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The Hecatoncheires or “hundred-handed one” in Greek, are a group of four mythological giants in Ancient Greek mythology. Sometimes they're also called Centimanes. Aegeon is really related to them because his connection with the sea has been drawn by numerous scholars contemporary of Ancient Greece, including Homer. Virgil and Ovid describe Aegeon being not an ally of Zeus, but rather a traitor of his brother and an enemy of the gods, who fought alongside Cronus in the Titanomachy.


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I had no idea, this story is a little niche for my level of Greek mythology knowledge LOL
 
acamp7 said:
I had no idea, this story is a little niche for my level of Greek mythology knowledge LOL
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It's amazing how many characters and creatures there are in Greek Mythology. It's fascinating to learn about, but it can be hard keeping everyone straight.

Thank you, blopez34, for sharing about them!
 
Please note Aegaeon is a name for the constellation Capricorn [ Aegoceros in Greek].When Capricorn [Pan/Min] rises Cancer[Hera/Scylla/Skyllaros/hermit-crab] and Gemini[Poseidon/Castor/Set and Hades/Pollux/Osiris] fade. Note the myths of Hyas/Aquarius [Polymelus] and Leo, and Scorpio killing Orion. There are numerous other examples in Greek myth. Minos/Pan Phorbas said to have killed Scylla/Megara
[Megaera/Erinys/Fury/Selene/Arsinoe].
See lunacy/mania for madness inflicted by Luna/
Mene/Selene.
Aegaeon[ Cronus] defeated Hera, Hades and Poseidon for Zeus. Aegaeon also called Briareus [Norse Freyr ].
Cronus and Aphrodite [Freyja/Inanna/Nanna] were the children of Uranus [ Anu ]. Min is called Pan or Priapus [ Prajapati in India ] by the Greeks.
Odin is Uranus [ Arion/Pegasus/Harun/Chiron/Charun ], Freyr is Cronus and Thor is Zeus.
Norse Thjazi/Thiassi [Tityus ] is Aeetes. Skadi is Medea. Njord is Ninurta [Nimrod], i.e. Freyr [ Jason]. Lycus is Wayland [Freyr /Egyptian Wepwawet/ Fenrir]. Wayland/Volundr is Alexander/Paris.
Wepwawet [ Cain ] was god of Ursa Minor/Polaris/Polus [ Upelluri/ Atlas ].
Athena Aphaea [Penelope] was Hecate and Chiron ['hand'] is Hermes, parents of Pan/Aegaeon [Hecatoncheire].
Athene was called Idun/Ithunn in Scandinavia and Eithne in Ireland.
Henioche [Hera/Ma/Maia/Selene/Hebat/Hebe/
Nephthys/NebtHet/'Lady of the Temple'/Hiera/priestess/St Non/Nun/
Eurydice ] was the mother of Sinis [Sin/Pityocamptes/Pittheus/Men/Moon-god to whom the bucranium/ox-skull/Taurus and pinecone were sacred]. Perigune [ Rhea Pitys], the daughter of Sinis, married Deioneus
[Dian Cecht/Dagon/Pan/Min/Cronus]. Ixion [Set/Poseidon] supposedly slew Deioneus. Deioneus was the father of Dia
[Hebe/Ganymeda].
Henioche [Megara/Eurydice] was the daughter of Creon [Irish Grian/Grannus/Lug].
The osprey [sea-eagle/Pandion Haliaetus]
was linked to the constellation Aquila.
Boreas [Aquilo] is Pandion [Danaus]. Butes [Ares/
Creon/Nisus/Ninshubur/Samson/Shamash] was the son of Pandion/Boreas.
Dhanus meaning bow is a name for Saggitarius.
 
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