Their story
Tethys is a Titaness, sister and wife of Oceanus and mother of the river gods and Oceanids. In the Iliad Hera says that Tethys and Oceanus raised her in their house during the war of the Titans. Hera pretends to go to reconcile the old couple, who have long been quarrelling.
Best times to give to them
- At springs and wells
- When caring for others' children
What they like being given
- Fresh water
- Flowers
- Milk or honey
How to honour them
- Visit a spring or well and give thanks for clean water.
- Honour foster parents and those who raise others' children, as she raised Hera.
How they can help you
- Nurturing
- Foster care
- Care for water
Symbols
- winged brow
- water jug
- fish
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 136, 337-370
- Homer, Iliad 14.200-210
More Greek goddesses
- Hera Queen of heaven and guardian of marriage
- Athena Grey-eyed goddess of wisdom and craft
- Artemis Lady of wild things and the hunt
- Aphrodite Foam-born goddess of love and beauty
- Hestia Goddess of the hearth and the home fire
- Demeter Mother of the grain and the harvest
- Persephone Queen of the underworld and the returning spring
- Hecate Keeper of crossroads and keys