Nymphs

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Female spirit Mythological being Nature deity

Nymphs are minor female nature deities in Greek mythology, typically depicted as beautiful young maidens associated with natural features like forests, rivers, mountains, and trees.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nymphs canonical 3
nymph Lilaia 2
Corycian nymphs 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Female spirit ⓘ
Mythological being ⓘ
Nature deity ⓘ
appearIn Hesiodic poems ⓘ
Homeric epics ⓘ
Later Greek and Roman literature ⓘ
associatedWith Fertility ⓘ
Forests ⓘ
Groves ⓘ
Growth ⓘ
Lakes ⓘ
Meadows ⓘ
Mountains ⓘ
Nature ⓘ
Rivers ⓘ
Seas ⓘ
Springs ⓘ
Trees ⓘ
Wild places ⓘ
canBe Benevolent ⓘ
Dangerous to mortals who offend them ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
domain Specific natural locations ⓘ
etymology Greek word nymphē meaning bride or young woman ⓘ
gender Female ⓘ
GreekName Νύμφαι ⓘ
hasSubclass Alseids ⓘ
Aurae ⓘ
Dryads ⓘ
Dryads ⓘ
surface form: Hamadryads

Limnades ⓘ
Meliads ⓘ
Naiads ⓘ
Nereids ⓘ
Oceanids ⓘ
Oreads ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mortality Long-lived ⓘ
Not usually immortal like Olympian gods ⓘ
relatedConcept Personification of nature ⓘ
roleInMyth Companions of gods ⓘ
Nurses of infant gods ⓘ
Objects of desire for gods and heroes ⓘ
Protectors of natural places ⓘ
subclassOf Minor deity ⓘ
Spirit of place ⓘ
typicalDepiction Beautiful young maiden ⓘ
worship Local cults in ancient Greece ⓘ
Rural shrines ⓘ
Sacred springs and caves ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Chrysothemis → category → Nymphs ⓘ
Children of Atlas → relatedConcept → Nymphs ⓘ
Maenads → alsoKnownAs → Nymphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thyiads
Lilaea → hasNameOrigin → Nymphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: nymph Lilaia
Lilaea → associatedWith → Nymphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: nymph Lilaia
Echo → category → Nymphs ⓘ
Corycian Cave → associatedWith → Nymphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corycian nymphs
Nysa → etymologyAssociatedWith → Nymphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nysiads (nymphs of Nysa)