Women in Greek Myths:Nymphs

Echo is probably the most famous of all the nymphs.

clipped from www.paleothea.com Nymphs are all women nymphs are spirits often personifying nature they also show up from time to time as the wives of heroes and (often spurned) lovers of gods When they aren't inhabiting some specific part of nature, they are often the attendents of more important deities. Nymphs by Association Amnisiades Nymphs of the river Amnisus in Crete and devotees of the goddess Artemis. They cared for the goddess's sacred deer. Dodonides The Dodonides, or Dododaean Nymphs, were the nymphs who brought up Zeus Dryades The Dryades were the Nymphs of the Forest, or wood nymphs. Haliai Hamadryades A Hamadryad was a nymph of an oak tree. She was very connected to the tree in which she lived, and very powerful if angered. If her tree was hurt, then the hamadryad was hurt. If her tree was cut down, then the hamadryad also died. Hespirides Meliades Naiades Nereides the 50 daughters of Nereus Nyseides Oceanides 3000 Nymphs of the Ocean Oreades Nymphs of the Mountains The Pleiades Nymphs, like all female deities, are beautiful.