Mythological Names: Nymphs

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An Introduction to Nymphs

"Acheloids (from the river Achelous)
Alseids (groves)
Dryads (forests)
Hamadryads (trees)
The children of Hamadryas, from Deipnosophists ('Philosopher's Banquet', by Athenaeus, written in the 3rd century A.D.):
Aegeirus (the poplar)
Ampelus (the vine)
Balanus (the acorn-bearing oak)
Carya (the nut-tree)
Craneus (the cornel-tree)
Orea (the ash)
Ptelea (the elm)
Suke (the fig-tree)
Hydriads (water)
Leimoniads (meadows)
Meliads (ash trees)
Naiads (springs and rivers)
Nereid (the Mediterranean)
Oceanids (the sea)
Oreads (mountains)
Napaea (valleys)"¹

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-http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/godsandgoddesses/a/Nymphs.htm; N. S. Gill}

2010-11-12 [Akayume]: I like to keep the format all the same, however, and that would make this one different from the rest. In that way I'd rather just quote it all to keep everything semi-similar.

2010-11-12 [Akayume]: I would agree, but my OCD demands that there is some sort of uniform to whatever I throw together. It is a burden, to be sure. </martyr>

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