Dryads and Hamadryads – Mythopedia
2023年1月9日 · Some Dryads and Hamadryads were known as the consorts or mothers of important mythological individuals. Arcas, as we have seen, married either a Dryad or a Hamadryad. Similarly, Danaus, the ancestor of the Greek tribe known as the Danaans, had two Hamadryads—Atlantia and Phoebe—among his many wives.
Nymphs – Mythopedia
2023年1月6日 · The nymphs were minor divinities who took the form of beautiful young women. They represented diverse aspects of nature, including water, mountains, trees, and even specific locales. They were also frequently divided into subgroups (such as Dryads, Naiads, and Nereids) according to the type of environment they inhabited.
Eurydice - Mythopedia
2023年2月9日 · Eurydice was the young woman or nymph who died on the day of her marriage to the musician Orpheus. Orpheus descended to the Underworld to retrieve his bride but ultimately failed in his quest.
Oreads - Mythopedia
2023年7月26日 · The Oreads were beautiful, youthful mountain nymphs. These female divinities roamed the mountains and woodlands of Greece, accompanying other nature gods and presiding over various aspects of the natural world.
Naiads – Mythopedia
2023年8月31日 · Etymology. The term “Naiad” (Greek Ναϊάς, translit. Naïás; pl. “Naiads,” Greek Ναϊάδες, translit.
Fantasy Name Generator - Mythopedia
Fantasy Name Generator. Need the perfect name for your next character? Try our fantasy name generators! With thousands of unique names available, your imagination is the only limit!
Pan – Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia. He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes.
Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
A Hama-Dryad flourish’d in these days, Her name Pomona, from her woodland race. In garden culture none could so excell, Or form the pliant souls of plants so well; Or to the fruit more gen’rous flavours lend, Or teach the trees with nobler loads to bend.
Metamorphoses: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
No longer check’d, the wretch his crime pursu’d, Doubled his strokes, and sacrilege renew’d; When from the groaning trunk a voice was heard, A Dryad I, by Ceres’ love preferr’d, Within the circle of this clasping rind Coeval grew, and now in ruin join’d; But instant vengeance shall thy sin pursue, And death is chear’d with this ...
Ladon – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · Ladon was a formidable serpent or dragon, tasked with guarding the golden apples hidden in the Garden of the Hesperides. When Heracles came to steal the apples for his eleventh labor, he first had to find a way around the imposing Ladon.