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In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
In the Delphic tradition, Thyia was also the Naiad-nymph of a spring on Mount Parnassos in Phocis (central Greece), daughter of the river god Cephissus or the hero Castalius, one of the earliest inhabitants of Delphi or by other traditions Thyia was a daughter of Deucalion and had two sons by Zeus, Magnes and Macedon. [1]
Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Online version at the Topos Text Project.; Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, in Hesiod: The Shield, Catalogue of Women, Other Fragments, edited and translated by Glenn W.
Nymphs are divided into various broad subgroups based on their habitat, [4] such as the Meliae (ash tree nymphs), the Dryads (oak tree nymphs), the Alseids (grove nymphs), the Naiads (spring nymphs), the Nereids (sea nymphs), the Oceanids (ocean nymphs), the Oreads (mountain nymphs), and the Epimeliads (apple tree and flock nymphs).
En-Naddāha (Egyptian Arabic: النداهة "the caller") is an Egyptian legend of a naiad-like female spirit who calls men to the Nile, leading to their death or disappearance. It is especially well known in the rural and agriculture-based areas of Egypt along the Nile and the Nile's water canals.
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The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, best known for his roles in Street Fighter and Necessary Roughness, has died.He was 61. The late actor's son Manoah confirmed his death in a Facebook post shared on Monday ...