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The nymph Salmacis raped Hermaphroditus and fused with him when he tried to escape. The water nymph associated with particular springs was known all through Europe in places with no direct connection with Greece, surviving in the Celtic wells of northwest Europe that have been rededicated to Saints, and in the medieval Melusine .
In this 1896 painting of Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse, Hylas is abducted by the Naiads, i.e. fresh water nymphs. Nymphs were sometimes beloved by many and dwelt in specific areas related to the natural environment: e.g. mountainous regions; forests; springs.
Apollodorus, 1.1.6 makes the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus, daughters of Melisseus, leader of the Kuretes of Crete: Idyia or Eidyia [60] [61] Leucippe Libye [62] Lyris Lysithoe [63] Mother of Heracles by Zeus in some myths. [64] Melia (consort of Apollo) [65] See also (below) the Argive Oceanid Melia who was the consort of Inachus
The Oceanids are not easily categorized, nor confined to any single function, [5] not even necessarily associated with water. [6] Though most nymphs were considered to be minor deities, many Oceanids were significant figures. Metis, the personification of intelligence, was Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed. [7]
Nymphs of aquatic insects, as in the Odonata, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera orders, are also called naiads, an Ancient Greek name for mythological water nymphs. Some entomologists have said that the terms larva, nymph and naiad [ 4 ] should be used according to the developmental mode classification (hemimetabolous, paurometabolous or ...
She has been compared to the nymph, the female character of ancient Greek mythology. [48] [49] She is said to inhabit water sources (rivers and wells), [50] similar to their ancient mythical counterpart, the Nereids (water nymphs). [51] [52] However, in modern speech, the term also encompasses fairy maidens from mountains and woodlands. [53]
A water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures: ... alternately called Kawatar ... was a female ghost, water nymph, ...
The children born to her will be imparted with human souls as well. For this reason, the Undines (also called Nymphs) yearn to marry a human husband. [20] [14] [19] If a man has an Undine/Nymph for a wife, he must be careful not to offend her in the presence of water, or she will return to her element. [21] [22] [19]