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=Sea Monsters=

The Kraken
The legendary sea monster that had long tentacles that could surround ships and plummet them to their doom. It lived deep in the ocean and surfaced time to time to attack ships. It was said that the bubbles and currents were due to this gigantic being, the bubbles being from its breathing and the currents from its swimming. With just a whip of its tentacle, it could break apart a ship with ease and destroy all living things on its ship.

The Nereids
The Nereids were known as the nymphs of the sea. They were the daughters of the sea god, Nereus, and his wife, Doris. Unlike Sirens, they helped sailors through raging storms and were said to be friendly. Many of these sea nymphs lived in the Mediterranean Sea

**Thetis**
The leader of the Nereids was Thetis, a goddess of the sea. She had the gift of prophecy and the power to change her shape. B ecause of a prophecy that said she was destined to bear a son that was greater than his father, Zeus had her marry a mortal man, Peleus. Peleus was then instructed to ambush her on the beach and to not release his grasp of her even when she metamorphosed into many different shapes. They were then married in a ceremony that was attended by all the gods of heaven and she bore a son, Achilles. This is how the famous Achilles came to be, who fought in the Trojan War.



The Sirens
The Sirens were also sea nymphs but were confined to the island Sirenum Scopuli. They were the daughters of Ceto, the sea monster, and Phorcys, the sea god. The Sirens were complete opposites to the Nereids. Instead of helping sailors, they would draw sailors with their beautiful and irresistable voices, whcih caused the sailors to follow it and crash into the rocks that surrounded the island. They were vicious half human, half fish beings and were consequently often applied to merpeople because of how similar they were.

**Odysseus faces the Sirens**
In Homer’s The Odyssey, Book XII, Circe warns Odysseus of many dangers that he will face in the sea, included the vicious Sirens. In the adventure of the Argonauts, Jason and his men were able to face the danger of the Sirens with the help of the singing Orpheus. Unfortunately, Odysseus has no Orpheus and so orders his men to stuff their ears with was and tie him to a mast so he cannot escape, but can still hear them singing. This is how he was able to conquer the Sirens and save his men and his ship from total destruction.



The Titans
Titans were the rulers before the Gods came to be. Oceanus and Thetis, children of Uranus and Gaia, were the rulers of the sea. Oceanus had the upper body of human, with a long beard and horns, and the lower body of a serpent, and he was the ruler of the oceans. Thetis ruled over the rivers. Oceanus and Thetis then married and have over 3000 children, known as Oceanids.

Naiads
Naiads were female nature entities that are abound to a specific location. Naiads are water nymphs and they can inhabit fountains, wells, springs, brooks, rivers, marshes, ponds and lagoons. The naiad has been depicted as both dangerous and kind-hearted. In some stories, if the husband of a Naiad cheated on her, then she would blind him in retribution. Also, some men have never been seen again because they would go underwater with a Naiad, captured by their beauty. Then, they are also depicted as kind where they helped sailors through perilous storms and used their power of foresight to make prophecies