Neda 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.
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Neda 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.
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- Oceanids (Oceanides) Greek The many daughters of the two Titan deities, Oceanus, the ancient god of water, and his wife and sister, Tethys.
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- Oceanus Greek The Titan son of Gaia and Uranus and the brother and husband of the Titan Tethys; father of all the Oceanids and all the rivers and seas of the world.