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- The Phorcides /ˈfɔːrsɪˌdiːz/ or Phorcydes ("the daughters of Phorcys") may refer to: The Phorcides, another name for the Graeae in Gr**** mythology The...
- daughters of the sea-deities Ceto and Phorcys (from which their name the Phorcydes derived) and sisters to the Gorgons. The Graeae took the form of old,...
- daughter of Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth). She was the mother of the Phorcydes by her brother Phorcys. Ceto, a "naiad daughter of Oceanos" and thus one...
- into the Underworld. Mephistopheles, meanwhile, meets the Phorkyads or Phorcydes (another name for the Graeae), three hideous hags who share one tooth...
- goddess in Gr**** mythology, daughter of Pontus and Gaia and mother to the Phorcydes Ceto, one of the Nereids in Gr**** mythology Ceto (Oceanid), a Naiad and...