Nymphs

Nymphs are the female spirits of nature. Usually born to the gods in large groups, most rank as minor deities. Nymphs are tied to a physical location or object which dictates their lifespan, each Nymph has powers over an element and are also tasked with taking care of a part of nature, whether that be a physical location (such as a large freshwater, a sea, mountain, the sky etc) or a plant or animal species, each having their own speciality, for example a Potamide (Freshwater Nymph of a River) can create and control freshwater and are tied to a river which they must take care of and preserve to keep living.

There are many different types of Nymphs, with their own unique abilities, such as the:

• Oreads/ Mountain Nymphs
• Naiads/Freshwater Nymphs ( which include the Crinaeae/ Naiads of fountains, Eleionomae/ Naiads of wetlands and marshes, Limnades/ Naiads of lakes, Pegaeae/ Naiads of springs, Potameides/ Naiads of rivers and Tagides/ Naiads of the Tagus river)
• Nereids/ Sea Nymphs
• Dryads/ Tree Nymphs.
• Hesperides-a Sisterhood group of Nymphs associated with the west, the evening and sunsets.
• Aurae/Breeze Nymphs
• Asteriae/Star Nymphs
• Rain Nymphs (which include sisterhood groups such as The Hyades and The Pleiades)
• Nephelai/Cloud Nymphs
• Alseids/ Nymphs of gloves and glens
• Auloniades/ Nymphs of valley pastures and glens
• Leimakides/ Nymphs of meadows
• Napaeae/ Nymphs of dells
• Anthousai/ Nymphs of flowers
• Daphnaeae/ Nymphs of laurel trees
• Epimeliades/ Nymphs of apple trees, who also protected flocks
• Kissiae/ Nymphs of ivy trees
• Meliae/ Nymphs of ash trees
• Hyleoroi/ Nymphs who watch over the woods
• Haliae/ Nymphs of seas and seashores
• Oceanids/ Nymphs of the oceans
• Nymphs of the underworld (which include the Cocytiae/ Nymphs of river Cocytus and Lampades/ Nymphs who carry torches and accompany Hecate)
• Hecaterides/ Nymphs of rustic dance
• Kabeirides
• Lenai/ Nymphs of wine press
• Mimallones/ Nymphs of music
• The Muses/ Nymphs of memory, knowledge and art
• Themeides/ Nymph prophets and keepers of certain divine artefacts
• Melissae/ Nymphs of honey bees
• Heliades- Sun Nymphs