Nesaea

Further information: Nesaea (alga)
Greek deities
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Water deities
Nymphs

In Greek mythology, Nesaea, Nesaia or Nisaea (Ancient Greek: Νησαίη Nêsaiê means 'the dweller on islands'[1]) was the "white" Nereid of islands,[2][3] one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4]

  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  2. ^ Propertius, Elegies 2.26a.16
  3. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 247 . ISBN 9780786471119.
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 18.40; Hesiod, Theogony 249; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface