Family trees

Who descends from whom, tradition by tradition.

Largest recorded families

Figures with the most recorded parents, partners, siblings and children. Open one to walk its tree. Parents counts the main telling; where ancient sources differ, the explorer lists the other tellings separately.

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Figure	Tradition	Parents	Children	Relatives
Oceanus	Greek	2	111	122
Tethys	Greek	2	97	107
Gaia	Greek	0	55	60
Zeus	Greek	2	34	54
Uranus	Greek	1	35	39
Izanagi	Japanese	1	35	37
Izanami	Japanese	1	31	33
Poseidon	Greek	2	10	23
Jupiter	Roman	2	11	22
Nyx	Greek	1	19	22
Odin	Norse	2	11	21
Anu	Mesopotamian	2	11	20
Susanoo	Japanese	2	12	20
Asopus	Greek	2	15	18
Themis	Greek	2	7	17
Ōkuninushi	Japanese	0	4	17
Cronus	Greek	2	6	16
Rhea	Greek	2	6	16
Eos	Greek	2	11	16
Astraeus	Greek	2	11	16
Metope	Greek	1	14	16
Hyperion	Greek	2	4	15
Iapetos	Greek	2	5	15
Enlil	Mesopotamian	1	7	15
Hera	Greek	2	6	14
Demeter	Greek	2	5	14
Atlas	Greek	2	7	14
Helios	Greek	2	7	14
Amaterasu	Japanese	2	6	14
Theia	Greek	2	4	14
Thor	Norse	2	2	13
Ares	Greek	2	7	13
Juno	Roman	2	4	12
Daksha	Hindu	1	9	12
Saturn	Roman	2	7	11
Baldur	Norse	2	1	11
Pontus	Greek	1	8	11
Aether	Greek	2	6	11
Khnum	Egyptian	2	4	11
Nereus	Greek	1	9	11
Doris	Greek	2	8	11
Anat	Canaanite, Egyptian	2	1	11
Shiva	Hindu	0	4	10
Osiris	Egyptian	2	3	10
Neptune	Roman	2	0	10
Ceres	Roman	1	3	10
Eris	Greek	1	8	10
Pleione	Greek	2	7	10

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