oceanids
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oceanids:
see nymphnymph, in Greek mythology, female divinity associated with various natural objects. It is uncertain whether they were immortal or merely long-lived. There was an infinite variety of nymphs. Some represented various localities, e.g.
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Oceanids
sea nymphs of the great oceans. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 263]
See: Nymph
Oceanids
three thousand daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 178]
See: Sea