sea nymph - (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus nymph - (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" naiad - (Greek mythology) a nymph...
Thunderbirds.The ox-like horns of some Waterspirits recallGreekwater deities like Acheloos. Still other Waterspirits are characterized by having long ears.12All Wakcéxi possess an appendage called a "scent bag" which can yield very powerful medicines.13However, the odor is not agreeable to huma...
It is said they stayed together after that and their spirits still live in the caves beneath Niagara Falls to this day. Manu In Hindu mythology, Manu was a man that survived a great flood. One day as he washed his hands in the river, a fish swam into his hands and begged him to ...
Goddess [Pales], placate for us the Springs and Fountain Spirits [Naiads], placate the gods dispersed through every grove. Keep from our sight the Dryades and Diana's [Artemis'] bath and Faunus [Pan] lying in the fields at noon."
In addition, water lilies come from the scientific familyNymphaeaceae, which refers to the water nymphs of ancientGreek mythology. Also called naiads, water nymphs were female nature spirits that lived in various freshwater bodies around the world. They helped to protect the body of water where th...
These Good Spirits (Daimones Agathoi) were ephemeral in nature much like the dark children of Nyx (Night), the Spirits of Harm (Daimones Kakoi).Another group of Okeanides were handmaidens of the Olympian goddesses, the most prominent of these were the sixty Okeanis companions of Artemis, Pei...
It seems that Ireland is full of water-spirits, river-goddesses, and sea-nymphs. Every well and bog seems to have its own attendant spirit. There were many to choose from, and I could not name or explore them all here. The book, "Goddesses in World Mythology" by Ann and Imel, was ...
Now that you said evil, remember how Habaek asked Yeom-mi if the god she knows is one of those evil spirits who came falling from heaven? What if he's one of those? I don't want him to be evil though. :( 1 1 reply azzo July 12, 2017 at 10:38 AM Yes, and I just can...
1.(Classical Myth & Legend) any fabled nymph of the water, such as the Naiad, Nereid, or Oceanid of Greek mythology 2.(Plants) any of various aquatic plants, esp a water lily or a naiad Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers...
Waller T. The Blue Cultural Fix: Water-Spirits and World-Ecology in Jorge Amado’s Mar Morto and Pepetela’s O Desejo de Kianda. Humanities. 2020; 9(3):72. https://doi.org/10.3390/h9030072 Chicago/Turabian Style Waller, Thomas. 2020. "The Blue Cultural Fix: Water-Spirits and World...