ACHEIA (Akheia) One of the Hyperborean nymphs, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis from the mythical Northern land of Hyperborea. PITANE The Naiad nymph of the town of Pitane in Lacedaemonia, southern Greece. She was usually named Melanippe. those associated with individual CHIONE (2) (Khione) A snow-nymph loved by the god Boreas. IDA (Ide) One of the nymphs of Mount Ida on the island of Crete in the Greek Aegean. She was the wife of the Indian River-God Hydaspes. They were daughters of the wind-god Boreas, or Okeanos, the earth-encircling fresh-water stream. She was one of nine Arcadian nurses of the god Zeus. She was represented by the lion and an eight-pointed star. SIRENS (Seirenes) Three Naiad nymph companions of Persephone. HECAERGE (Hekaerge) One of the Hyperborean nymphs, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis, from the mythical northern land of Hyperborea. She was loved by the god Poseidon who transformed her sisters into poplar trees during her seduction.

She was a nurse and one of the first Bacchantes of the god Dionysus. She receives half of those who die in battle, those who do not go to Valhalla, the hall of Odin. THEONOE A Haliad nymph daughter of the god Proteus. SCYLLA (Skylla) A Sicilian sea-nymph who was transformed into a monster by the witch Circe.

She was raped by the god Dionysus. She was the wife of the prince Icarius. OPIS One of the Hyperborean nymphs, handmaidens of the goddess Artemis, from the mythical northern land of Hyperborea. Pero was also named Celusa. Vegetation deity - Nature worship - Nymph - Deity - Satyr - Leshy - List of natural phenomena - List of water deities - Sky deity - Solar deity - Fire worship - Panentheism - Pantheism - Deism - Polytheism - Animism - Totem - Shamanism - Paganism - Mother goddess - Mother Nature - Master of Animals - Oko (orisha) - Yoruba religion - Orisha She was also named Pronoea. PLEIADES Seven star-nymphs daughters of the Titan Atlas who were transformed into constellation Pleiades. She was loved by the god Hephaestus. ISMENE (2) The Oceanid and Naiad nymph of the Ismenian spring of Thebes in Boeotia, central Greece. She was the mother of the Charites (Graces) by Zeus. ANCHIROE (2) (Ankhiroe) The Naiad nymph of the Psylli tribe of Libya in North Africa. MELIAE (Meliai) Nymphs of honey, bees and honeydew (manna). THELPUSA (Thelpousa) The Naiad nymph of the town of Thelpusa in Arcadia, southern Greece. METIS (2) A Naiad nymph of the River Meles near Smyrna in Lydia, Anatolia (modern Turkey). Enheduanna, daughter of the Mesopotamian king Sargon, was a priestess appointed by her father, and she wrote hymns to Inanna. IDYIA The Oceanid nymph of the town of Colchis in Aea on the Black Sea (modern Georgia).

CAMARINA (Kamarina) The Oceanid nymph of the town of Camarina in Sicily, southern Italy. DAPHNE A Naiad nymph of the River Ladon in Arcadia in the Peloponnese or the River Peneus in Thessaly, northern Greece. "HYPERBOREAN" NYMPHS (Nymphai Hyperboreiai) Three nymphs of the mythical northern land of Hyperborea who journed to the island of the Delos with offerings for the goddess Artemis and became her handmaidens.

NEPHELAE (Nephelai) Nymphs of the clouds. The name is usually spelt Oupis. She was loved by the bard Philammon. AMNISIADES Naiads of the River Amnisus on the island of Crete in the Greek Aegean. NEPHELE (2) A nymph of Athamantia in Boeotia, central Greece. METIS (1) An Oceanid nymph loved by the god Zeus. Names of Nymphs The Hamadryads of Mount Oeta transformed her into a nymph. She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon.

PHOEBE (1) (Phoibe) A Hamadryad nymph of Libya in North Africa. Another name for the Epimelides. She was a nurse and one of the first Bacchantes of the god Dionysus. ABA The Naiad nymph of the town of Ergisce in Ciconia, Thrace (north of Greece). ASOPIDES Twelve or twenty Naiads of the River Asopos in Sicyonia and Boeotia, central and southern Greece. NEPHELE (3) One of the Oceanids in the retinue of the goddess Artemis. They were nurses of the god Zeus. PERIBOEA (2) (Periboia) A Naiad nymph of the region of Lacedaemonia in southern Greece. She was a nurse of the god Dionysus. She was the wife of the eponymous king Tros. She was the wife of the sea-god Proteus and loved by King Aeacus of AEgina. A nymphet was a little, or young, nymph. In the Roman period, her worship was sometimes associated with Isis. She was transformed into a sun-gazing heiotrope flower when he abandoned her. SOSE A prophetic Oread nymph of the region of Arcadia in southern Greece. MELIA (3) The Naiad nymph of the Malean peninsular in Lacedaemonia, southern Greece. She was seduced by the god Zeus. She gave birth to Athena within the belly of the god. PELIONIDES Naiads of the springs of Mount Pelion in Thessaly, northern Greece. CABEIRIDES (Kabeirides) Nymphs of the Mysteries of the island of Samothrace in the Greek Aegean.

She was a nurse of the god Dionysus. THRONIA (Thronie) The Naiad nymph of the town of Abdera in Bistonia in Thrace, north of Greece. She was loved by the god Ares and bore him the first of the Amazon queens. LIBRETHIAS One of the Leibrethrides, Naiads of the springs of Mount Librethrius in Boeotia, central Greece. Names of Nymphs

Juno Lucina, meaning light, ruled childbirth—bringing children "into the light." GARGAPHIA (Gargaphie) The Naiad nymph of the Gargaphian spring of Plataea in Boeotia, central Greece.

She like some other fertility goddesses is often depicted with a cornucopia. She was the wife of the sea-god Thaumas and mother of Iris (Rainbow) and the Harpies. AETHUSA (Aithousa) A nymph daughter of Poseidon and the Pleaid Alcyone. She was associated with the Greek goddess Demeter, a goddess of agriculture. She was a nurse of the goddess Hera. EVADNE (Euadne) A Naiad nymph of the town of Argos in the Peloponnese. She was carried off to the land by Zeus but had him swear an oath to protect her virginity. They transformed the Miletian princess Byblis into a spring. She was the wife of the eponymous King Argos. PHILIA One of the Naiads of Mount Drios on the island of Naxos in the Greek Aegean. "LYCAEAN" NYMPHS (Nympahi Lykaiai) Nine Oceanid nymphs, Naiads and Dryades of Mount Lycaeus in Arcadia in the Peloponnese. Althaea was usually named Amaltheia and described as a goat. PEGAEA (Pegaia) One of the Ionides, Naiads of the healing springs of the River Cytherus in Elis in the Peloponnese. ALCYONE (Alkyone) The Pleiad nymph of Boeotia, central Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon. AESEPIDES (Aisepides) Naiads of the River Aisepos in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was born a mortal princess who was transformed into a spring by the Carian Naiads. She was the wife of the Titan Epimetheus. She was loved by the god Poseidon. She was loved by the god Poseidon who abducted her to the island. She was wooed by both Zeus and Poseidon but when it was revealed that she was destined to bear a son greater than his father, the gods married her to the mortal Peleus. OCYRHOE (1) (Ocyrhoe) A Naiad nymph of the River Imbrasus on the island of Samos. CALIADNE (Kaliadne) A Naiad nymph of the River Nile in Egypt. NAIADS (Naiades) Nymphs of the sources of fresh-water: springs, fountains, streams, rivers, and lakes. She was a nurse and one of the first Bacchantes of the god Dionysus. "HIMERIAN" NAIADS (Naiades Himeriai) Naiads of the hot-water springs of the town of Himera in Sicily, southern Italy. She was loved by the god Poseidon and also married the Libyan king Amphithemis. ARGIA An Oceanid and Naiad nymph of Argos, in southern Greece, who was the wife of the river-god Inachus. ANTHE One of the nymphs Alcyonides. ERATO (2) One of the Nysiades, nymphs of the mythical Mount Nysa. OZOMENE The Oceanid nymph mother of Iris (Rainbow) and the Harpies. Nerthus is described by the Roman historian Tacitus as a German pagan goddess connected with fertility. DODONA (Dodone) The Oceanid nymph of the town of Dodona in Thesprotia, north-western Greece. SYNALLASIS One of the Ionides, Naiads of the healing springs of the River Cytherus in Elis in the Peloponnese. CHRYSEIS (Khryseis) One of the Oceanid nymphs. Amaltheia was usually described as the milk-providing goat of the nurses, rather than a nymph herself. PSANIS The Naiad nymph of an Arcadian spring.

They were nurses of the goddess Hera. SINOPE The Naiad nymph of the Greek colony of Sinope in Assyria on the Black Sea, Anatolia (modern Turkey). There were many different types

She was the nurse of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persepone. TRITONIS The Haliad nymph of the salt-water lake Tritonis in Libya, north Africa. The following chart contains the "SATNIOEIAN" NAIAD (Naias Satnioeis) An unnamed Naiad nymph of the River Satnioeis in the Troad, Anatolia (modern Turkey). She was the wife of King Pelasgus. PSAMATHE One of the fifty Nereids. PHAETHONIDES Seven nymphs daughters of the sun-god Helius who were transformed into amber-weeping poplar trees after the death of the their brother Phaethon. CERCEIS (Kerkeis) One of the Oceanid nymphs. They were daughers of Oceanus--the earth-encircling, fresh-water stream--and sisters of the River-Gods. Apollo burried her waters beneath rocks as punishment for trying to trick him into building his temple elsewhere. ARGIOPE (2) The Naiad nymph of the town of Eleusis in Attica, southern Greece. She was one of the many wives of the Egyptian king Aegyptus. ancient Greek legends inhabited ISMENIS A Naiad nymph of the River Ismenus of Boeotia, central Greece. PALLENE One of the Alcyonid nymphs. TELPHUSA (Telphousa) The Naiad nymph of the Telphusian spring of Mount Helicon in Boeotia, central Greece. They were responsible for the care of the plants and animals of their domain and as such were closely associated with the Olympian gods of nature such as Hermes, Dionysus, Artemis, Poseidon and Demeter. CYMOTHOE (Kymothoe) One of the fifty Nereids. Lajja Gauri is a Shakti goddess originating in the Indus Valley who is connected with fertility and abundance. AMBROSIA (1) One of the Nysiades, nymphs of the mythical Mount Nysa. PEUCE (Peuke) The Naiad nymph of the island of Peuce at the mouth of the River Ister (the Danube) in western Scythia (modern Romania). She was the wife of King Arestor. She was loved by the earth-born king Lelex. "SERIPHIAN" NAIAD (Naias Seriphia) An unnamed Naiad of the island of Seriphos in the Greek Aegean. She was raped by a peasant and in grief cast snow down upon the desert. She was an attendant of the goddess Britomartis. PHERUSA (Pherousa) One of the fifty Nereids. ATLANTIDES Nymph daughters of the Titan Atlas. They were the attendants of the goddess Britomartis. CREUSA (Kreousa) An Oceanid or Naiad nymph of Thessaly, northern Greece. PHAESYLE (Phaisyle) One of the five star-nymphs of the constellation Hyades. CLEOMEDE (Kleomede) A Naiad nymph of the main town of Paeonia (modern day Macedonia). Ninsar was the Sumerian goddess of plants and was also known as Lady Earth.

ORPHNE A nymph of the underworld. Amphitrite is a Greek goddess of the sea, also the goddess of the spindle. The Shakti cult worships Shiva as female power. LAMPETIA (1) A nymph daughter of the sun-god Helius who tended sacred flocks on the mythical island of Thrinacia. MELITE (2) One of the Naiads of the River Erasinus in Argolis in the Peloponnese.

PSECAS (Psekas) One of the Oceanids in the retinue of the goddess Artemis.

HELIA (Helie) One of the Heliad nymphs who were transformed into amber-weeping poplar trees. Cybele is the Anatolian mother goddess, the only goddess known to represent Phyrgia. CORONIS (1) (Koronis) One of the five star nymphs of the constellation Hyades. She and her arrogant husband Haemus were transformed into mountains as punishment for pretending to be Zeus and Hera. CETO (1) (Keto) An Oceanid Naiad nymph of India loved by the god Poseidon. HELEIONOMAE (Heleionomai) Naiad nymphs of fresh-water marshes and wetlands. She was loved by the god Apollo. She was wife of the wicked king Sisyphus.