Greek sea gods conform to a single type: that of Homer's "halios geron" or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These sea gods are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each one is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs or hideous monsters (or both, in the case of Phorkys). Nymphs and monsters blur, for Hesiod relates that Phorcys was wed to the "beautiful-cheeked" Ceto, whose name is merely the feminine of the monstrous Cetus, to whom Andromeda was due to be sacrificed. Each appearance in myth
The Witch Who Came from the Sea the era. Brett Gallman from "Oh, the Horror" wrote, "For all its glib asides, "The Witch Who Came from the Sea" leaves the haunting image of a woman undone by a world that never lived up to the fantasies inside of her television set." Casey Scott from "DVD Drive-in" called the film "an unsung psychological gem" among 1970s exploitation films. Chris Coffel from "Bloody Disgusting" gave the film a score of 4/5, writing, ""The Witch Who Came from the Sea" is a movie people need to see. Again it’s not horror in the typical sense, though it was a video