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List of Gods : "Nymph Greek" - 142 records

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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
"Psecas"
Greek One of Diana's nymphs. Greek
Nymph name
"Ptelea"
Greek A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree.
Nymph name
"Rhene"
Greek 1. A nymph of the island of Samothrace, the mother of Saon by Hermes. Greek
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
Goddess name
"Sagaritis"
Greek A nymph in whose embraces Attis became faithless to Cybele. The goddess avenged the wrong done to her by causing the tree with which the nymph's life was connected, to be cut down. Greek
Nymph name
"Salmacis"
Greek The nymph of the well Salmacis, near the mausoleum at Halicarnåśśus. The nymph fell in love with Hermaphroditos and tried to win his affections, but in vain. Greek
Nymph name
"Saon"
Greek A mythical lawgiver of Samothrace, is said to have been a son of Zeus by a nymph, or of Hermes by Rhene. Greek
Nymph name
"Silenus"
Greek It is remarked in the article Satyrus, that the older Satyrs were generally termed Sileni, but one of these Sileni is commonly the Silenus, who always acts a prominent part in the retinue of Dionysus, from whom he is inseparable, and whom he is said to have brought up and instructed. Like the other Satyrs he is called a son of Hermes, but others call him a son of Pan by a nymph, or of Gaea. Greek
God name
"Sinoe"
Greek An Arcadian nymph, brought up the god Pan, who derived from her the surname Sinoeis. Greek
King name
"Sithon"
Greek A son of Poseidon and Assa, or of Ares and Achiroe, the daughter of Neilus, was married to the nymph Mendeis, by whom he became the father of Pallene and Rhoeteia. He was king of the Hadomantes in Macedonia, or king of Thrace. Pallene, on account of her beauty, had numerous suitors, and Sithon, who promised her to the one who should conquer him in single combat, slew many. Greek
Nymph name
"Spartaeus"
Greek A son of Zeus by the Rhodian nymph Himalia. Brother to Cronius, and Cytus.
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