Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Nymph name "Oenopion" | Greek | A son of Dionysus and husband of the nymph Helice, by whom he became the father of Thalus, Euanthes, Melaa, Salagus, Athamas, and Merope, Aerope or Haero. Some writers call Oenopion a son of Rhadamanthys by Ariadne, and a brother of Staphylus and Servius also calls him the father of Orion. Greek |
Nymph name "Orea" | Greek | A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree. Greek |
Nymph name "Oreades" | Greek | nymphs of the mountains, with names appropriate to the district they inhabit. Greek |
Nymph name "Oreads" | Greek | mountain nymphs. Greek |
Nymph name "Philammon" | Greek | A mythical poet and musician of the ante-Homeric period, was said to have been the son of Apollo and the nymph Chione, or Philonis, or Leuconoe. Greek |
Nymph name "Phorcys" | Greek | An old man ruling over the sea, or "the old man of the sea," to whom a harbour in Ithaca was dedicated. He is described as the father of the nymph Thoosa. Later writers call him the son of Pontus and Gaia and a brother of Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto. Greek |
Nymph name "Picus" | Greek | A man turned into a woodpecker by Circe for scorning her love. His wife was Canens, a nymph, who killed herself after he was transformed. They had one son, Faunus. Metamorphoses XIV by Ovid Greek / Roman |
Nymph name "Polyphemus" | Greek | 1. The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. |
Nymph name "Polyphemus or Polypheme" | Greek | The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. |
Nymph name "Pramlocha" | Hindu | One of the nymphs sent to earth by Kamadeva or Indra to tempt the sage Kandu from his devotions. Hindu |
Nymph name "Psecas" | Greek | One of Diana's nymphs. Greek |
Nymph name "Ptelea" | Greek | A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree. |
King name "Pururavas and Urvasi" | Indian | An Indian myth similar to that of "Apollo and Daphne." Pururavas is a legendary king who fell in love with Urvasi, a heavenly nymph, who consented to become his wife on certain conditions. These conditions being violated, Urvasi disappeared, and Pururavas, inconsolable, wandered everywhere to find her. Ultimately he succeeded, and they were indissolubly united. |
Nymph name "Rhanis" | s | One of Diana's nymphs. |
Nymph name "Rhene" | Greek | 1. A nymph of the island of Samothrace, the mother of Saon by Hermes. Greek |
Nymph name "Rhianon" | Welsh | nymph wife of Pwyll Pen Annwn. Welsh |
Nymph name "Rhodope" | Greek | The nymph of a Thracian well, was the wife of Haemus and mother of Hebrus, and is mentioned among the playmates of Persephone. Greek |
Nymph name "Rhodos" | Greek | A sea-nymph, according to Diodorus, a daughter of Poseidon and Halia, and sometimes called Rhode. The island of Rhodes was believed to have derived its name from her. Greek |