4. "Those [Nymphai Dryades (Dryad Nymphs)] who in days of old, according to the story of the poets, grew out of trees and especially out of oaks. Welcome to the NicknameDB entry on dryad nicknames! May Kythereia (Cytherea) [Aphrodite] never be merciful to you, Artemis never!’", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 16. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) 372 ff : ", Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. Let me be another tree, and pass from tree to tree keeping the name of a virtuous maid; may I never, instead of laurel, be called that unhallowed plant which gave its name to Myrrha (Myrrh-Tree). [1] By the 13th century humans conquered or subjugated almost the whole area of now-called Northern Kingdoms and Brokilon became the sole independent habitat of the dryad race. Namegeneratorz is best Name Generator available on internet where you can generate names for free. Distinctions ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 6. . 550, ii. The nymphs of the first class must again be sublatter divided into various species, according to the different parts of nature of which they are the representatives. Eclog. "[Aristaios (Aristaeus)] received the infant Dionysos from the coffer of Ino and reared him in his cave and nursed him with the help of the Dryades (Dryads) and the Nymphai (Nymphs) that have bees in their keeping and the maidens of Euboia and the Aionian [Theban] women. They were called Dryades, Hamadruades or Hadryades, from drys, which signifies not only an oak, but any wild-growing lofty tree; for the nymphs of fruit trees were called Mêlides, Mêliades, Epimêlides, or Hamamêlides. All these pressed onwards together to the fray, some with brassbacked drums, the instruments of Kybelid (Cybelid) Rheia, others with overhanging ivy-tendrils wreathed in their hair, or girt with rings of snakes. Gullick) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : Oppian, Cynegetica 1. : Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 256 ff (trans. : Propertius, Elegies 1. to C1st A.D.) : Virgil, Aeneid 1. 3. General Information : [1.1] THE DAKTYLOI & THE HEKATERIDES (Strabo 10.3.19) Homer, Iliad 20. Where to find Dryad. Typically brown or green tones but can vary 1224 ff : Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 75ff (trans. "The Hadryades Nymphai (Hamadryad Nymphs) lamented the lost shade of their yearsmate trees [destroyed in the rampages of the monster Typhoeus]. While it might seem a pleasant occasion for some jovial men, dryads take mating very seriously. . Pallas [Athena] [came to challenge Arachne] and threw aside the old crone's guise and stood revealed. ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. KRANEIA (Crania) A Hamadryad nymph of the cherry tree. [4] As fire is also forbidden in the forest, they instead create makeshift glowsticks by stimulating certain fungi and crafting a wreath out of the plant to make a light source. ", Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 2. 385 ff : TITHOREA An Arkadian Dryad who gave her name to the town of Tithorea. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. many a Hamadryas (Hamadryad) of Athos kindled a Thrakian torch for the bridal in fiery Lemnos close by. . : Aristophanes, Birds 1088 ff (trans. "The Nymphae who were wont to strew him [the guardian Drakon (Dragon) of the Nemean groves] with vernal flowers, and Nemea's fields whereon he crawled; ye too, ye woodland Fauni [Satyroi (Satyrs)], bewailing him in every grove with broken reeds. . ", Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. : ", Propertius, Elegies 2. "The woodman's axe cut down the trees in long rows. "The dead body of Orontes [an Indian prince] was carried away swollen by the restless waters, until the stream vomited out the floating corpse upon the bank breathless and cold. For in her heart she loved not woods nor rivers, but a plot of ground and boughs of smiling apples all around. Almost all tree-related spirits can be called dryad. Yes, woodcutter, grant me this last grace: strike me with your axe instead of my clusters, and drive our unmarried Athena's chaste bronze through my breast, that I may die before I wed, and go to Haides a virgin, still a stranger to Eros (Love), like Pitys and like Daphne!’ "He [Dionysos' messenger] found the Seilenoi (Silens) in high glee : Dionysos had come up out the waters [after being driven into the sea by Lykourgos (Lycurgus)] and joined the Nymphai Oreiades (Oread Nymphs). placate the gods dispersed through every grove. ", Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 75ff (trans. [3] The exact shade is often unclear due to Brokilonian habit of painting skin into camouflage patterns by scouts and sentinels, as well as wearing clothes patched up out of their natural surroundings, like leaves and twigs, which help them to blend into the forest. https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Dryad?oldid=533539, According to the novels the only distinction between born and transformed dryads is the sweat. ", Propertius, Elegies 1. KHELONE (Chelone) An Arkadian Oreiad nymph who ignored the summons to attend the wedding of Zeus and Hera and as punishment was transformed into a tortoise . 61 ff : 622 ff : I am not from Phrygia, your country, I do not dwell in the Lydian land by that river rolling in riches. Rhod. Nymphai (Nymphs) hastened to join the soldiers of the thyrsus, the wild Oreiades (Oreads) with hearts of men trailing their long robes. [1], Dryads generally ignored gnomes, perceiving them as not worthy of attention as long as they tended to their own matters and did not endanger the nature. [2][3] Born dryads rarely have blond hair or blue eyes, but these can be inherited from human or elven fathers. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 24. 2 (trans. 137; Virg. i. ", Oppian, Cynegetica 4. 142 ff : ATLANTEIA An Libyan Hamadryad nymph who was the mother of several of the Danaides by King Danaus. "[Comedy-Play :] [A bird speaks :] I winter in deep caverns, where I frolic with the Nymphai Oreiai (Mountain Nymphs). Dryad "Her [Kleite's (Cleite's)] death was bewailed even by the Nymphai Alseides (Woodland Nymphs) [of Mysia], who caused the many tears they shed to unite in a spring, which the people call Kleite in memory of a peerless but unhappy bride. 62 ff : At the horns of the altar Kadmos Agenorides made one common sacrifice to Zeus and the Hadryades (Hamadryads), female and male together, sheep and horned bull, where stood the grove of Zeus full of mountain trees; he lit the fire on the altar to do pleasure to the gods, and did sacrifice to both. 11 (trans. I am no Bassaris, I am no comrade of Lyaios, I carry only a false thyrsus in my hand. vii. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) : Witcher Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. EIDOTHEA A Oreiad of Mount Othreis in Malis who was loved by the god Poseidon. Met. ", Virgil, Aeneid 1. To prevent the decay of bodies from filling the air, the dryads tend to mark their border by the rivers so the bodies can be washed away with the current.[4]. . Nymphs were originally used to lure men's and women's sex creatures, now make a big difference. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) 32. The arrival of Aen Seidhe changed dryads both physically and culturally. Look up Dryad's spawn location on iRO / kRO, spawn amount and spawn time. But my friend, do not hasten to cross the river, or the Indians, who are near, may overwhelm you in the water. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Aen WoedbeannaEerie wife The fountain, though but water, turned white and poured a stream of snowy milk; in the hollow of the torrent the Naiades bathed in milky streams and drank the white milk. 12 ff : They were wed by the men of the Silver Age--in the time before the first woman was created--and from them mankind was descended. . the Kouretes (Curetes), Satyroi (Satyrs) and Oreiades (Oreads)] . 9 : Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 2. SOSE An Oreiad nymph prophetess loved by the god Hermes. [2.1] HERMES & THE OREIADES (Homeric Hymn V To Aphrodite 256) : Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Because of this they may sometimes grumble about witchers and other infertile males. "Beside a fragrant myrtle he [Dionysos] stayed his feet for a soothing rest at midday. ", Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 78b (trans. DRYADES (Dryads) and OREIADES (Oreads) were the nymphs of trees, groves, woodlands and mountain forests. : "Beside the trunk of a tall pinetree where Kithairon (Cithaeron) spreads his lofty head; he [Teiresias the seer] told her [Agaue (Agave) following a disturbing dream] to offer a female sheep to the Nymphai Hamadryades (Hamadryad Nymphs) in the thicket . Silence between us now, that the enemy near may not hear, that Hydaspes may not tell it to the hidden Indians.’ . Woodmen, pass by these trees! Dryads were originally the spirits of oak trees ( drys : “oak”), but the name was later applied to all tree nymphs. Pardon, Nymphae, trampling hooves for muddying your stream . The Greek word melas--from which their name derives--means both apple and sheep. "[The army of Dionysos mustered around the palace of Rheia in Phrygia :] Then swiftshoe Rheia haltered the hairy necks of her lions beside their highland manger . Disclaimer: the content below has not been released yet. [9] There are even assumptions that dryads and other nymphs came here as early as the first trees, thus grouping them among the earliest colonizers of the world. Dryad, in Greek mythology, a nymph or nature spirit who lives in trees and takes the form of a beautiful young woman. : Hesiod, Fragments of Unknown Position 6 (from Strabo 10.3.19) (trans. : Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) 456 ff : While after the conquest some dryad cultures survived in other forests and forged a relative peace with Nordlings, it was Brokilon which was most famed. Fairbanks) (Greek rhetorician C3rd A.D.) : They were usually connected with river-side trees and sacred groves. AIGEIROS A Hamadryad of the black poplar-tree. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 3. 326 ff : "Goddesses mine, ye Mousai (Muses), say did the oaks come into being at the same time as the Nymphai (Nymphs) [Dryades]? Forgive me, my laurel; I shrink from being another tree after the tree of my former wood.’", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3. ȩ̷̛̻͇̳͓͍̥͍̳̦r̸͈͕̜̮̱̩̻̓͐́s̴̢͍̭̬̖̼̟̅̌̑͝t̶̻̼͈̙̣̖́̎̊̽͆̀w̶̢̭͔̆h̶̻̓̅̀̈́̅̉͆̌͘i̴̢̡̨̮̮̦͈͖̘̺͑̓̐̑̾͝͝l̶̗̱͖̯͂ͅͅẹ̸̡̣̠̫̩̘͕̽͒̐ͅm̶̯͇̖̫͇̒̽̃͛̉̿̾͝͝i̴̜͙̲̥͇̽̇̄l̴͔̞̤͎̖̣̭͒̐̇́͂̈͗̊͌k̵̿̑̃̈́̍́̉̈́̀͜. Many of these nymphs were associated with a broader domain--Oreiades were nymphs of the mountains, Alseides of the sacred groves, Aulonides of glens, Napaiai of vales. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 14. Dryads are exclusively female and use males of other humanoid races only for mating purposes, taking strong ones to pass their traits onto their children. Nymphs of mountains and grottoes, are called Orodemniades and Oreiades but sometimes also by names derived from the particular mountains they inhabited, as Kithairônides, Pêliades, Korukiai, &c. (Theocrit. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 37. . Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) [4] Even though some of them may form romantic relationships,[1][7] they mostly perceive males as a mean of procreation. Groups of Bassarides in this Erythraian wilderness suckled cubs of a mountain lioness, and the juicy milk flowed of itself out of their breasts. BALANIS A Hamadryad of the acorn tree, or ilex. "[Invocation at the start of poem on bird hunting :] Thou . Brokilonian dryads never surrendered and swore to protect their forest until the last dryad falls dead protecting it. 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