Info: Nymphs

Nymphs are a class of female beings in Greek mythology. They are not as powerful as gods, but are related to them and have godlike beauty and a deep connection to nature or specific natural phenomena. There are very many of them, and very many minor planets named after them. Usually they are are divided into groups based on their parentage. This page lists some of those groups. Immediately below is a list of nymphs who are not specifically associated with one of these groups. Dryads Hesperides Hyades In Greek mythology, the Hyades are a set of sisters, for which several stars in the head of the constellation Taurus are named. They are nymphs associated with rain. Their parentage is varied; usually they are the daughters of Atlas and one of the Oceanids Pleione or Aethra, making the Hyades sisters of the Pleiades and the Hesperides. They are either the sisters or the daughters of the hunter Hyas, and when it rains, they are weeping over his death. There are a number of Hyades, variously attested to by a number of authors. The comprehensive list follows: Phaisyle/Aesyle (proposed) Coronis (158 Koronis) Cleeia Phaeo (322 Phaeo) Eudore (217 Eudora) Philia (280 Philia) Ambrosia (indirectly, 193 Ambrosia) Polyxo (probably 308 Polyxo) Pytho Synecho Baccho Cardie Niseis Dione (not 106 Dione) Thyone Prodice Naiad Nereids Oceanids The many daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. There are said to be somewhere between three thousand and infinite of these nymphs. They are all the sisters of the many river-gods called the Potamoi. Here is a list of all of the Oceanids cited by a variety of authors. Acaste Admete (Not the Mycenean princess, 398 Admete) Adrasteia (239 Adrastea) Aethra (partially 132 Aethra) Aetna Amalthea (113 Amalthea and Jupiter V Amalthea) Amphirho Amphitrite Argia/Argea Asia Asterodia Asterope Beroe Callirhoe Calypso Camarina Capheira Cerceis Ceto Chryseis Clio/Cleio Clitemneste Clymene Clytie/Clytia Coryphe Daeira Dione Dodone Doris Electra Ephyra Euagoreis Eudora Europa Eurynome Galaxaura Hesione Hestyaea Hippo Iache Ianeira/Ianira Ianthe Ida Idyia/Eidyia Leucippe Libye Lyris Melia Meliboea Melite Melobosis Menestho Menippe Mentis Merope Metis Mopsopia Nemesis Ocyrhoe Pasiphae Pasithoe Peitho Periboea Perse/Perseis Petraea Phaeno Philyra Pleione Plexaura Plouto/Pluto Polydora Polyphe Polyxo Prymno Rhodea/Rhodeia/Rhodia Rhodope Rhodos/Rhode The Sirens Stilbo Styx Telesto Thoe Thraike Tyche Urania Xanthe Zeuxo Oreads Pleiades Other Melissa (676 Melitta), a bee-nymph who fed honey to an infant Zeus.