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nymphs

nature_spirit water Christian corroborated · 17

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #506 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 17 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Term used in Comte de Gabalis.

Relationships

co occurs with
Pygmies, sylphide, gnomide, dwarfs, Dryads, Saint Artemius, wight, Stallo, Wild man, Skogsrå, Naiads, Charites, Eros, Peitho, Muses, Meliboeus, Belisama, Ether, Circe, Dioscuri, Aeëtes, Medea, Absyrtus, Talos, Dragon (guardian of the fleece), Eileithyia, Hestia, Selene, Leto, Adonis, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Sylph, will-o'-the-wisp, giant, succubus, Elemental, Ra, Hulder, Troll, Mare, Revenant, Nixie, Aphrodite, Fauns, Poseidon, Scylla, Charybdis, Triton, Zeus, Hera, Athena, Venus, Persephone, Diana, Heracles, Erechtheus
sibling of
salamanders, gnomes, sylvestres
syncretized with
Undine, Juturna, Egeria, Carmentis, Fontus, Lymphae, mouras encantadas, genius loci
parent of
sea monks, Sirens
serves
Dionysus, Hermes, Pan, Artemis (Diana)
allied with
Apollo, Artemis (Diana), Belenos, Argonauts
has aspect
Meliae, Alseids, Naiads, Nereids, Oceanid, Oread, Hesperides, Hyades, Heliades, Pleiades
served by
Artemis (Diana)

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Mentioned by

and 22 more

Sources

wikipedia (15)
  1. Enchanted moura
  2. Elemental
  3. A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits
  4. Elemental (Dungeons & Dragons)
  5. Nymph
  6. Bergsrå
  7. Mavka
  8. Artemis
  9. Charites
  10. Belenus
  11. Eclogues of Nemesianus
  12. Artemis Alphaea
  13. Artemis Tauropolos
  14. Tauropolia
  15. Adonis Awakens
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Argonauts (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Male nymphs (the term used instead of the Paracelsian "undine") are said to be rare, while female salamanders are rarely seen.”

#7475 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Those who live in water, he calls nymphs, water people, or undines... Monsters produced by the Nymphs include sirens and sea monks.”

#7502 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The opposite side of the relief shows Apollo being crowned by Artemis with nymphs in the background.”

#28069 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was often said to roam the forests and mountains, attended by an entourage of nymphs.”

#43038 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat

“She was a great goddess and her temples were built near springs marshes and rivers where the nymphs live, and they are appealed by the pregnant women.”

#43120 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001