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There are two goddesses who can claim fifty daughters:
Selene, Titan goddess of the Moon, her fifty daughters the Menai by Endymion.
Doris, wife of the sea-god Nereus, and the mother of the fifty Nereides.
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Who is the Greek god that had fifty lovely daughters?
Poseidon
Of what is Thetis the goddess?
Goddess of water is the divine position occupied by Thetis.Specifically, Thetis is a sea nymph. She is one of the fifty (50) daughters of the Titan Nereus and the sea nymph Doris. The entire family lives in the Aegean Sea according to ancient Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology did Titans have kids with mortals?
Yes. Eos, Titan goddess of the Dawn, bore the hero Memnon by Tithonos. Selene, her sister and Titan goddess of the Moon, bore fifty daughters (Menai) with Endymion. Helios, Titan god of the Sun - also had a number of mortal children.
Who is the mortal that was was beloved of the moon-goddess?
Endymion was the lover of Selene, while he sleeps in immortality, Selene had fifty daughters by him called the Mênê/Mênai.
What superhuman powers or talents or abilities did Doris the Greek goddess have?
Doris was mother to the fifty Nereids, including Thetis and Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife. It seems Doris was not a powerful goddess.
How many sea nymphs were called nereids in ancient greek history?
There are only fifty (50) Nereids, the daughters of Doris and Nereus.
Who was the shepherd boy who was loved by the moon goddess?
Endymion was in fact a shepherd Prince, and after falling in love Selene then made him sleep forever young and had fifty daughters -called the Mênai- with him.
Could Titans have children with mortals and produce demigods?
Selene (the Titan goddess of the Moon) loved Endymion, who lain in a cave on Karian Mount Latmos in eternal youth, with him Selene had fifty daughters - the Menai, the goddess of the lunar months.Granted, these daughters are called goddesses even born of a mortal parent; so I doubt a child of a Titan would be simply a "demigod".
Who is a youth loved by the moon goddess?
Selene, the goddess of moon fell in love with Endymion. He was believed as a hunter or shepherd. They had fifty children.
Who is King Priam in greek mythology?
He was the king of Troy during the Trojan War. He is the youngest (and only surviving) son of Laomedon, was formerly named Podarces until he was rescued by his sister Hesione. He reputedly had fifty sons and fifty daughters. His most notable wife is Hecuba.
What is a Nereus?
In ancinet Greek mythology, Nereus was the prophetic and shapeshifting "old man of the sea"; by his wife Doris, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, he had fifty daughters called the Nereids. Nereus was son of Pontus and Gaea.
Who is calibus the demigods mother?
Calibus's mother was Thetis, Greek Nereid goddess of the sea and the leader of the fifty Nereides. Like many other sea gods she possessed the gift of prophesy and power to change her shape at will.
