Dryads

E250334

dryad mythological creature nature spirit nymph

Dryads are tree-associated nymphs in Greek mythology, typically depicted as beautiful female spirits bound to and protecting individual trees or forests.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Dryads canonical	4
Hamadryads	4
Driade	1
Queen of the Dryads	1
dryads	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dryad ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ nature spirit ⓘ nymph ⓘ
appearanceIn	Hellenistic poetry ⓘ later European folklore ⓘ works of classical Greek literature ⓘ
associatedWith	forests ⓘ oak trees ⓘ trees ⓘ
belief	die when their tree dies ⓘ
category	chthonic nature spirits ⓘ
contrastedWith	Naiads ⓘ Nereids ⓘ Oreads ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
depictedAs	beautiful female spirits ⓘ
domain	sacred groves ⓘ wild nature ⓘ
etymology	derived from Greek word "drys" meaning "oak" or "tree" ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
habitat	forests ⓘ groves ⓘ individual trees ⓘ
hasSubclass	Dryads self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hamadryads
interactionWithHumans	may aid respectful mortals ⓘ may curse those who desecrate forests ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
mortality	share the life of a specific tree ⓘ their life is bound to a tree ⓘ
mythologicalFunction	embody the life force of trees ⓘ
number	plural class of beings ⓘ
portrayedIn	Renaissance art theory ⓘ surface form: Renaissance art Romantic literature ⓘ modern fantasy fiction ⓘ
power	ability to influence the health of trees ⓘ ability to punish those who harm trees ⓘ
relatedConcept	genius loci ⓘ tree spirits ⓘ
role	guardians of trees ⓘ protectors of forests ⓘ
subclassOf	Greek nymphs ⓘ tree nymphs ⓘ
symbolism	connection between humans and nature ⓘ personification of trees ⓘ
worship	honored in rural cults ⓘ received offerings at sacred groves ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nymphs of Greek mythology → canBeClassifiedAs → Dryads ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadryads

Philippe Starck → designedForBrand → Dryads ⓘ

this entity surface form: Driade

Meliae → relatedClass → Dryads ⓘ

this entity surface form: dryads

Don Quixote (Petipa/Gorsky version) → principalCharacter → Dryads ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen of the Dryads

Oreads → contrastedWith → Dryads ⓘ

Dryads → hasSubclass → Dryads self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadryads

Mountains (Oreads) → relatedTo → Dryads ⓘ

subject surface form: Oreads

Mountains (Oreads) → relatedTo → Dryads ⓘ

subject surface form: Oreads

this entity surface form: Hamadryads

Nymphs → hasSubclass → Dryads ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadryads