Jawnomicon

Nymphs

Also called Oreads, Naiads, Dryads.

Nymphs are the female nature spirits of Greek tradition, each bound to a particular mountain, spring, river or tree, long-lived rather than immortal, and attendant on the greater gods.

At a glance

Tradition
Greek mythology
Region
Greece (place of origin)
Trait family
The Water-Beckoners

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Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Behaviour

  • Bound to specific body of water
    why

    Nymphs are the spirits of particular places in Greek tradition, and the particularity matters: a nymph belongs to this spring, this tree, this mountain, and the classes are named accordingly — those of the hills, of fresh water, of trees, of the sea, and others.

Curses

  • Seductive charm
    why

    They also act on their own account: taking mortal lovers, abducting beautiful youths, granting or withholding, and punishing those who offend against their places.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.