Euarne (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Euarne or Evarne (Ancient Greek: Εὐάρνη Euarnê) was the "lovely of shape and without blemish of form" Nereid[1] of marble rocks.[2] She was the sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3]

Notes

  1. Hesiod, Theogony 259
  2. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 133. ISBN 9780786471119.
  3. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.

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