Category: Nymph

Kyane Dark Blue ALSO KNOWN AS: Cyane ORIGIN: Greek; Sicilian CLASSIFICATION: Nymph; naiad Persephone wasn’t the only victim of Hades. Her childhood friend, the water…

Acantha (thorn) In Greek mythology, a nymph who was loved by Apollo and was transformed into the acanthus flower.

Aegina, presiding spirit of the island in the Saronic Gulf bearing her name, is the daughter of river spirit Asopus and Metope, a Nymph. In…

The name Alseid derives from Alsos, literally “grove.” Technically, Alseids are Nymphs of groves but are also sometimes associated with grassy meadows, mountain glens, and…