Tigris and Euphrates are not only two of the most important rivers in asia. In Hellenic Religion ,they are also River Gods and brothers.
Both of them are among the 3,000 offspring of the Greek Titans Okeanos ( Οceanus ) and Tithys.Tigris was worshipped as a River-God of Assyria in west Asia (modern day Iraq), and Euphrates
was a river-god of Assyria in west Asia (modern Turkey and Iraq).Edited from ~ theoi.com
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