dryads


dryads:

see nymphnymph
, in Greek mythology, female divinity associated with various natural objects. It is uncertain whether they were immortal or merely long-lived. There was an infinite variety of nymphs. Some represented various localities, e.g.
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dryads

divine maidens of the woods. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 108]See: Nymph