god who personifies the sea itself in ancient mythology.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Pontus canonical	13

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek god ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ sea god ⓘ
associatedWith	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ sea deities ⓘ
category	Greek primordial gods ⓘ sea and river gods ⓘ
consort	Gaia ⓘ Thalassa ⓘ
cosmicRole	primordial sea ⓘ
createdBy	Gaia alone ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Poseidon ⓘ
domain	sea ⓘ
equivalentConcept	personified sea ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
generation	pre-Olympian ⓘ
greekName	Πόντος ⓘ
laterTradition	largely overshadowed by Olympian gods ⓘ
meaningOfName	sea ⓘ
mentionedBy	Hesiod ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Theogony
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
nature	impersonal elemental force ⓘ
offspring	Phorcys ⓘ surface form: Ceto Eurybia ⓘ Nereus ⓘ Phorcys ⓘ Telchines ⓘ Thaumas ⓘ fish of the sea ⓘ
parents	Gaia ⓘ
personificationOf	the sea ⓘ
roleInCosmogony	early element of the cosmos ⓘ
siblings	Ourea ⓘ Uranus ⓘ mountains ⓘ sky ⓘ
symbol	open sea ⓘ waves ⓘ
worshipType	chthonic deity ⓘ

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

Gaia → spouse → Pontus ⓘ

Gaia → offspring → Pontus ⓘ

Erebus → sibling → Pontus ⓘ

Ourea → sibling → Pontus ⓘ

Protogenoi → includes → Pontus ⓘ

Eurybia → parent → Pontus ⓘ

Aether → parent → Pontus ⓘ

Phorcys → parent → Pontus ⓘ

Phorkys → relatedTo → Pontus ⓘ

Thaumas → childOf → Pontus ⓘ

Nereus → father → Pontus ⓘ

protogenoi → includesDeity → Pontus ⓘ

subject surface form: Protogenoi

Thalassa → spouse → Pontus ⓘ