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A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses , nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, landform, or tree, and are ...
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the dark, the light, the moon, wild animals, nature, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls, and health and plague in women and childhood; Aurae, nymphs of the breezes; Chloris, goddess of flowers; Cronus, god of the harvest; Cybele, Phrygian goddess of the fertile earth and wild animals
Clytie (/ ˈ k l aɪ t i iː /; Ancient Greek: Κλυτίη, romanized: Klutíē) or Clytia (/ ˈ k l aɪ t i ə /; Ancient Greek: Κλυτία, romanized: Klutía, lit. 'renowned') is a water nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology.
Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki, leszonky). Meliae, the nymphs of the Fraxinus (Ash tree) in Greek mythology; Metsaema, mother of the forest in Estonian mythology; Metsavana, old man of the forest in Estonian mythology
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
A list of 55 of the most popular Greek baby names for boys and girls with meanings from a baby naming consultant. ... with parents searching for lesser-used names from Greek mythology, such as ...
Chloris was abducted by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind (which, as Ovid himself points out, was a parallel to the story of his brother Boreas and Orithyia), who transformed her into a deity known as Flora after they were married. Together, they have a son, named Karpos.
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