In Greek mythology, what is the relationship between Thetis, the goddess of the sea, and Poseidon, the god of the sea?

In Greek mythology, Poseidon once pursued Thetis, but Thetis eventually married Peleus.

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Thetis is a sea nymph in ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of the friendly sea god Nereus and the ocean goddess Doris. She is the special daughter of fifty sea nymph sisters. Official leader. When the Olympus god participated in the rebellion, he summoned the hundred-armed giant Briareus to protect Zeus.

Both Zeus and Poseidon pursued her, but Thetis predicted that the child she would give birth to would be more powerful than the father (Prometheus also knew this secret). After Zeus learned about this , and married her to Peleus, son of Aeacus.

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When Peleus pursued Thetis, Thetis changed in various ways, first turning into fire, then becoming Water eventually turned into various beasts, and Peleus held on to her tightly and wouldn't let go until she returned to her original appearance. He married her on Mount Pelion.

In Greek mythology, Poseidon’s wife was Amphitrite. Poseidon’s love brought him many magical children, and his wife Amphitrite gave birth to him. Triton, the half-human, half-fish son; Demeter didn't like Poseidon's ambiguity towards her, so she turned into a horse, and Poseidon also turned into a horse and continued to chase her.

Amphitrite is Poseidon's legal wife. Hesiod wrote in "Theogony" that this goddess was a Nereides (sea nymph), one of the seven daughters born to the sea god Nereus and Doris. .

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