Ceto (Greek myth)

For other uses, see Ceto (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Ceto (/ˈsiːtoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κητώ, romanized: Kētṓ, lit. 'sea monster' or 'whale'^[1]) may refer to three divine women:

• Ceto, a primordial sea goddess and daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth).^[2] She was the mother of the Phorcydes by her brother Phorcys.^[3]
• Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one of the Oceanids. Her mother was probably the Titaness Tethys.^[1] Ceto bore Helios a daughter, Astris.^[4]
• Ceto, the Nereid of sea-monsters^[5] and one of the 50 sea nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[6]