Pherusa

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Personified concepts Other deities
Aquatic deities
Amphitrite Ceto Glaucus Naiades Nereides Nereus Oceanides Oceanus Ophion Phorcys Pontus Poseidon Proteus Tethys Thetis Triton

Pherusa or Pherousa is the name of two different figures in Greek mythology.

Nereid

Pherusa was a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. Her name, a participle, means "she who carries." She, along with her sister Dynamene, were associated with the power of great ocean swells. She is mentioned in Hesiod's Theogony.

Horae

Pherusa is counted by some authors as one of the Horae, goddess of substance and farm estates.

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