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Leuke, Oceanid ? of the White Poplar

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Leuke a Oceanid? who after dieing was turned by Hades into the White Poplar.

Leuke was a Oceanid (?) and she became the lover of Hades before he met Persephone, and possibly his first Queen. He took her to the Underworld and they loved each other very much, and after she died Hades turned her body into the White Poplar which became sacred to him.

The reason for the question mark is because one entry on her says she lived out the span of her life in the Underworld. Which means she may have actually been a Dryad nymph or rather a Hamadryad nymph. Dryads or Tree nymphs were connected to a tree and when that tree died so did they. Hamadryads were tree nymphs of oaks and poplar trees and usually were associated with river-side trees and sacred groves.

The little plant at her feet is a White Poplar seedling and in her hand is a White Poplar leaf, which has one green side and other side of it is white.

If she is a Oceanid then she is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and if she is actually a Hamadryad then she is the daughter of Hamadryas, a oak tree nymph, and Oxylos, (Hamadryas is a daughter of Oreius a mountain god who is a son of Gaia)

Interesting enough Makaria who is a daughter of Hades on one site it does not show who her mother is and thus Makaria could either be Persephone or Leuke's daughter.


Link to Tethys: fav.me/d4tmpwd
Link to Makaria: fav.me/d5d0eux
Link to Leuke 2: tffan234.deviantart.com/art/Le…



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flowerpower138's avatar
wow~ she looks great~!