Mountains (Oreads)

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Greek mythological figures mythological beings nymphs

Mountains (Oreads) are a class of Greek mythological nymphs associated specifically with mountainous regions and rocky highlands.

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Label Occurrences
Mountains (Oreads) canonical 2

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figures ⓘ
mythological beings ⓘ
nymphs ⓘ
appearsIn Greek mythological tradition ⓘ
associatedWith caves ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
rocky highlands ⓘ
contrastedWith urban deities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
domain mountainous regions ⓘ
etymology from Ancient Greek ὀρεάδες (oreades) meaning mountain nymphs ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasCharacteristic beautiful maidens ⓘ
immortal or long-lived spirits ⓘ
linked to wild and remote places ⓘ
hasCollectiveName Mountains (Oreads) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasDomainTopic folklore ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
influenced later European literary depictions of mountain spirits ⓘ
languageOfMyth Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf Greek nymphs ⓘ
partOf Greek pantheon mythological ecosystem ⓘ
pluralFormOf Oread ⓘ
relatedTo Dryads ⓘ
Dryads ⓘ
surface form: Hamadryads

Naiads ⓘ
Nereids ⓘ
Oceanids ⓘ
resideIn caves ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
rocky highlands ⓘ
subclassOf nature spirits ⓘ
nymphs of nature ⓘ
typeOf chthonic nature spirit ⓘ
typicalRole guardians of mountain wilderness ⓘ
personifications of mountains ⓘ
worshippedIn Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

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Nymphs of Greek mythology → domain → Mountains (Oreads) ⓘ
Mountains (Oreads) → hasCollectiveName → Mountains (Oreads) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Oreads