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Bookmark or Share- Nymphs – MythopediaNaiad, Greek Ναϊάς, translit. Naïás) or, occasionally, “Naiad nymphs.” Etymologically, this term seems to come from the Greek verb νάω (náō), meaning “to flow.” Most of the time, Naiads were freshwater nymphs who inhabited the rivers, lakes, springs, and fountains of the earth.
- Penelope - MythopediaHer mother was either a Naiad named Periboea, Ortilochus’ daughter Dorodoche, Eurypylus’ daughter Asterodia, or Lygaeus’ daughter Polycasta. [10] Penelope had multiple siblings, though their names and even their number vary across different sources.
- Oceanids - MythopediaEtymology. Etymologically, the term “Oceanid” (Greek Ὠκεανίς, translit. Ōkeanís; pl. Oceanids, Greek Ὠκεανίδες, translit Ōkeanídes) is ...
- Centaurs - MythopediaOne was born to the Naiad daughters of the River Lamus. These Naiads had made the mistake of nursing Zeus’ bastard son Dionysus, thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera. Hera transformed the daughters of Lamus into creatures with cow horns, shaggy hair, and tails (a kind of cross between a Centaur and a satyr or silen).
- Naiads – MythopediaThe Naiad Cleocharia, for example, was the wife of Lelex, the first king of Laconia. The Naiad Batia married Oebalus, another king of Laconia; she is sometimes said to have given birth to Hipocoon, Icarius, and Tyndareus (the latter of whom went on to father Helen of Troy , Clytemnestra , and the twins Castor and Polydeuces ).
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