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
- sibling of
- Amphitrite, Thetis, Galatea
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
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