The Titan goddess of fresh water said to have been larger than the mountains, highly attractive, and a nurturer to many in the mythological world. Her name was derived from the Greek word têthê meaning 'nurse' or 'grandmother'. She was the daughter of two primordial Greek deities; Ouranos (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Married her elder brother, Oceanus (the Titan God of the Ocean) and the couple had 3,000 daughters, called: The Oceanids.