(Pleiades) seven daughters of Atlas by Pleione. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 37] Camenae fountain nymphs; identified with Greek Muses. [Rom. Myth.: Zimmerman, 49] dryads divine maidens of the woods. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 108] ...
1.(European Myth & Legend)mytha spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden 2.chieflypoetica beautiful young woman 3.(Zoology) the immature form of some insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly, and certain arthropods. Nymphs resemble the adult, apart from having underdeveloped reproductive...
Nymphs in Homer--and sometimes Hesiod--were the daughters of Zeus. Another writer, Antoninus Liberalis, relates a myth in which the Nymphs take offence at being described as daughters of a the local river-god instead of Zeus.Homer, Odyssey 9. 152 ff (trans. Shewring) (Greek epic C8th ...
nymph/nɪmf/noun[countable]1one of thespiritsof nature who,accordingtoancientGreekandRomanstories, appeared as young girls living in trees,mountains,streamsetc2literaryabeautifulgirl or young woman Examples from the Corpus nymph•Melanie would be anymphcrownedwith daisies once again; he saw her...
In a festival at Delphoi (Delphi), a branch of a sacred laurel tree was brought to the shrine from the Thessalian vale of Tempe. This rite would suggest that the Thessalian version of the Daphne myth was the oldest.The Delphians also had a closely related myth about a certain Daphnis ...
nymph is pro natural nymph is in Greek and italic myth fairy is pro folktell Fairies is a British, Celtic and Slavic myth 中华文化下的仙女 一般指修炼得道升天 中华文化下的蜘蛛精 一般指修炼蜘蛛修炼千年后得道 现代意义的小仙女到底是指哪个? 似乎是指巴拉巴拉小魔仙即fairy?
25、Thenymphhid in a river taking the form of a reed, a thick, hollow grass that lives in the water.(这位仙女藏在河边,变成了芦苇。芦苇是一种生活在水边的厚实的空心草。) 26、According to one Greek myth, Pan fell in love with a beautifulnymph.(在一则希腊神话中,潘爱上了一位美丽的仙女...
consequences that can arise from betrayal and regret. Her journey from a joyous union with Paris to the depths of despair reflects the complexities of human emotion. By exploring Oenone's myth, we gain a deeper understanding of the personal stories that underpin the grand narratives of Greek ...
2. 34 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : "The Teneric Plain [in Boiotia] is named after Teneros (Tenerus). In myth he was the son of Apollon by Melia, and was a prophet of the oracle on the Ptoüs Mountain, which the same poet calls three-peaked...
3. (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water 4. a fairy that inhabits water water nymph词源英文解释 The first known use of water nymph was in the 14th century water nymph 例句 1.The mythological story of the Roman water nymph Sabrina was written in the 12th century, and a statue depicti...