#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"
supertype: Greco-Roman_deity__Graeco-Roman_deity a deity of classical mythology
instance: Echo Hesperides Hyades Pleiades.nymph Daphne Salmacis
subtype: Oread (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
subtype: Asterope__Sterope (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
subtype: water_nymph__waternymph (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
subtype: sea_nymph__seanymph (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
subtype: Nereid (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
instance: Thetis
subtype: Siren a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
subtype: Lorelei a siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
instance: Calypso Oceanid
subtype: naiad (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
subtype: dryad__woodnymph a deity or nymph of the woods
subtype: hamadryad the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
instance: Napaea__Napea
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