#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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