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MYTHOLOGY
WATER NYMPH

In mythology water nymph refers to a class of minor deities associated with rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, fountains or the sea. The word "nymph" comes from Greek and simply means a young girl. The Greeks have many myths about nymphs and distinguish different types: sea nymphs (two types: oceanids and neriads), fresh water nymphs (naiads), forest nymphs (dryads), tree nymphs (hamadryads). Water, in all it's forms, is so important to human life that every society has it's myths about it and the magical creatures associated with it.

GREEK

Generally speaking, the Greeks have the classiest myths around, and the most complex. If you study them closely they are all interrelated. The myths about the major gods for example cover three generations.

Halia represents the saltiness of the sea
Calypso, from the Odyssey
Daphne, nymph loved by Apollo
Minthe, does the name sound familiar?
Cyrene, a naiad
Metis, an oceanid
Galatea, a neriad