Nymphs

 

• Celestial nymphs

• Aurae (breezes), also called Aetae or Pnoae

• Asteriae (stars), mainly comprising the Atlantides (daughters of Atlas)

• Hesperides (nymphs of the West, daughters of Atlas; also had attributes of the Hamadryads)

• Aegle ("dazzling light")

• Arethusa

• Erytheia (or Eratheis)

• Hesperia (or Hispereia)

• Hyades (star cluster; sent rain)

• Pleiades (daughters of Atlas and Pleione; constellation; also were classed as Oreads)

• Maia (partner of Zeus and mother of Hermes)

• Electra

• Taygete

• Alcyone

• Celaeno

• Asterope

• Merope

• Nephele (clouds)

• Land nymphs

• Alseides (glens, groves)

• Auloniades (pastures)

• Leimakides or Leimonides (meadows)

• Napaeae (mountain valleys, glens)

• Oreads (mountains, grottoes), also Orodemniades

• Wood and plant nymphs

• Anthousai (flowers)

• Dryades (trees)

• Hamadryades or Hadryades

• Daphnaeae (laurel tree)

• Epimeliades or Epimelides (apple tree; also protected flocks), other name variants include Meliades, Maliades and Hamameliades; same as these are also the Boucolai (Pastoral Nymphs)

• Kissiae (ivy)

• Meliae (manna-ash tree)

• Hyleoroi (watchers of woods)

• Water nymphs (Hydriades or Ephydriades)

• Haliae (sea and seashores)

• Nereids (50 daughters of Nereus, the Mediterranean Sea)

• Naiads or Naides (fresh water)

• Crinaeae (fountains)

• Eleionomae (wetlands)

• Limnades or Limnatides (lakes)

• Pegaeae (springs)

• Potameides (rivers)

• Tágides (Tagus River)

• Oceanids (daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, any water, usually salty)

• see List of Oceanids

• Underworld nymphs

• Cocytiae, daughters of the river god Cocytus

• Lampades - torch bearers in the retinue of Hecate

• Underworld nymphs:

• Orphne is a representation of the darkness of the river Styx, the river of hatred, but is not to be confused with the goddess Styx-herself, but she is associated with both Styx and Nyx. She is theconsort of Acheron, (the god of the river in Hades), and the mother of Ascalaphus, (the orchardist of Hades).

• Leuce (white poplar tree), lover of Hades

• Minthe (mint), lover of Hades, rival of Persephone

• Melinoe (μήλινος) Orphic nymph, daughter ofPersephone and "Zeus disguised as Pluto".[7] Her name is a possible epithet of Hecate.

• Other nymphs

• Hecaterides (rustic dance) - sisters of the Dactyls, mothers of the Oreads and the Satyrs

• Kabeirides - sisters of the Kabeiroi

• Maenads or Bacchai or Bacchantes - frenzied nymphs in the retinue of Dionysus

• Lenai (wine-press)

• Mimallones (music)

• Naides (Naiads)

• Thyiai or Thyiades (thyrsus bearers)

• Melissae (honey bees), likely a subgroup of Oreades or Epimelides

• The Muses (memory, knowledge, art)

• Themeides - daughters of Zeus and Themis, prophets and keepers of certain divine artifacts