Pontus

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

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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

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

Gaia offspring Pontus
Erebus sibling Pontus
Ourea sibling Pontus
Gaia spouse Pontus