LIST OF WATER NYMPHSHERITAGE AND PLACES THEY KEEP

Aba – a nymph of springs, wells or fountains in the town of Ergiske in Kikonia

Abarbarea – a Naiad nymph, daughter of the river god Aesepus

Acaste – a water nymph and one of the Oceanids

Acheloides – a nymph of the Achelous river

Actaea – the most beautiful of the Naiads

Admete – Oceanid, a companion of Persephone

Adrasteia – a water nymph, charged by Rhea with nurturing the infant Zeus

Aegaeides – Aegaeus river on the island of Scheria

Aegina – a water nymph of the island Aegina

Aegle – a nymph, daughter of Panopeus, beloved by Theseus

Aesepides – a nymph of the Aesepus river in Anatolia

Aethra – a nymph and one of the Oceanids

Aganippe – a Naiad of the fountain Aganippe

Aia – a nymph of the streams of the scenic village of Aia, Spain

Albunea – water nymph in Roman mythology

Alcinoe – a Naiad, and one of the nymphs of Mount Lykaios, Arkadia

Alexirhoe – daughter of the river god Grenikos

Alseids – nymphs living in the springs of rivers flowing seawards

Amaltheia – a goat-tending water nymph, daughter of Oceanus

Amathia – a Nereid sea nymph, helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms

Amnisiades – a nymph of the Amnisos river on the island of Crete

Amphinome – a of the sea’s bounty, literally “she of the surrounding pasture”

Amphiro – an Oceanid nymph indicated as “the surrounding flow”

Amphithoe – a Nereid sea nymph addressed as “she who moves swiftly around”

Amphitrite – a Nereid sea nymph, consort of Poseidon respected as “the third element”

Amymone – a Naiad nymph of the spring of Amymone at Lerna, Argolis

Anchirhoe – a Naiad nymph, daughter of the river-god Nilus

Anigrides – a nymph of the Anigros river in Elis

Anigrides – nymphs and daughters of the river god Anigros

Anippe – a Naiad Nymph of the River Nile in Egypt

Annaed – a Naiad water nymph respected for her great beauty and grace

Anthedon – a Naiad Nymph of the well or fountain of Anthedon, Boiotia

Anthracia – one of the nymphs that nursed infant Zeus

Appias – a nymph in Roman mythology

Apseudes – a sea nymph, one of the Nereids

Archidemia – a naiad belonging to the Pegaeae family and from the spring Archidemia

Arethusa – a nereid nymph who became a fountain

Argia – daughter of Oceanus and a water nymph of the Tiber River in Rome

Argyra – a nymph residing in a well in Achaia, southern Greece

Asia – nymph of the Asian region sister to Europa

Asopides – a nymph of the Asopus river in Sicyonia and Boeotia

Asopis – a nymph of the springs and stream of Metope near Stymphalos, Arkadia

Astakides – nymphs of Lake Astakos, Bithynia

Asterionides – a nymph of the Asterion river

Asterodia – the Naiad nymph of a gold-bearing stream of the Kaukasos mountains

Autonoe – a nymph of the River Nile and daughter of the Naiad nymph Polyxo

Bateia – a Naiad nymph who married King Oebalus of Sparta

Beroe – an Oceanid Nymph of the city of Beruit in Phoenicia (Lebanon)

Bistonis – a nymph in Greek mythology who gave birth to a son of Ares, god of war

Bolbe – a nymph of lake Thessalian

Byze – one of the Erasinides, nymphs of the Erasinos River in Argos

Byzia – a naiad said to have raised Byzas founder of Byzantium

Caliadne – a naiad nymph of the river Nile and a daughter of the river-god Nilus

Callianassa – a Nereid sea nymph and daughter of Nereus and Doris

Callianira – one of the Nereids, sea-nymphs in Greek mythology

Calliphaea – one of the three Ionides nymphs, a sisterhood of water nymphs

Callirrhoe – a naiad sea nymph and the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

Calypso – a nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia

Camarina – an Oceanid nymph presiding over a fountain in Kamarina, Sicily

Capheira – an Oceanid nymph of the island of Rhodes, caring for the storm-clouds

Carian Naiades – Naiad nymphs of the springs and rivers of Karia, Anatolia

Castalia – a nymph transformed by Apollo into a fountain at Delphi

Cerceis – an Oceanid nymph, one of the 6000 daughters of Oceanus

Ceto – an Indian Oceanid Naiad nymph loved by the sun-god Helios

Chalcis – a Naiad nymph of a fresh-water spring of Khalkis on the island of Euboia

Charybdis – once a beautiful Naiad, converted into a sea monster and perilous whirlpool

Chryseis – one of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys

Cleochareia – a Naiad, a river nymph, married to King Lelex of Laconia

Cleodora – a prophetic nymph of Mount Parnassos who divined by throwing pebbles

Cleone – a Naiad of the fountain of Kleonai and daughter of the river-god Asopos

Clio – a nymph and daughter of Oceanus not to be confused with the muse Clio

Clymene – a Nereid nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris and wife of Iapetus

Clytia – a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and beloved of Apollo

Comaetho – a nymph who mingles her spring waters with those of the river god Cydnus

Corcyra – nymph and daughter of the Asopos river and Metope, beloved of Poseidon

Corycians – Naiad nymphs residing in the Corycian Cave of Mount Parnassos

Cranto – a Nereid sea nymph, one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris

Creneis – a beautiful Nereid nymph who played with dolphins

Creusa – a Naiad nymph and daughter of Gaia. Jason divorced Medea to marry Creusa

Crinaeae – a group of Naiad nymphs associated with fountains or wells

Crocale – one of the younger Oceanids attendants of Artemis

Cyane – a Naiad nymph who failed to protect Persephone, her playmate against Hades

Cydippe – a Nereid sea nymph with whom Aristaeus had a failed love affair

Cydnides – a nymph of the river Cydnus in Cilicia

Cymatolege – a Haliad nymph, daughter of Poseidon and wife of storm-giant Briareos

Cymo – a Nereid nymph associated with the crabs of the sea

Cymodoce – a sea nymph and companion of Venus.

Cymothoe – a Nereid nymph who enjoyed the running waves

Cyrtonians – a group residing in the springs of the town Cyrtones in Boeotia

Daira – a nymph and mother of Eleusis by Hermes

Daphne – a Naiad nymph of the river Peneios in Thessalia, transformed into a laurel tree

Deiopea – a sea nymph Juno promised as wife to Aeolus if he would unleash his winds

Deliades – daughters of Inopus god of the river Inopus on the island of Delos

Dero – a Nereid sea nymph, born of Nereus and Doris

Dexamene – a sea nymph and receiver of prayer and sacrifice

Diogeneia – the Naiad nymph of a fountain of the city of Athens in Attika

Dione – a water nymph, daughter of Atlas and the wife of the Lydian king Tantalos

Diopatra – a Naiad Nymph of a spring of the river Sperkheios on Mount Othrys

Dirce – a God transformed into a spring Naiad nymph of the town of Thebes in Boiotia

Dodone – an Oceanid Nymph of the town and oracular shrine of Dodona in Thesprotia

Doris – a nymph and wife of the sea god Nereus, the mother of the Nereides

Doto – the Nereid of granting safe voyage or generous catch. Her shrine was in Gabala.

Drosera – a naiad. She was one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians

Drymo – a sea nymph, one of the attendants of queen Cyrene

Dynamene – a Nereid, who, with her sister Pherusa, controlled the great ocean swells

Echenais – a Naiad nymph who blinded Daphnis to the love of other women

Eidyia – an Oceanid nymph and wife of Aeetes, the mother of Medea

Eione – a Nereid nymph of the beach, said to have helped castaways

Electra – a water nymph and wife of Thaumas mother of Iris Arke and the Harpies

Eleionomae – a group of nymphs of the marshes who misled travelers with illusions

Ephyra – a fresh-water Naiad of the water supply in the town of Corinth

Erasinides – a group of four Naiads nym