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Dryads

nature_spirit forest single tradition · 4

Dryads are female human-like creatures, bound to oak trees.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Greek mythology.

Relationships

co occurs with
Fevvers, Miyu, Alseids, Hyades, Heliades, nymphai, hamadryads, meliai, Naiads, Adonis, Silvanus, Napaean Nymphs, Pales, Lila, Pleiades, Meliae, Oceanid, Oread, Hesperides, nymphs, Nereids, Venus, Apollo, Fauns, Pan, God

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. List of female monsters in literature
  2. Nymph
  3. Eclogues of Nemesianus
  4. Ariadne (poem)

Source passages

“The Belgariad series by David Eddings (1982–4): Dryads, female human-like creatures, bound to oak trees”

#6903 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“e.g. dryads and hamadryads as nymphs of trees generally, meliai as nymphs of ash trees.”

#7603 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Idas' song invokes the Dryads and Napaean Nymphs and Naiads.”

#40805 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001