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A hamadryad or hamadryas (/ h æ m ə ˈ d r aɪ. æ d /; Ancient Greek: ἁμαδρυάς, pl: ἁμαδρυάδες, romanized: Hamadryás, pl: Hamadryádes [1]) is a Greek mythological being that lives in trees. It is a particular type of dryad which, in turn, is a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a certain tree on ...
Hamadryas' name means "Together-with-Tree" and "Together-with-Oak" from the Greek words hama and drys - the latter being both "holm oak" and generic "tree." She was probably the first oak-tree nymph.
The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas / ˌ h æ m ə ˈ d r aɪ. ə s /; [4] Tigrinya: ጋውና gawina; [5] Arabic: الرُبَّاح, Al Robah) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. These ...
Hamadryad, a type of tree nymph in Ancient Greek mythology; Hamadryades, a synonym for Nicias, a genus of beetles This page was last edited on 19 ...
In this tale, titled The Snake Prince, a man named Sakkaru, from fairy-land (Tâwatinsa), is reborn in the human realm in the form of a hamadryad (a spirit that lives in a tree), by orders of King Sakrâ . In the human realm, a washerwoman is washing her clothes in the river and sees a serpent (the hamadryad) atop a fig tree.
These were the hamadryads, who were an integral part of their trees, such that if the tree died, the hamadryad associated with it also died. For these reasons, dryads and the Greek gods punished any mortal who harmed trees without first propitiating the tree-nymphs. (associated with Oak trees)
Hamadryas was a nymph, the mother of the hamadryads in Greek mythology, and the name has been used repeatedly in scientific naming and may refer to: Genera. Hamadryas, a genus of brush-footed butterflies; Hamadryas, a genus of plants; Species epithet. The hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas; Rejected scientific names
The homonymic names for an epimelias (Ἐπιμηλιάς) relates them to both fruit trees and flock animals giving them their dual role. Their hair is white, much like apple blossoms or undyed wool. Like other dryads, they can shape-shift from trees to humans. They are also known to be the guardians of the tree that the Golden Fleece was kept ...