| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph name "Cymodoce" | Roman | A sea nymph and companion of Venus. Roman |
| Nymph name "Cynosura" | Greek | An Idaean nymph and one of the nurses of Zeus, who placed her among the stars. Greek |
| Nymph name "Cytus" | Greek | A son of Zeus by the Rhodian nymph Himalia. Brother to Cronius, and Spartaeus. |
| Nymph name "Daphnis" | Greek | A Sicilian hero, to whom the invention of bucolic poetry is ascribed. He is called a son of Hermes by a nymph, or merely the beloved of Hermes. Ovid calls him an Idaean shepherd; but it does not follow from this that Ovid connected him with either the Phrygian or the Cretan Ida, since Ida signifies any woody mountain. Greek |
| Nymph name "Dicte" | Greece | A nymph from who was beloved and pursued by Minos, but she threw herself into the sea, where she was caught up and saved in the nets of fishermen. Greece |
| Nymph name "Dodon" | Greek | A son of Zeus by Europa, from whom the oracle of Dodona was believed to have derived its name. Other traditions traced the name to a nymph of the name of Dodone. Greek |
| Nymph name "Dorus" | Greek | The mythical ancestor of the Dorians; he is described either as a son of Hellen, by the nymph Orseis, and a brother of Xuthus and Aeolus (Apollodorus i); or as a son of Apollo, by Phthia, and a brother of Laodocus and Polypoites (Apollodorus i), whereas Servius calls him a son of Poseidon. Greek |
| Nymph name "Dryads" | Greek | nymphs of the trees & woods |
| King name "Echo" | Greek | An Oreade, who when Zeus was playing with the nymphs, used to keep Hera at a distance by incessantly talking to her. In this manner Hera was not able to detect her faithless husband, and the nymphs had time to escape. Greek |
| Nymph name "Egeria" | Greek | The nymph who instructed Numa in his wise legislation. Numa used to meet her in a grove near Aricia. Greek |
| King name "Elatus" | Greek | A son of Ares by Leaneira, Metaneira, or by the nymph Chrysopeleia. He was a brother of Azan and Apheidas, and king of Arcadia. By his wife Laodice he had four sons, Stymphalus, Aepytus, Cyllen, and Pereus. Greek |
| Nymph name "Erato" | Greek | A nymph and the wife of Ares, by whom she became the mother of Elatus, Apheidas, and Azan. She was said to have been a prophetic priestess of the Arcadian Pan. Greek |
| Goddess name "Eucharis" | Greek | A nymph of the goddess Calypso. Greek |
| Nymph name "Eurydice" | Greek | A mountain valley nymph with a sad love story[ aren't they all?] |
| God name "Eurydice" | Greek | The most famous was a woman-or a nymph-who was the wife of Orpheus. While fleeing from Aristaeus, she was bitten by a serpent and died. Distraught, Orpheus played such sad songs and sang so mournfully that all the nymphs and gods wept and gave him advice. Orpheus accomplished something no other person ever has: he traveled to the underworld and by his music softened the heart of Hades and Persephone, who allowed Eurydice to return with him to the world of the living. Greek |
| Nymph name "Euryte" | Greek | A nymph, the daughter of Hippodamas. She married Porthaon and produced Licymnius, Sterope, Agrius and Oeneus. Greek |
| Nymph name "Galatea" | Greek | A sea-nymph, beloved by Polypheme, but herself in love with Acis. Acis was crushed under a huge rock by the jealous giant, and Galatea threw herself into the sea, where she joined her sister nymphs. Greek |
| Nymph name "Hagno" | Greek | An Arcadian nymph, who is said to have brought up Zeus. Greek |
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