water-nymph
naiad
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Clytie was a water-nymph and in love with Apollo, who made her no return.

And, after that dance, she stole away; having no heart to see him dance with his water-nymph.

A water-nymph to the life!

Syrinx was a lovely water-nymph of Arcadia, daughter of Landon, the river-god.

And the water-nymph's browned face and eyes and legs flitted torturingly in the tangled glades of her vision.

The story derives from Fouqué's novella Undine, the tale of a water-nymph who marries a mortal.

"Attractive--with eyes like a water-nymph's or so Jon thinks; but it's quite the best type of water-nymph."

Najas graminea, also known as Ricefield Water-nymph is a species of aquatic plant found in freshwater habitats, especially still or slow-moving waters, like ponds and rice fields.

Privately, Medtner said that the first movement was inspired by Mikhail Lermontov's ballad Rusalka, about a water-nymph whose seductive advances fail to arouse a sleeping knight.

"I felt the sun's soft rays, and I abandoned myself to the rocking of the water-nymph while watching behind us the wake that widened and then was lost under the great blue surface."

The water-nymph says: "...I have sinuous shells of pearly hue Within, and things that lustre have imbibed In the sun's palace porch, where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway on the wave.

La Motte Fouqué wrote about a beautiful water-nymph in his novella Undine, and Sir Walter Scott endowed the White Lady of Avenel with many of the attributes of the Nymphs.

Leaning on oral tradition, it is one of the first literary versions of the tale of Melusine the water-nymph with a serpentine tail who married a mortal and supernaturally guided the spectacular rise and subsequent fall of the House of Lusignan with many digressions and inner stories.

He couldn't keep his eyes from the naiads sporting about.

Many people said they were Naiads (spirits of the sea).

Naiads are found in rivers, streams, and lakes where there is water movement.

They were compared to the Greek naiads, the nymphs of water elements.

The naiads - which do not look much like dragonflies at all - hatch and immediately take to the water.

Some naiads even have a long lower jaw that can shoot out and grab prey.

Nymphs that live in water are sometimes called naiads.

When the naiads are fully grown, they crawl out of the water and molt.

The naiads emerge, or make the transition to adult dragonflies, at night.

The naiads were also known to exhibit jealous tendencies.

In the series there is a lake in the center of the property where naiads reign.

They are married but her sister naiads say she is tainted and will not talk to her.

Naiads are brown with three dark stripes marking the length below the abdomen.

Unlike most species, snaketail naiads generally emerge as adults during the day.

Even in the Bronx, it seemed likely that nymphs and naiads were afoot.

These naiads are known for being rather large and chubby-looking due to their rounded abdomen.

These naiads will emerge as adults at night.

Pan, seated on his grassy bank, leading the naiads and the dryads where he will.

Naiads will emerge as adult dragonflies when it's night.

Often she will deposit her eggs in many different places in order to prevent the naiads from using each other as a source of food.

The naiads of these dragonflies live in submerged vegetation.

The naiads live in the debris of the bottoms of lakes and ponds.

The Naiads and Dryads were scattering in every direction.

Are there no naiads in these crystal founts Or nereids upon the ocean foam?

Several hours had passed before I finally succeeded in disentangling my nephew from the silvery bodies of the naiads.

However it is overall quite basic with rulings like Najas Ghaleeza.

Native Indians, mainly Dravanian and Najas, adopted the caste system with a modification based on profession.

Mormeneo de Najas, Lluís.

Other plants include Scirpus tabemaemontani C. C. Gemlin, Panicum repens L. Najas marina and Vallisneria natans.

Species observed included Bushy pondweed (Najas flexilis, Najas minor), Bulrush (Scirpus sp.)

The JASGP is a part of NAJAS, a national non-profit U.S. network dedicated to public education about Japan consisting of approximately 40 independent Japan-related organizations located in 32 cities around the country.

If the robe has been fouled by najas (dirty) material, such as excrement, or has been wiped, rubbed or touched by scented liquids (intentionally), then a new ihram must be worn, or the Umrah or Hajj may be invalidated.

Navajo metalsmiths make buckles, bridles, buttons, rings, canteens, hollow beads, earrings, crescent-shaped pendants (called "najas"), bracelets, crosses, powder chargers, tobacco canteens, and disks, known as "conchas" or conchos" - typically used to decorate belts - made from copper, steel, iron, and most commonly, silver.