Nymphs

 Nymphs are minor female nature deities in Greek mythology, often associated with specific locations such as a river, a mountain, a forest or the sea.

History

They generally appear to the public as beautiful girls or women; sometimes, they have wings as well.

Zeus, as a child, was raised by nymphs, whom he considered his foster family and who fiercely protected him from his father, the mad Titan Cronus.^[1]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Nymph Physiology
  • Divine Grace
  • Longevity
  • Additionally, nymphs have some power related to her individual sphere of influence.

Abilities

• Charisma
• Seduction

Miscellaneous

Representatives:

• Anthousai (flower-spirits)^[2][3]

• Dryads
  • Queen Maya
  • Althea^[4]
  • Sebastian Faust's lover (Unnamed)^[5]
  • Hamadryads
    • Elissa^[6]
    • Syrinx (beloved of Pan)

• Hesperides^[7][8]
  • Aegle
  • Arethusa
  • Erytheia
  • Anthea
  • Hespera
  • Kalypso

• Naiads
  • Harmonia (mother of the Amazons by Ares)^[9]
  • Rhine-Maidens^[10]

• Nereids
  • Panopeia^[11]
  • Thetis (mother of Achilles)
  • Zoë^[4]

• Oceanids
  • Amphitrite (wife of Poseidon)^[12]
  • Eurynome^[13]
  • Ida (nurse of Zeus)^[14]
  • Metis (mother of Athena)^[15]
  • Peitho^[16]
  • Perseis (mother of Circe)^[17]
  • Tyche^[18]

• Moon Nymphs^[19]
  • Bertha
  • Sylvia
    

Notes

• This character or object is an adaptation of Nymph, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

See Also

• Appearances of Nymphs
• Race Gallery: Nymphs
• Images of Nymphs

Links and References

• Nymph at Wikipedia.org