Oceanus: The Ocean Titan (Greek Mythology Explained)

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Emiliano Lottersberger

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#Oceanus #Titans #GreekMythology

[kirbymarchbarcena]

Water is life, cut the one who provides and manage it and everyone dies. Oceanus has wider dominion and control than Poseidon who only took charge after their war

[purplehaze]

I used to think Oceanus was diet Poseidon, but now I know Poseidon is Oceanus with sugar.

[kimeraclan]

In a philosophical and literary perspective you could argue that Oceanus was the world sea itself, the massive body of water that encompasses the entire terrestrial earth, while Poseidon was the ruler of those waters. Classical Period Greeks were worshipers of deities who controlled the elements and not so much the elements themselves: Zeus isn't the thunderbolt, the thunderbolt is his weapon; Hades isn't the underworld, he only ruled over it as a jailer, and so on ad infinitum. Bronze Age proto-Greeks would have worshiped the sea and personify it as a result, while the Ancient Greeks worshiped a more closer to home entity. Basically, Poseidon was more revered because he would have been a glorified harbor master.

[hoopsonwheels]

Oceanus seems like he didn’t want to compromise the ocean and by extension life itself by taking a side. So he implicitly took a side without openly taking a side

[ameliadiaz]

Oceanus was pop of the three thousand river gods called the Potamides and the three thousand Oceanid nymphs by his sister/wife Tethys.

[misslabellekitty]

*Aquaman is confused*

"Are you my gramps?"

[KrypptikkSoulslayer]

Aquaman: “I am the king of the ocean and the sea.”

Oceanus: “Hold my coffee.”

[Rodiacreed]

That was good animation with Prometheus and the eagle.

[redjirachi]

Oceanus feels like he's the Hades of his generation. That is he's generally a chill guy compared to most of his siblings, focused on his domain and didn't get involved with Cronus and Zeus' BS by pulling a Switzerland in the Titanomachy

[BigJugsRule]

Oceanus: the original “not my problem “

[glamourweaver]

As I understand it, “Oceanus” in addition to the Titan was the freshwater river that encircled the world, which for the very early Classical Greeks meant what we know as the Atlantic Ocean (later Greeks would know that was saltwater too, and the world was round, but the earliest surviving myths didn’t have that understanding yet). As god of the saltwater sea, Poseidon ruled the Mediterranean, which was the body of water the Ancient Greeks actually interacted with regularly, hence his much more important role.

[hazelsalinio]

When my mind is occupied i just watch MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES just like this to calm down my nerves also. It was like my stress reliever❤

[Boog_masskway]

Notice all old religions anthropomorphise everything. There’s always some humanoid thing that represents *insert physical property here*. Anything that’s not humanoid is usually an evil monster.

[slothsgonewild]

Love this series sooo much!! Can't wait for more!!

[huecuckington]

“Power (Cratos)” 7:15
*Greek opera starts to increase in volume*

[ninder]

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[lisacoston]

Oceanus is a Titian who is an introvert and he minded his own business😁💙💙💙💙🤔🤔🤔💙💙💙

[PlanetZoidstar]

Ocenaus: *"Be Water, my friend."*

[jrmoreno]

Well done as always..would have like to have heard about Pontus the primordial seas/oceans

[prabhatkiran]

The story of Heracles threatening Oceanus is very similar to that of Rama threatening to dry the ocean whilst crossing to Lanka.