Naiad is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man (vol. 2) #90 (October 1989), during the...
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The Naiads are water-centered nymphs in Greek mythology. Naiad may also refer to: Naiad (character), the water elemental of the DC Universe Naiad Press...
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Undine (redirect from The Naiad and the Fisherman)
of water. The group contains many species, including nereides, limnads, naiades, mermaids and potamides. What undines lack, compared to humans, is a soul...
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Ancient Greek: Θυία Thuia derived from the verb θύω "to sacrifice") the Naiad-nymph of a spring on Mount Parnassos in Phokis (central Greece) and was...
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Periboea (category Naiads)
She was the foster mother of Oedipus, future king of Thebes. Periboea, a Naiad, wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus...
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Salmacis (category Naiads)
Salmacis (Ancient Greek: Σαλμακίς) was an atypical Naiad nymph of Greek mythology. She rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour...
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Zeuxippe (category Naiads)
"yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and hippos, "horse." Zeuxippe, a naiad nymph of Athens and the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, Philomela and...
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Appias (category Naiads)
Concordia, Minerva, Pax, Venus, and Vesta. In Roman mythology, Appias was a naiad who lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to Venus Genitrix in the...
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Larunda (category Naiads)
Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo and mother of the Lares Compitalici, guardians of the crossroads and...
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Mycene (mythology) (category Naiads)
Hesperides Hyades Lampads Leimakids Leuce Limnades Meliae Melinoë Minthe Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides...
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Cyane (category Naiads)
a naiad in Greek mythology who tried to prevent Hades from abducting Persephone, her playmate. Cyane (sometimes anglicized as "Kyane") was a naiad, a...
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and they disappeared. Naiads – Nature spirits that inhabit streams and rivers and lakes, or any fresh body of water. Brooke – Naiad that inhabits the brook...
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the thriller The Village (2004). She later secured the starring role of a naiad in Shyamalan's fantasy film Lady in the Water (2006). Howard's performance...
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Rhodos (category Naiads)
(calling her "Rhode"), her father was the river-god Asopus, thus making her a Naiad. Perhaps misreading Pindar, Asclepiades ("presumably the mythographer" Asclepiades...
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Swan Lake (redirect from Swan Princess (character))
used the Leitmotif technique: associating certain themes with certain characters or moods, a technique he would use in Swan Lake and, later, The Sleeping...
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Minthe (category Naiads)
Mintha or Mentha; Ancient Greek: Μίνθη or Μένθη or Μίντη) is an Underworld Naiad nymph associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by Hades, the King...
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Daphne (given name) (section Fictional characters)
It originates from Greek mythology, where Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη) was a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams...
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Telephassa (category Naiads)
Telephassa (/ˌtɛlɪˈfæsə/; Ancient Greek: Τηλέφασσα, Tēléphassa, "far-shining"), also spelled Telephaassa (/ˌtɛlɪfiˈæsə/; Τηλεφάασσα) and Telephe (/ˈtɛlɪfiː/;...
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Daphne (category Naiads)
Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. 'laurel'), a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams...
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Cleocharia (category Naiads)
Cleocharia (/ˌkliːoʊˈkɛəriə/; Ancient Greek: Κλεοχαρείας Kleokhareia) was a naiad of Laconia who later on became the queen-consort of King Lelex of Lelegia...
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Hylas (category Characters in the Argonautica)
the Argo, thus making him one of the Argonauts. Hylas was kidnapped by Naiads of the spring of Pegae in Mysia when they fell in love with him, and he...
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Eurythemista (category Naiads)
Eurythemista, daughter of the river-god Xanthus, thus can be considered a naiad nymph. She is one of Pelops' and Niobe's possible mothers by Tantalus (other...
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revealed after Kendra and Seth learn the truth about Fablehaven, as a former Naiad who was married to Patton Burgess, a former caretaker of Fablehaven. She...
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Messeis (category Naiads)
the Inachides nymphs and sister of Amymone, Io and Hyperia. She was the naiad nymph of a spring and was related to the town Argos in Peloponnese. Valerius...
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B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Nabu is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing...
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of Aravis (HHB) River-God: Of the Great River, Father and leader of the Naiads, unchained by Bacchus near Beruna (PC) Rogin: Red Dwarf, brother of Bricklethumb...
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Paranormal (TV series) (section Cast and characters)
Taha Fatima AlBanawi as Nargis Heba El Dessouky as Tayseer, Samah, the Naiad News of Paranormal first came to light in the summer of 2020. The Paranormal...
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Hermaphroditus (category Characters in Roman mythology)
Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably handsome boy whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever. A god,...
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This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where...
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Euboea (mythology) (category Naiads)
the name of several women in Greek mythology. Euboea, one of the Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna...
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