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Ceto
Ceto (/ˈsiːtoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κητώ, romanized: Kētṓ, lit. 'sea monster') is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pontus and his mother, Gaia. As a mythological figure, she is considered to be one of the most ancient deities, and bore a host of monstrous children fathered by Phorcys, another child of Gaia and Pontus. The small Solar System body 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite after Phorcys.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.163
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.411
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.119
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.51
Herbarius
1485 · p.22
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.23
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.19
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.78
Garden of Health
1507 · p.9
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.161
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.544
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.981
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 830647.