Tethys bore to Oceanus the swirling rivers ..... and she bore the holy family of nymphs, who nurture men on earth with the lord Apollo and the Rivers, having this function allotted by Zeus.
There are 3000 graceful-ankled Oceanids; widely-scattered they haunt the earth and the depths of the waters everywhere alike, shining goddess-children. And there are as many again of the Rivers that flow with splashing sound, offsprings of Oceanus that Lady Tethys bore. It is hard for mortal man to tell the names of them all, but each of them are known to the peoples who live near them.
(Hesiod - 8th century b.c.e)
CWM ELERI
HEALING & DEFENDING RIVERS
RECOLLECTIONS OF RIVERS
RIVERS IN A LANDSCAPE
RELATING TO A RIVER
THE RIVER DEE