NYMPH
LIST OF NYMPHS Nymph is a blanket term encompassing female spirits of wild nature. Theoretically, naiads are freshwater Nymphs, dryads are tree Nymphs, and Nereids…
Category: Greek Mythology
Nyx
Nyx, Goddess of Night, is the primordial Creatrix. In the beginning, according to one Greek myth, there was Chaos—the Void who brought forth Nyx, her…
Oceanids
Oceanids ALSO KNOWN AS: Okeanids The Oceanids, Nymphs of the Sea, are daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. The ocean is redolent of fertility and so…
Oceanus
In one Greek creation myth, Oceanus, not Gaia, is the source of life, the origin of everything. Even in the more familiar myth with Gaia,…
Oinone
Oinone ALSO KNOWN AS: Oenone CLASSIFICATION: Nymph; Naiad Cassandra wasn’t Troy’s only prophetess. Helen wasn’t Paris’ only love. Paris met Oinone, daughter of the Kebren…
Horae
Horae : The Hours The Horae are the joyous goddesses of the seasons. Daughters of Zeus and Themis, they are spirits of abundance. The Horae…
Hyacinth
Hyacinthus In Greek mythology, a young man loved by Apollo; son of Amyclas and Diomedes of Pierus and the Muse Clio. Hyacinthus was killed out…
Hydra – The Gate Keeper
Hydra was the daughter of Echidna and Typhon and Hera’s beloved foster child. She lived at the sevenfold source of the River Amymone and haunts…
Hygeia
Hygeia (health) In Greek mythology, goddess of health, daughter of Asclepius and Epione; sister of Acesis, Aegle, Iaso, Janiscus, Machaon, Panacea, and Podalirius; called Salus…
Hypnos
Hypnos (sleep) In Greek mythology, god of sleep, son of Nyx (Nox) and Erebus; brother of Thanatos (death), Aether (upper sky), Cer (bane), Dreams, Hemeia,…