Neda
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Greek One of the oldest of the Oceanids,
sea Nymph daughters of the Titan gods, Oceanus
and Tethys; considered by many Greek writers to
be a second-generation Titan. With help from her
younger sisters, Theisoa and Hagno, Neda nursed
the infant Zeus.
According to ancient stories, the Titan goddess
Rhea found no water with which to cleanse herself
and her son after giving birth to her youngest child,
Zeus. In frustration, she struck her scepter against
a boulder, or a mountain, and called on her mother,
Gaia, to bring forth water. A spring gushed forth and
Rhea named the spring Neda, after the nymph, her
niece, who would soon help keep this son safe from
the anger of his father, the Titan god Cronus.