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(Dryads, Hamadryads, Naiads, Nereids, and Oreads) These were mountain nymphs, wood nymphs, stream nymphs, and sea nymphs, all in beauteous female form. They were not immortal but their life span was several thousand years.

 

The Hespirides
The Hespirides were the nymphs who guarded the Tree of the Golden Apples. Their father was Hesperos, or the God of the Evening Star. Their names were:

 Aegle
 Eritheia
 Hesperia
 
 

The Heliades
The Heliades were the sisters of Phaeton (son ofApollo). Well, when Phaeton died on that fateful chariot ride, they wept uncontrollably for four months. After that the gods took pity on them and turned the maidens into poplar trees and changed their tears to amber.
 

The Pleiades
There were seven Pleiades, and you can find them when you loook in the sky (they are stars).
Their names were:

     Maia
    Aleyone
    Electra
    Celaeno
    Taygeta
    Sterope or Asterope
    Merope

They were the daughters of Pleione and Atlas (son of Iapetus, the Titan, and Clymene, the Sea Nymph).
 

Hyades
These daughters of Atlas and Pleione were also the sisters of Hyas, who died. they mourned for him so much that the Gods hung them as stars in the Sky.
 

Oceanids
There were 3000 Oceanids, and they were all the Nymphs of the Ocean. Their mother was the Titaness Tethys and their father the Titan Oceanus.
 
 

Nereids
The Nereids were the 50 daughters of Nereus (the Sea) and Doris. The were the Nymphs of the Sea, and on the right is how one artist supposed them.One of them was Amphitrite. The stories say that it was when they went and performed a dance on the island of Naxos that Poseidon decided to claim Amphitrite as his bride.

Naiads
The Naiads were the nymphs of freshwater streams rivers and lakes. They had extremely long lifetimes, but they were not considered immortal.

Draiads
The Draiads were the Nymphs of the Forest.
Like the freshwater nymphs known as naiads and the ocean-going Nereids, dryads were minor deities of a less-than-Olympian order, but they were immortal, unlike other types, like the Hamadreiads, who lived in oak trees and would die when the tree they lived in died. They were the hunting companions of Artemis.

Meliads
These Draids were the Nymphs of Ash Trees. They were the daughters of Gaia and of Uranus' blood.

Napaea
The Napaea were the Nymphs of the Valley. In Greek nape means dell.

Oreads
Oreads were the Nymphs of the Mountains.

Epimeliads
Epimeliads were the Protectors of Sheep. So I suppose you could call them Sheep Nymphs.

Lamusidean Nymphs
Lamusidean Nymphs were the daughters of Lamus. They were the nurses of Dionysus, but because of Hera's deep jealousy they were driven mad. They would have chopped the baby Dionysus up, and not Hermes appeared on the scene just in time to save the baby God.

Aegina
This was the daughter of Asopus, a river god. She was abducted by Zeus, as it every nymph eventually is, it seems, and carried off to the island of Attica (which was renamed after her for a period). There she had a son, Aeacus, and he became the monarch of the island.

Calypso
She was the daughter of Atlas. She is in the story of Odysseus. She takes a fancy to him, and keeps him prisoner for seven years, during which time they sleep together, although Odysseus remains loyal to Penelope (which I don't understand), and eventually Zeus orders her to set him free.

Chelone
This poor nymph got turned into a turtle because she refused to attend the wedding of Hera and Zeus. The gods
condemned her to eternal silence because of her insulting words.

Clytia
Also known as Clytie, this Oceanid was the beloved of Apollo. Well, she was until he got tired of her. Then he dropped her and broke her heart. She was changed into a sunflower with her face to the sun.

Lethe
Lethe was another Naiad, but her river was in the Underworld. The Lethe was the river of Forgetfulness and Oblivion. Lethe was a daughter of Eris.

Rhodus
Rhodus was a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon. She was the mother of the Heliadae with Helios. The island she lived on was named after her: Rhodes.

Styx
Styx was a Naiad. Her name meant literally Hateful. This may have been because her river was the one that all of the dead must pass. Her river was the most holy and sacred, and to swear on it was the most holy oath a God could make.
 

Sylphs   click on the flower to visit this special page !

The sylphs are the air spirits. Their element has the highest vibratory rate of the four (air, earth, fire, water). They live hundreds of years, often reaching one thousand and never seeming to get old. They are said to live on the tops of mountains. The leader of the sylphs is a being called Paralda who is said to dwell on the highest mountain of Earth.