Facts for Kids

🌊 Oceanus is one of the Titans in Greek mythology, representing the ocean that encircles the world.

🧜‍♂️ He is often depicted as a man with a long beard, symbolizing the flow of water.

🌐 Oceanus was the husband of Tethys, the goddess of the nourishing flow of water.

🐚 Together, Oceanus and Tethys were believed to be the parents of the rivers and ocean nymphs.

🌅 He was less involved in the Titanomachy, the battle between Titans and Olympians, than other Titans.

🐠 Oceanus is sometimes associated with the imagery of the 'great river' encircling the earth.

🏛️ He was worshipped in ancient Greece, but his cult was not as widespread as those of the Olympian gods.

⛵ Oceanus was considered a source of all the waterways on Earth, including rivers and seas.

⚓ His role is more symbolic, representing the unending, vast nature of the ocean and its mysteries.

🌀 In later Greek and Roman literature, Oceanus was often confused with Poseidon, the god of the sea.