Meander (mythology)

Meander, Maeander, Mæander or Maiandros was a river god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river in Caria, southern Asia Minor.
He was one of the sons of the Titans Oceanus and his sister/wife Tethys. Meander was the father of Cyanee, Samia, Kalamos and Callirhoe.

Mythology

In a story told by Pseudo-Plutarch, Maeander waged war against the Pessinuntines and vowed to the Mother of the Gods that on obtaining victory, he would sacrifice "the first that came to congratulate him for his good success". As it happened, the first people who greeted him on his return were his mother, his son, and his sister. He fulfilled his vow, but was so grief-stricken that he cast himself into the river, and thus the river Maeander got its name. Parallels to this myth are found in Idomeneus and Jephthah.