Greek deities series
Primordial deities
Titans and Olympians
Chthonic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Aquatic deities
Poseidon Oceanus Ceto Nereus Glaucus Thetis Amphitrite Tethys	Triton Proteus Phorcys Pontus Oceanids Nereids Naiads
Nymphs
Dryads Naiads Meliae Oreads Napaeae Nereids	Hamadryads Oceanids Limnades Crinaeae Hesperides Pegaeae

In Greek mythology, the Naiads (from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water") were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks^[1]. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance The ancient Greeks proposed many different ideas about primordial deities in their mythology, which would later be largely adapted by the In Greek mythology, the Titans ( Greek: Tītā́n; plural Tītânes) were a race of powerful Deities that ruled during the legendary The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon ( Greek: Δωδεκάθεον Chthonic (from Greek χθόνιος khthonios "of the earth" from khthōn "earth" pertaining to the Earth; earthy subterranean In Greek mythology, the Muses ( Ancient Greek, hai moũsai: perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root * men- "think" are Asclepius (pronounced /æsˈkliːpiːəs/, Greek, transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) is the god of Medicine The ancient Greeks had a large number of sea deities. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond -- their In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" Ocean (Ὠκεανός was believed to be the world-ocean in Classical antiquity, which the ancient Romans and Greeks considered to be Nereus (Νηρεύς in Greek Mythology, was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea and Gaia (the Earth a Titan who (with Doris) fathered In Greek mythology, Glaucus ("shiny" "bright" or "bluish-green" (Γλαῦκος was the name of several different figures including This article is about the Greek sea nymph Thetis should not be confused with Themis, the embodiment of the laws of nature but see the sea-goddess Tethys. In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη (not to be confused with Aphrodite) was a sea-goddess In Classical Greek mythology, Tethys (Greek Τηθύς) daughter of Uranus and Gaia ( Hesiod, Theogony lines Triton (Τρίτων gen Τρίτωνος is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς is an early sea-god one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" whose name suggests the In Greek mythology, Phorcys, or Phorkys (Φόρκυς was one of the names of the "Old Man One of the Sea" the primeval sea god, who according In Greek mythology, Pontus (or Pontos (Πόντος English translation: "sea" was an ancient pre-Olympian sea-god son of In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids ( Greek: Ὠκεανίδαι pl In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades (Ναϊάδες from the Greek νάειν "to flow" and νἃμα "running water" In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human female form The DRYAD Numeral Cipher/Authentication System (KTC 1400 D is a simple paper Cryptographic system currently in use by the U In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades (Ναϊάδες from the Greek νάειν "to flow" and νἃμα "running water" In Greek mythology, the Meliae or Meliai (Μελιάδες were Nymphs of the Ash tree, whose name they shared For a Hilda Doolittle poem see Oread (poem. For a lake in Greece see Lake Orestiada. In Greek mythology, the Napaeae ( Ancient Greek: ναπαῖαι from νάπη English translation: "a wooded dell" were a type of Hamadryads ( Ἁμαδρυάδες) are Greek mythological beings that live in Trees They are a specific species of Dryad, which are a particular In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids ( Greek: Ὠκεανίδαι pl In Greek mythology, the Limnades were a type of Naiad. They live in freshwater lakes In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae were a type of Nymph associated with fountains In Greek mythology, the Hesperides ( Greek:) are Nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world located near the Atlas mountains In Greek mythology, the Pegaeae were a type of Naiad that lived in springs One group of them dwelled in the spring of Pegae and were responsible for the Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human female form They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid. A water deity is a Deity in Mythology associated with Water or various bodies of water. In classical Greece Lerna was a region of springs and a former lake near the east coast of the Peloponnesus, south of Argos. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean; but because the Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the earth, there was some overlap. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids ( Greek: Ὠκεανίδαι pl Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus, to surface on the island of Sicily. Arethusa (Ἀρέθουσα means "the waterer" She was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid) and later became a fountain on the island The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula

Contents 1 Mythology 2 Interpretation 3 Types of Naiads 4 Individual Naiads 5 See also 6 Naiads in Fiction 7 References 8 External links

Mythology

The essence of a naiad was bound to her spring, so if a naiad's body of water dried, she died. John William Waterhouse ( April 6, 1849 &ndash February 10, 1917) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most In Greek mythology, Hylas ( Greek: Ὕλας) was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians Other sources such as Ovid

They were often the object of archaic local cults, worshipped as essential to humans. Boys and girls at coming-of-age dedicated their childish locks to the local naiad of the spring. In places like Lerna their waters' ritual cleansings were credited with magical medical properties. Animals were ritually drowned there. Oracles might be sited by ancient springs.

Naiads could be dangerous: Hylas of the Argo's crew was lost when he was taken by naiads fascinated by his beauty (illustration, above left). In Greek mythology, Hylas ( Greek: Ὕλας) was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians Other sources such as Ovid In Greek mythology, the Argo (Ἀργώ was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the The naiads were also known to exhibit jealous tendencies. Theocritus' story of naiad jealousy was that of a shepherd, Daphnis, who was the lover of Nomia; Daphnis had on several occasions been unfaithful to Nomia and as revenge she permanently blinded him. Theocritus ( Greek: Θεόκριτος the creator of Ancient Greek Bucolic Poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC In Greek mythology, Daphnis (from Gk daphne "laurel" or "bay-tree" was a son of Hermes and a Sicilian Nymph Salmacis forced the god Hermaphroditus into a carnal embrace and, when he sought to get away, fused with him. In Greek mythology, Salmacis was an atypical Naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek Goddess Artemis in favor of In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos ( Ancient Greek:) was the child of Aphrodite and Hermes.

The Naiads were either daughters of Zeus or various Oceanids, but a genealogy for such ancient, ageless creatures is easily overstated. François Boucher ( September 29 1703 – May 30 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids ( Greek: Ὠκεανίδαι pl The water nymph associated with particular springs was known all through Europe in places with no direct connection with Greece, surviving in the Celtic wells of northwest Europe that have been rededicated to Saints, and in the medieval Melusine. Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Melusine (or Melusina) is a figure of European Legends and Folklore, a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers

Walter Burkert points out, "When in the Iliad [xx. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient 4–9] Zeus calls the gods into assembly on Mount Olympus, it is not only the well-known Olympians who come along, but also all the nymphs and all the rivers; Okeanos alone remains at his station," (Burkert 1985), Greek hearers recognized this impossibility as the poet's hyperbole, which proclaimed the universal power of Zeus over the ancient natural world: "the worship of these deities," Burkert confirms, "is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably identified with a specific locality. The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon ( Greek: Δωδεκάθεον Ocean (Ὠκεανός was believed to be the world-ocean in Classical antiquity, which the ancient Romans and Greeks considered to be Hyperbole (haɪˈpɝːbəli hye-PER-buh-lee; "HYE-per-bowl" is a mispronunciation comes from Greek "υπερβολή" (meaning exaggeration and is a "

Interpretation

When a mythic king is credited with marrying a naiad and founding a city, Robert Graves offers a sociopolitical reading: the new arriving Hellenes justify their presence by taking to wife the naiad of the spring, so, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths wed Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. A minor god in Greek mythology, which we read largely through Athenian writers Aristaeus or Aristaios ( Greek: Ἀρισταῖος "ever close In Greek mythology, the Lapiths were a legendary people whose home was in Thessaly, in the valley of the Peneus and on the mountain Pelion. In Greek mythology, as recorded in Pindar 's 9th Pythian ode Cyrene (or Kyrene, Greek) ("sovereign queen" was the daughter of In parallels among the Immortals, the loves and rapes of Zeus, according to Graves' readings, record the supplanting of ancient local cults by Olympian ones (Graves 1955, passim). Aristaeus had more than ordinary mortal experience with the naiads: when his bees died in Thessaly, he went to consult the naiads. His aunt Arethusa invited him below the water's surface, where he was washed with water from a perpetual spring and given advice. A less well-connected mortal might have drowned, being sent as a messenger in this way to gain the advice and favor of the naiads for his people.

Types of Naiads

1. Crinaeae (fountains)
2. Limnades or Limnatides (lakes)
3. Pegaeae (springs)
4. Potameides (rivers)
5. Eleionomae (marshes)

Individual Naiads

1. Abarbarea
2. Aegle
3. Annaed
4. Arethusa
5. Bateia
6. Callirrhoe
7. Castalia
8. Cleochareia
9. Corycian
   1. Corycia
   2. Kleodora or Cleodora
   3. Melaina
10. Creusa
11. Drosera
12. Echenais
13. Harpina
14. Lara
15. Lethe
16. Lilaea
17. Melite
18. Minthe
19. Nomia
20. Orseis
21. Periboea
22. Pitane
23. Praxithea
24. Salmacis
25. Styx
26. Undine or Ondine

See also

• Siren
• Melusine
• Nix
• Camenae

Naiads in Fiction

In Fablehaven, the character Lena is a Naiad who chose to become Mortal. In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae were a type of Nymph associated with fountains In Greek mythology, the Limnades were a type of Naiad. They live in freshwater lakes In Greek mythology, the Limnades were a type of Naiad. They live in freshwater lakes In Greek mythology, the Pegaeae were a type of Naiad that lived in springs One group of them dwelled in the spring of Pegae and were responsible for the The Eleionomae were marsh Naiads in ancient Greek mythology. Aside from living in marshy environments the Eleionomae often misled travelers with their illusions John William Waterhouse ( April 6, 1849 &ndash February 10, 1917) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most In classical Greek and Roman mythology, Abarbarea (Ἀβαρβαρέα is a naiad. Arethusa (Ἀρέθουσα means "the waterer" She was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid) and later became a fountain on the island In Greek mythology, Bateia can refer to several characters The daughter of King Teucer and ancesstress of the Trojans. In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe (often written Callirrhoë) was a naiad. Castalia, in Greek mythology, was a Nymph whom Apollo transformed into a fountain at Delphi, at the base of Mount Parnassos, or at In Greek mythology, Cleochareia (or Kleokhareia) was a naiad, a river Nymph. The Corycian Nymphs were the three Naiads ( Nymphs of the sacred springs of the Corycian Cave of Mount Parnassus in Phocis. In Greek mythology, Corycia (or Korykia - Κωρύκια was a Naiad who lived on Mount Parnassus in Phocis. In Greek mythology, Kleodora (or Cleodora) was one of the prophetic Thriai, Nymphs who divined the future by throwing stones or pebbles In Greek mythology, Melaina was a Corycian Nymph, or member of the prophetic Thriae, of the springs of Delphi in Phocis In Greek mythology, four people had the name Creusa (or Kreousa - Κρέουσα the name means simply "princess" In Greek mythology, Drosera was a naiad. She was one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Callirrhoe and Abarbarea. In Greek mythology, Harpina ( Greek Άρπινα was a Naiad Nymph and daughter of Phliasian Asopus and of Metope. Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad or Nymph, daughter of the river Almon in Roman mythology. In Classical Greek, Lethe (λήθη Classical Greek, Modern Greek:) literally means "forgetfulness" or "concealment" In Greek mythology, Lilaea was a Naiad who lived in the Cephissus River Melite was one of the Naiads, daughter of the river god Aegaeus, and one of the many loves of Zeus and his son Hercules. In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mentha, Mintho; Greek: Μένθη was a Naiad associated with the river In Greek mythology, Nomia was a naiad. The Nomian Mountains were named after her In Greek mythology Orseis, ( Greek:) was the water-nymph ( Naiad) of a spring in Thessalia, Greece, and the mythical ancestor of the Greeks In Greek mythology, nine people shared the name Periboea (Περίβοια In Greek mythology, Praxithea (Πραξιθέα or Pasithea was a name attributed to five women In Greek mythology, Salmacis was an atypical Naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek Goddess Artemis in favor of Ondines or undines (unda — a wave are Elementals enumerated as the water elementals in works of Alchemy by Paracelsus. In Greek mythology, the Sirens ( Greek singular Seirēn; Greek plural Seirēnes) were three dangerous bird-women Melusine (or Melusina) is a figure of European Legends and Folklore, a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers Wagner's Rhinemaidens The Neck ( English) or the Nix/Nixe ( German) refer to Shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form In Roman mythology, the Camenae were originally goddesses of springs wells and fountains or water nymphs of Venus. Fablehaven is a New York Times best-selling Children's literature Fantasy series written by Brandon Mull. She is returned to life as a Naiad by fairies at the end of the book.

The Ron Horsley short story "Joy, Unbottled," is about a young boy who discovers a senile and corrupted naiad residing in an old discarded bathtub on his uncle's rural property. Ron Horsley (born March 4, 1977) is an Author and Artist responsible for numerous short stories essays reviews and book cover designs

References

• Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) 2. The Bibliotheca (in English: Library) in three books provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic Legends 95, 2. 11, 2. 21, 2. 23, 1. 61, 1. 81, 1. 7. 6
• Homer. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Odyssey 13. The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. 355, 17. 240, Iliad 14. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient 440, 20. 380
• Ovid. Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including Metamorphoses
• Hesiod. The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem Hesiod ( Greek: Hesiodos) was an early Greek Poet and Rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE Theogony
• Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985, 3. Theogony ( Greek: Θεογονία theogonia = the birth of God(s is a Poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, February 2, 1931) a scholar of Greek mythology and cult, is an emeritus 3
• Robert Graves, The Greek Myths 1955

External links

• The Naiads
• Naiad Nymphs
• Encyclopedia Mythica - Naiads

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