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- Nymphs are immortal creatures, which means that they do not age or die like humans do. However, they are not invincible, and they can be killed by certain means.
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Nymph, in Greek mythology, any of a large class of inferior female divinities. The nymphs were usually associated with fertile, growing things, such as trees, or with water. They were not immortal but were extremely long-lived and were on the whole kindly disposed toward men.
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Jul 22, 2020 · The nymphs were the female nature spirits of Greek mythology. Unlike the raucous and uncivilized satyrs, they were usually seen as graceful and beautiful. This made them especially attractive to both gods and men. Many of the nymphs named in classical mythology were the lovers and wives of kings and gods, becoming the mothers of great men and ...
A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses , nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, landform, or tree, and are ...
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PARENTS
Various. See the Catalogue of Nymphs.
NAMES
For a comprehensive list see the Catalogue of Nymphs.
NYMPHAE (Numphai), the name of a numerous class of inferior female divinities, though they are designated by the title of Olympian, are called to meetings of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. (Hom. Od....
Ancient Greek writers describe many types of nymph but the classifications were rather fluid. The Naiad nymph of a local spring could, for example, also be the Dryad of the large tree growing by its waters. Only in modern compendiums are they divided into neatly arranged groups.
TYPES OF NYMPHS ACCORDING TO ANCIENT POETS & WRITERS
Ancient poets and writers introduce various types of nymph. References to sea-nymphs (Nereides, etc.) are not included here.
IMMORTALITY OF THE NYMPHS
Some of the elder Nymphs, including the Okeanides and Nereides, were immortal goddesses. Many of the younger ones, especially the tree-dwelling Dryades had a limited, albeit long, life-span. Hesiod, The Precepts of Chiron Frag 3 (from Plutarch de Orac. defectu 2. 415C) (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) : "A chattering crow lives out nine generations of aged men, but a stag's life is four times a crow's and a raven's life makes three stags old, while the Phoinix (Phoenix) [ma...
COLOURS OF THE NYMPHS
The oldest Greek poets simply envisaged Nymphs as beautiful women. The painters and poets of late antiquity, however, gave them fancifully coloured hair and skin. Anacreon, Fragment 35 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (C6th B.C.) : "The blue-eyed Nymphai (Nymphs)." Anacreontea, Fragment 35 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (B.C.) : "Rosy-armed Nymphai (Nymphs)." Orphic Hymn 55 to Aphrodite (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "Beauteous Nymphai (Nymphs) with eyes c...
GREEK
1. Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 2. Homer, The Odyssey - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 3. Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 4. Hesiod, Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 5. The Homeric Hymns - Greek Epic C8th - 4th B.C. 6. Greek Lyric I Alcman, Fragments - Greek Lyric C7th B.C. 7. Greek Lyric I Alcaeus, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th B.C. 8. Greek Lyric II Anacreon, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th B.C. 9. Aristophanes, Clouds - Greek Comedy C5th - 4th B.C. 10. Apollodorus, The Lib...
ROMAN
1. Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 2. Propertius, Elegies - Latin Elegy C1st B.C. 3. Cicero, De Natura Deorum - Latin Rhetoric C1st B.C. 4. Statius, Thebaid - Latin Epic C1st A.D.
Nymphs (in classical Greek: Νύμφαι; in modern Greek: Νύμφες), in Greek mythology, are natural female spirits, attached to a particular place or object in nature. Often, nymphs make up the aspect of varied gods and goddesses, see also the genealogy of the Greek gods.
A comprehensive guide to the Nymphs of Greek mythology including Naiads, Dryads, Nereids, Oceanids, Hesperides, Aurae, Nephelae, and more.
