#pontus

[mayday396]

Telemachus but his Friend is THE OCEAN, not Poseidon, but the formless being that Poseidon just so happen to "Inherit"

Pontus, the Greek Primordial God of the Seas, never made a humanoid form before, and talks as this disembodied voice in what can be described like a Deep Crashing wave/Eldritch Horror.

And he's mostly like, "CHILD OF THE ἸΌΝΙΟΣ WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CAUSE ΠΟΣΕΙΔΆϜOΝΟΣ (POSEIDON) MINOR INCONVENIENCES?"

[bpdbeehive]

I made a list of every single Greek god ever

Keep in mind some of these may be different from what you know because they have multiple different stories

Eros- god of love, passion, and fertility

Tartarus- god of darkest part in the underworld

Thalassa- goddess of the sea

Phanes- god of creation, new life, procreation, fertility, and light

Caligine- goddess of creation

Gaia- goddess of earth

Erebus- god of darkness and shadows

Nyx- goddess of night and darkness

Pontus- god of the seas

Hydros- god of water

Uranas- god of the heavens and sky

Achlys- goddess of the death-mist, misery, sadness, and deadly poisons

Aether- god of light and the upper sky

Ananke- goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity

Chaos- god of the void

Cronus- god of time, fate, justice, and harvest

Caelus- god of the sky

Coeus- god of the North, intelligence, and resolve

Hemera- goddess of daylight

Hypnos- god of sleep

Nemesis- goddess of vengeance, retribution, and rightful fate

Thalassa- goddess of sea

Rhea- goddess of motherhood, fertility, childbirth, comfort, and good living

Oceanus- god of freshwater

Tethys- goddess of fresh water and nursing mothers

Hyperion- god of heavenly light and watchfulness

Theia- goddess of sight and vision

Lapetus- god of mortal life

Crius- god of constellations, stars, and the south

Phoebe- goddess of intellect, prophecy, and the moon

Themis- goddess of justice, law, order, and divine will

Iris- goddess of rainbows

Mnemosyne- goddess of memory

Zues- god of sky, weather, thunder, lightning, and law and order

Demeter- goddess of the harvest, agriculture, and fertility of the earth

Poseidon- god of sea, storms, earthquakes, and horses

Hades- god of the underworld and the dead

Hera- goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth

Apollo- god of sun and light, poetry, healing and disease, justice, archery, music and dance, prophecy and truth

Artemis- goddess of hunting, wild animals, and the wilderness

Aphrodite- goddess of beauty and passion

Ares- god of war and courage

Hephaestus- fire, volcanoes, blacksmithing, metalworking, craftsmanship, sculpture, forges, and metallurgy

Hermes- God of wealth, trade, thieves, and travelers

Athena- goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare

Dionysus- god of wine, festivity, and theater

Hestia- goddess of domestic life, home, and hearth

Hecate- goddess of magic and necromancy

Aeolus- god of the wind

Asclepius- god of medicine and healing

Eris- god of discord, jealousy, and strife

Pan- god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism

Eileithyia- goddess of childbirth, birth pains, and midwifery

Enyos- goddess of war, violence, and bloodshed

Evrynomi- water meadows, fertility, and pasturelands

Psyche- goddess of the soul

Hedone- goddess of pleasure, enjoyment, and delight

Dolos- god of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, guile, and treachery

Senectus- god of old age

Oizys- goddess of misery, grief, anxiety, and depression

Moros- god of doom

Momus- god of satire and mockery

Tmolus- god of Mount Tmolus

Nereus- god of the sea

Phorcys- god of the sea and the hidden dangers that lurk beneath the waves

Ceto- goddess of sea monsters and other marine life

Eurybia- goddess of power over, and mastery of, the sea

Eurus- god of the east or southeast wind, fall, and storms

Aergia- goddess of laziness, idleness, sloth, and indolence

Eos- goddess of dawn

Astraea- goddess of justice, innocence, purity, precision

Boreas- god of the north wind, winter, storms, ice, snow, and cold

Chione- goddess of snow

Orithyia- goddess of cold mountain winds

Zephyrus- god of West wind

Notos- god of South wind

Euros- god of East wind

Hesperos- god of the evening and the evening star

Morpheus- god of dreams and nightmares

Pasithea- goddess of relaxation and rest

Icelus- god of nightmares

Phantasus- god of dreams that feature inanimate objects

Aigaion- god of violent sea storms

Achelous- god of fresh water

Alpheus- god of the Peloponnese

Clymene- goddess of fame and renown

Eurynome- goddess of water meadows, fertility, and pasturelands

Idyia- goddess of knowledge

Metis- goddess of wisdom and cunning strategies

Styx- goddess of oaths and the River Styx

Helios- god of the sun

Selene- goddess of the moon

Atlas- god of strength, endurance, astronomy, and navigation

Prometheus- god of fire, forethought, and crafty counsel

Astraeus- god of astrology and stars

Pallas- god of witchcraft

Zelus- god of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal

Nike- goddess of victory

Via- goddess of force and power

Perses- god of destruction

Asteria- goddess of falling stars, nocturnal divination, and the connection between the heavens and the earth

Leto- goddess of motherhood, childbirth, modesty, and fertility

Eirene- goddess of peace

Dike- goddess of fair judgment and law

Persephone- goddess of grain and agriculture

Alatheia- goddess of truth

Asopos- god of the river Asopos

Ate- goddess of blind folly and ruin

Britomartis- goddess of hunting and fishing

Elieithyia- goddess of childbirth

Eirene- goddess of peace

Ersa- goddess of the dew

Eunomia- goddess of good governance

Harmonia- goddess of harmony

Hebe- goddess of youth

Hephaistos- god of smiths

Eunomia- goddess of law, governance, and good order

Kairos- god of opportunity

Aglaia- goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, adornment, good health, and the glow of good health

Lakhesis- goddess of life and fate

Phasis- god of the river Phasis

Despoine- goddess of certain Arkadian Mysteries

Macaria- goddess of a "blessed" death

Melinoe- goddess of ghosts, nightmares, and propitiation

Zagreus- god of rebirth

Ploutos- god of wealth, riches, and abundance

Albion- god of the sea

Tilphousia- goddess of vengeance and justice

Phobos- god of fear, panic, flight, and rout

Pothos- god of sexual longing, desire, and yearning

Anteros- god of reciprocal love

Himeros- god of sexual desire and unrequited love

Hermaphroditus- god of effeminacy, androgeny, and hermaphroditism

Rhodos- goddess and personification of the island of Rhodes

Priapus- god of fertility

Erichthonius- goddess of earth

Tyche- goddess of fortune, luck, prosperity, chance, and fate

Horkos- god of oaths and the curse that befalls those who break them

Epione- goddess of soothing pain

Hygieia- goddess of hygiene and cleanliness

Panacea- goddess of universal remedy

Aceso- goddess of healing and wounds

Iaso- goddess of recuperation from sickness

Machaon- god of surgeons

Pandia- goddess of the full moon, dew, and youth

Telesphoros- god of recuperation

Enyalius- god of soldiers and warriors

Phosphorus- god of the planet Venus when it appears as the morning star

Triton- god of the sea

Carpus- god of fruit

Bia- goddess of force, power, might, bodily strength, and compulsion

Narcissus- god of vanity

Cephissus- god of the Cephissus river

Ismenus- god of the river of the same name

Eucleia- goddess of good repute, glory, and honor

Eupheme- goddess of good omen, praise, and acclamation

Euthenia- goddess of prosperity, abundance, and plenty

Philophrosyne- goddess of friendliness, welcome, and kindness

Euphrosyne- goddess of joy, good cheer, mirth, and merriment

Hephaestus- god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes

Delphin- god of Dolphins

Aristaeus- god of beekeeping, cheesemaking, olive growing, and hunting

Electryone- goddess of the sun and morning

Circe- goddess of magic

Silenus- god of forests, wine-making, and drunkenness

Triptolemus- god of agriculture

Lyssa- goddess of rage, fury, and rabies

Soteria- goddess of safety, salvation, deliverance, and protection from harm

Leucothea- goddess of hope

Palaemon- god of harbors and sharks

Pasiphae- goddess of witchcraft and sorcery

Perses- god of destruction and peace

Phaunos- god of the forest

Maron- god of Maroneia

Astraeus- god of stars and planets

Limos- goddess of famine, starvation, and hunger

Benthesikyme- goddess of ocean waves

Amphitrite- goddess of the sea

Kymopoleia- goddess of violent sea storms and storm waves

[elparaisodetlaloc]

[ancient-rome-au]

Mithridates VI has been reincarnated as a WSJ reporter who really likes hiking

[satoshy12]

The Ocean’s Claim

The ocean isn't just some random thing out there; it's got its own family and history. From Pontus and Thalassa to Oceanus and Tethys, and then Poseidon and his family, the ocean's got a whole bunch of kids. And they're all tied to its depths. Even the demigods who are part of the waves feel the pull of the sea. For Percy Jackson, Water has always been a place of comfort, a silent protector that erased his pain and embraced him fully.And he wanted to see it fully, just as much as it wanted to see him too.

Pontus and Thalassa, the Primodials and first of all the Sea Gods. Are just like all later Sea Gods very possessive.

The ocean is after all vast, eternal, and ever-consuming, and those who belong to it must remain within its depths. It's a love that is both nurturing and suffocating, an embrace that does not loosen once it takes hold on something.

The waters claim all who dare to venture too far, and once taken, the sea does not truly give back.

From the moment any life touched the waves, the ocean made its will known. To exist within its endless tides was to be a part of something greater, something unbreakable.

Those who were born of the sea were the ocean’s own, bound by its currents, watched over by its deities.

Pontus and Thalassa had long since accepted this truth was their nature, just like their children and descendants. The deep was theirs, as were all creatures within it.

It was no different for those who came after.

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2 of Gaia’s children and Pontus's half-siblings, Oceanus the Titan of the Oceans, and his wife, Tethys the Titaness of the Seas and Freshwater, were next to feel the call, even while still on Land.

So, both were easy to claim, their hearts and divinity were already in tune with the waves.

It was natural, inevitable even.

The sea had always been their home even if they were born to the Sky and Earth, and they had no desire to leave.

Though the sky had once overshadowed them, reaching down with the cruelty of their father Uranus.

The sea was patient.

It swallowed the past, as it always did, and took them in fully when the time was right.

Oceanus and Tethys became the Rulers of the Sea, and part of its depths, guardians of its endless expanse. Where they build their own families later.

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After many years, he came, the second born son of Kronos and Rhea.

The son, Poseidon, God of the Seas and the next King of the Sea.

He, too, learned what it meant to belong to the Ocean, as he was a young humanoid God in the Sea. He did feel it's weight pressing upon him, never truly releasing him, Even if he was in Olympus with his siblings in the Sky, the Sea called for him.

The power of the sea was not just a crown; it was a binding force, a tether stronger than any chain could be.

Poseidon did not resist, not even once, since he walked into his Kingdom. He accepted the possessiveness of the ocean because he was it's son, its king, the one who could move it's embodiment.

Pontus and Thalassa did not let go, and Poseidon had never any intention of leaving it, the family he created there too was like him.

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The same was true for all those who carried the sea in their veins. From the Monsters, the Spirits and Demigods too.

The demigods born of any Water Gods—children of Poseidon, Triton, Nereus of River Spirits and even Thetis's son Achilles — they all felt the pull in their very bones, to return to the Water and not be on Dry Land.

Camp Fish-Blood was there home, not Camp Half-blood.

As any Water Demigod would leave the Camp very fast, after being there for a short time. It just doesn't feel right for them, never did.

Chiron could see it, and know about it from the past. So, he would see them leave the camp and go to their new home very fast. That was Camp Fish-Blood.

Sure the Demigods could walk the land, breathe the air, even pretend to belong among the mortals, but the Ocean always called them back.

The tides whispered, the waves and water reached for them, the depths ached for their return.

The Water was not just their home; it was their birthright, their inevitable fate.

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And then, here was right now the, youngest Sea Demigod,

Percy Jackson.

From the moment he was born, the ocean had claimed him as the son of Poseidon, even though he had yet to understand it.

Percy Jackson, had always felt an inexplicable connection to the water, an unspoken understanding that the sea and all being in it, lakes or water would never harm him.

Even as a child, he had turned to it instinctively, finding comfort in its vastness. The first time he saw the ocean, he felt something stir inside him, something ancient and young, something knowing and unknowing, and his mother had to hold him back from crawling as a toddler into the Waves.

The Water that protected him too, after all.

When his mother, Sally, suffered beneath her abusive husband, Gabe, a River had given Percy an escape as it took Gabe deep into it's Water.

Percy knew, he could trust it, and that the sea could take away pain.

That it could erase, cleanse, heal, and carry away everything unwanted.

So with that Gabe was finally gone, it was as though the River had done him a favor, a quiet acknowledgment of its love for him. And Percy to help it, did spend his Summer with his Mom to clean it, as a thanks.

He was sure, it was overjoyed too, how it did shine.

(He yet had to learn, that the River spirit was very smug, to the other Spirits, about the young Child of the Sea taking care of him and helping to clean him)

But despite this connection, His mother, Sally always came first. She was the one thing that tied him to the world above the waves, the anchor that kept him from just accepting the whispers and just jump into the Lake, River or Ocean when it calls for him.

She had raised him, protected him, and ultimately, she had sent him to Camp Half-Blood. To learn about his father’s world. To understand his place within it, while she would wait at home for him. With that his half-Goat friend Grover showed him this place, a place for Half-bloods.

The camp felt unfamiliar, wrong in ways he couldn’t explain.

He was among others like him—demigods, children of gods—but there was something missing, something just beyond his reach. The uncertainty gnawed at him, even as Percy tried to make sense of it all.

Then he stepped into Cabin Three. The place the Naiads told him would be his home, and a few older Demigods of Sea Gods, told him it was their home too.

The moment he crossed the threshold, it felt as though he had fallen into the ocean itself. The silence, the depth, the way the water embraced him—it was just like the sharktank in the Aquarium where he was pushed into.

That moment of perfect stillness when he had fall into it. But this time, it was stronger. More alive!

The others in Cabin Three welcomed him, told him about the beauty he had yet to see, the wonders he had yet to experience.

Under the Sea.

Of the Corals Reefs, the Fish and the Cities and Castles and Sunken Ships he could see! Just like the Naiads told him, "Even when I'm out of the water, the water is within me." or the River Spirit as a Child who he asked about the River and he showed him the places that were more Clean to see or Swim with his mother.

Percy stood there, surrounded by the weight of the ocean’s presence, he felt it, this was truly a Home. This must be what his mother wanted to show him.

Feeling it's young Child, finaly being home.The ocean was overjoyed.

Pontus and Thalassa felt his presence finally, their possessive love reaching for the small child, wrapping around him in a way he could not see but could undeniably feel.

He was home now, where he had always belonged. The sea had waited for him, and now, at last, he had returned.

And the Ocean would never let him go.

Notes: + AU No Lighting Thief or so story part.

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

Ok, in all seriousness. Tonight has been the first time I've actually seen or listened to "Asteromata" by Klavdia, and I've heard all sorts of endless discussions and casual venom, about the staging, the dress, her glasses, her silhouette, the song, the music, how the kind of the song doesn't suit Eurovision and....it's all been kinda bull, tbh?

Like, there have been all sorts of songs to Eurovision through the years, including ballads and folksy and operatic ones, so what is the type of song that is "for Eurovision?" Only one you jump up and down and wear scant pop-chic clothes? Isn't that sorta....reductive? Her appearance is perfectly serviceable, neither the dress or the glasses (seriously people? In 2025?) or anything else detracts from the song, and sorry, but the graphics weren't even that bad? Like, if so much virtual ink hadn't been spilled to rage about them, I wouldn't even have noticed? And the song is very beautiful. I actually didn't expect it to be that good. As for her voice....I don't think anything needs to be said. Her voice alone just bursts out of transmission and hits you, that's how strong, melodic and confident it is. All in all, a very good appearance, and meritocratically, it should be recognized (but I have no faith in an institution such as Eurovision, so Idk what happens). In any case, Marisa Koch (did you know she sang with a sniper in the room in her Eurovision appearance? Yeah, "some" people didn't like the subject of her song, about the Attila Turkish Invasion and widespread massacres in Cyprus) and Nana Mousxouri approved, so I think that counts for more than any commitee.

Oh, and if some people got salty about the song being inspired by the Pontic Genocide (the memory of which is celebrated in the 19th of May, so you know) and the musical tradition of Pontus, then well, as we say down here.....

Vinegar.

[ilovetheideaofu]

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[shreksstepfather]

I hate you for what you did And I miss you like a little kid

Full comic on Webtoon

[donttouchhadesbaklava]

could you draw Pontus?

Of course! LOVE the sea gods!

[midwestaesthetics]

Black Sea Region, Turkey...

[mayday396]

Look it's Pontus when he meets other gods he doesn't like! or when Poseidon is around

Pontus when he's neutral!

Pontus when Telemachus, Athena, and his pals around!

[h0bg0blin-meat]

could you draw Pontus?

Lil sketchy sketch

[elparaisodetlaloc]

[sarafangirlart]

In Hesiod's theogony, the sea is personified as Pontus and having been born from Gaia. Ouranos' balls fell into the ocean, creating Aphrodite

Does that mean Aphrodite had two gay dads

(Also, if we consider Thalassa to Aphrodite's mother, as stated in the orphic hymms, does that mean Aphrodite has three biological parents?)

I mean… I suppose so yeah lol

[margaretkart]

Wonder Woman is known as ‘Diana of Themyscira,’ but being a DC character, I think her connection to Greek mythology might not be taken seriously, I cannot say the same for some people. On the other hand, what if an original Amazon from Greek mythology gets ‘[Name] of Themyscira’ in a Greek mythology series? In that case, who would get more credit as the more authentic or original ‘[Name] of Themyscira’, especially if the series or whatever becomes popular?

In actuality there's another issue people keep forgetting about that name..

Themyscira existed back then. The town is mentioned as early as the time of Herodotus, who also mentions the Amazon female warriors from Themiscyra. And you know where this place was located? In today's Pontus (now place in Turkey).

The story of the Pontians, or Pontic Greeks, is a tragic and lesser-known part of history. They were an ancient Greek community that lived in the Pontus region along the southern coast of the Black Sea (modern-day Turkey), where they had been for thousands of years, building cities, engaging in trade, and developing a rich culture. The area was known for its unique customs, dialect, and strong sense of identity.

Sadly, in the early 20th century, during the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the events leading to the formation of modern Turkey, Pontic Greeks faced persecution and violence. Between 1914 and 1923, they suffered forced deportations, mass killings, and brutal treatment in what is now widely recognized as genocide. An estimated 350,000 Pontic Greeks lost their lives, while many survivors were forced to flee, scattering their community worldwide.

Despite these hardships, the Pontic Greek culture has survived through their descendants, who honor their roots with language, music, and traditions. However, the history remains largely unknown internationally, partly due to political sensitivities around recognizing these tragic events.

So what if (name) of Themyscira was a Greek Pontian woman descendant of an Amazon line? That would make not only sense, but actually be an amazing story of a woman having power for a generation of Greeks who were striped of their roots.

[hermeneutas]

Sobre os Primordiais - Ponto e Tálassa, os Mares.

Dando continuidade a nossa série de posts sobre os protogenoi, os Deuses Primordiais, desta vez focando em duas deidades interessantíssimas que encarnam aspectos poderosos da existência: Tálassa e Ponto, os Mares.

Descritos pelo ilustre Hesíodo como as Potências mais antigas dos oceanos, Ponto e Tálassa são os genitores de todas as criaturas do mar, principalmente os peixes. Juntos eles personificam o próprio elemento líquido e a vastidão oceânica, misturados eternamente. Ambos Deuses são descritos como pais dos daimones chamados de telquines, descritos como divindades com cabeça de cão e corpo de foca responsáveis pela invenção da metalurgia e pela forja da temível foice de Cronos, o Rei dos Titãs. Zeus, nas narrativas escoliásticas e do romano Ovídio, os teria punido por seu uso maligno de mágica e jogado-os ao Tártaro.

Nos mosaicos greco-romanos Tálassa é representada como uma mulher maternal vestida em algas, com chifres que imitam as pinças de um crustáceo e portando um remo na mão, já Ponto é representado como o rosto de um homem maduro e barbado emergindo da água, com pinças de crustáceo como chifres e cabelos nas cores do mar.

Ponto em si é descrito como o pai, junto a Gaia, a Mãe-Terra, de diversos Deuses do mar: Nereu, o Velho dos Mares, oráculo marítimo e Deus dos peixes; Taumante, Deus das maravilhas do mar; Fórcis e Ceto, Deuses dos horrores marítimos, monstros das profundezas e baleias e Euríbia, Deusa do poder de dominar os mares.

Os nomes deles em si são variações da palavra mar em grego antigo. De modo interessante, Tálassa é descrita pelos órficos em seu hino como mãe de Afrodite, deidade nascida da união das partes retalhadas da genitália de Urano, o Deus-Céu, atiradas ao mar.

E embora ao menos um destes protogenoi contem com um hino, os relatos de culto de ambos são escassos nas fontes mais confiáveis, aparecendo mais em representações poéticas como a antiquíssima Teogonia ou o tardio Dionisíacas, do escrito grego Nono. Suas funções e aspecto também são curiosamente replicadas pelos titãs Oceano e Tétis, descritos como pais dos rios da terra, dos seres marítimos e de diversas divindades, as oceânides.

Mesmo assim, há fragmentos de preces e descrições de Pausânias que apontam para a presença de Tálassa em templos dedicados a Poseidon. Nos escritos da Haliêutica, um guia de cinco livros sobre a arte da pesca em escrita símile ao estilo de Homero, o escritor greco-romano Opiano descreve uma prece para os Deuses do mar (Daimones Thalassoi), incluindo Tálassa entre eles.

Por fim, findamos mais um post sobre os Deuses Primordiais que compõem nosso mundo e espiritualidade politeísta. Paz a vós!

Hino Órfico a Tálassa, tradução de Rafael Brunhara.

"A ninfa do Oceano eu chamo, Tétis de olhos glaucos, soberana de escuro véu, corredora ondeante, com brisas de doce sopro pulsando pela terra, quebrando em praias e abrolhos as suas vastas ondas, na calmaria de moventes tenros turbilhões, (5) exultante de navios, umente nutriz de feras, mãe da Cípris, sim; e mãe das Nuvens trevosas, e das fontes florescentes em que fluem as Ninfas; Ouve-me, Deusa multi-insigne; prouvera ajudes, benfazeja, enviando bons ventos aos navios de reto curso, ó venturosa.  (10)"

Trecho da Haliêutica de Opiano, tradução livre.

"Sê misericordioso comigo, tu que és rei no trato do mar [Poseidon], filho governante de Cronos (Cronos), Cinturão da terra, e sê misericordiosa tu mesma, ó Thalassa (Mar), e vós, deuses que no mar ressoante tendes a vossa morada (Daimones Thalassai); e concede-me contar sobre os teus rebanhos e tribos criadas no mar."