Pherusa

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Pherusa or Pherousa (Ancient Greek: Φέρουσά means 'the bringer'[1]) was the name of two female deities in Greek mythology:

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  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 18.43; Hesiod, Theogony 248; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  3. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 272. ISBN 9780786471119.
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
  5. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 183.

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