The Erinyes were the Fates or Furies, including gods like Poinai, Aroi and Praxidikai, whose three respective purviews were Retaliations, Curses and Exacting Justice. The Gigantes were a tribe of very strong giants and the cause of thermal activity and volcanoes. They included gods like Enkelades and Porphyrian. The Meliai were the honey-nurse nymphs of the god Zeus and perhaps even the nurses of mankind. In some versions the genitals are cast into the sea and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, is born from the foam that arises from the semen.
