Nerites

deity water Greek single tradition · 2

Nerites is a minor sea deity from Greek mythology who was transformed into a shellfish by jealous gods as punishment or retribution.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Greek mythology.

Relationships

co occurs with
Ōmukade, Zaratan, Karkinos
sibling of
Amphitrite, Thetis, Galatea
child of
Nereus, Doris

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Sources

Source passages

“Nerites (Greek) – Minor sea deity turned into a shellfish by jealous gods.”

#4044 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“By her husband Nereus, Doris was the mother of Nerites and mother to the fifty Nereids, including Thetis, Amphitrite and Galatea.”

#28126 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001