Ceto (Κητώ) was a sea-monster, the daughter of Pontus ("Sea") and Gaea ("Earth"). Ceto was the sister of the sea gods Nereus and Phorcys.
Not much detail is known about Ceto except that she was mother of several monstrous offspring by her brother Phorcys. Ceto was the mother of Ladon, the Gorgons (except Medusa), the Graeae, and possibly of Echidna.
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An ancient sea-god. Phorcys was the son of Pontus and Gaea. Phorcys may have been an important sea-god before the arrival of Poseidon. By his sister Ceto (sea-monster), he became the father of the Gorgons, Graeae, and possibly of Echidna and Ladon.
Cetus was a sea monster that Poseidon sent to punish Cassiopeia, wife of King Cepheus of Joppa, and mother of Andromeda. Cassiopeia had boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereïds, the sea nymphs. The city would be spared if they...
Echidna was a monster, part woman and part snake. She was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, or perhaps of Tartarus and Gaea. By Typhon, Echidna was the mother of many monstrous offspring: Cerberus, Chimaera, Orthus, the Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the...
A personification of the sea. Pontus was born, along with Uranus ("Sky") and Ourea ("Hill"), from Gaea. Pontus literally means the "sea". Pontus lay with his mother Gaea and became the father of Nereus and Phorcys, and also Eurybia, Thaumas (fathe...
Titaness of the sea. Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She married her brother Oceanus. She became the mother of all the river gods. She is said to have borne three thousand daughters, known as the Oceanids. The eldest daughter was Styx,...
An ancient sea-god. Nereus was the son of Pontus ("Sea") and Gaea ("Earth"). Nereus was the brother of Phorcys, Eurybia, Thaumas (father of Iris), and the sea monster Ceto. Nereus married an Oceanid named Doris who bore fifty sea-nymphs known as t...
The genealogy above displays most of the principal monsters that are found in classical mythology. Most of the monsters were children of Typhon and Echidna, and of Phorcys and Ceto. Please note that Echidna was sometimes seen as the offspring of G...
The Gorgons, Γοργόνες, were perhaps the strangest of the monsters that appeared in Classical mythology. They were winged women with snakes on their heads instead of hair. A single glimpse of their hideous visage would turn any creature, mortal or ...
Sea goddess. Psamathe was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was the sister of the other Nereïds. Psamathe was usually seen around her sister Thetis, because they were both linked to Aeacus and his son Peleus. Aeacus was her lover, and she beca...
The Graeae were two ancient hags. The Graeae were two daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, and were named Enyo and Pemphredo. They were the sisters of the Gorgons and possibly of Echidna and Ladon. These ancient hags lived in a cave in one of the mounta...