Nymphs

Nymphs

The nymphs are totally hippied out. Pretty much everywhere you go in the wilderness, you'll find these female nature spirits doing their thing. Go to a forest, and there'll be dryads dancing in their beloved trees. Hike up a mountain, and you'll find oreads chilling in their rocky homes. Take a dip in the ocean, and nereids will be swimming right beside you. Go paddling in a lake, and naiads will be right there with you. You get the point. These lovely ladies aren't just into nature; they are nature itself.

Basic Information

NameNymphs
NicknameHere's a quick list of the major branches of the nymph sisterhood and what we're into:
Oceanids (the source of fresh water—naiads and aurai are all oceanids)
Naiads (fresh water rivers, lakes, streams, springs)
Aurai (breezes)
Nereids (ocean)
Dryads (trees)
Oreads (mountains)
Hesperides (sunsets)
Lampades (the Underworld)
Bacchai/Maenads (followers of Dionysus—sometimes thought of as mortals)
Pleiades (followers of Artemis)
SexFemales
Current cityWe all live in nature—the waters, the trees, the fields, the mountains, you name it.

Work & Education

OccupationFemale Nature Spirits
EducationGaia's School of Being

Beliefs

Political viewsPro-Zeus

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

ParentsAll of nature. Fancy, we know.
SiblingsTons
ChildrenTons
FriendsMostly each other—there are enough of us to keep each other company.
EnemiesMostly gods and mortals who try to force themselves on us

Relationships

Relationship statusGenerally single
Interested inMostly satyrs and scrumptious young mortal men

Favorites

Quotations"from the center of my life came
a great fountain, deep blue
shadows on azure seawater."
– from "The Wild Iris" by Louise Gluck (big with the nereids)

"What fools these mortals be."
– from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep."
– from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost

"So take your hat off boy
when you're talkin' to me
and be there when I feed the tree."
– from "Feed the Tree" by Belly (kind of a dryad anthem)

"Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well"
– from "Bad Girls" by M.I.A. (the Maenads love this one)
BooksA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 
Walden by Henry David Thoreau 
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 
"in Just" by e. e. cummings 
The Bacchae by Euripides 
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost 
Coraline by Neil Gaiman 
"The Wild Iris" by Louise Gluck 
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 
MusicBottom of the River by Delta Rae (The naiads can't get enough of this one.) 
Some Nights by Fun. 
Want U Back by Cher Lloyd ft. Astro (So many lovesick nymphs out there...) 
Ho Hey by the Lumineers 
Feed the Tree by Belly (The dryads love it.) 
Everybody Talks by the Neon Trees 
Bad Girls by M.I.A. (The Maenads go crazy for this one.) 
Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven 
MoviesPan's Labyrinth 
Spirited Away 
A Midsummer Night's Dream 
The Lord of the Rings (The dryads think Treebeard is mad sexy.) 
Avatar 
The Little Mermaid (The nereids are all about this movie.) 
Princess Mononoke 
An Inconvenient Truth 
TV ShowsPlanet Earth 
Grimm 
Once Upon a Time 

Activities & Interests

LikesNational Forests
Wetland Preserves
Parties in the woods
Beach Volleyball
ActivitiesFrolicking in the forest
Dancing in meadows
Surfing in the ocean
Swimming in rivers
Soaring through the air
Shining from the stars
InterestsAstronomy
Ecology
Forestry
Oceanography
GroupsNymphs
The Nymphs Fanclub 
Green Peace 
Pro Hikers