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Greek deities
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Water deities
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In Greek mythology, Hipponoe (Ancient Greek: Ἱππονόη Hipponoê means 'unruly as a mare') was the "rosy-armed" Nereid, marine-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Her name means or 'the temper of horses' (i.e. waves).

Notes

  1. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
  2. Hesiod, Theogony 251
  3. Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 9780786471119.

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