Maidens in Greek myth

Usage examples of nymphs.

I could run and scream in the nymphly way, and do what nymphs do, if you are interested.

There were more trees than amenable fauns and nymphs, so that some trees that might have flourished magically became ordinary.

Some folk thought that fauns and nymphs were empty-headed creatures, incapable of feeling or commitment, but those folk were confusing types.

The trees kept the fauns or nymphs young, because trees lived a long time and their spirits shared that longevity.

The fauns or nymphs protected their trees, bringing them water in times of drought and harassing woodsmen who wanted to chop the trees down.

The magic of fauns is to run fast enough to catch the nymphs, and to make them desire to celebrate when there is physical contact.

But that was the same kind of a question others asked about fauns and nymphs with trees: why did they bind themselves to such unresponsive plants?

For these were specialties of nymphs, and such actions really delighted fauns.

Naturally I returned the favors, and proceeded to that celebration for which fauns and nymphs are justly known.

Nymph Retreat were shallow creatures, intent on only one thing, and the nymphs provided that.

We had to have something to divert us when there were no nymphs in sight.

You must have been horribly unhappy, with only nymphs to chase, instead of the real thing.

Unfortunately they had left their mark on him, leaving him forever disappointed with mere nymphs, as the scene with Deanna Fauna had shown.

The wood nymphs had a symbiotic relationship with plants but not much with animals of any sort.

Not all the faerie were nymphs and fairies and elves and other cute characters.