Oreads – Mythopedia The Oreads were beautiful, youthful mountain nymphs These female divinities roamed the mountains and woodlands of Greece, accompanying other nature gods and presiding over various aspects of the natural world
Nymphs – Mythopedia The nymphs were minor divinities who took the form of beautiful young women They represented diverse aspects of nature, including water, mountains, trees, and even specific locales They were also frequently divided into subgroups (such as Dryads, Naiads, and Nereids) according to the type of environment they inhabited
Echo – Mythopedia Attributes In most accounts, Echo was a nymph who lived in the mountains of the central Greek region of Boeotia; according to one source, she inhabited Mount Cithaeron [2] Echo could therefore be classified among the nymphs sometimes called Oreads, or mountain nymphs Like other nymphs, Echo assumed the form of a beautiful young woman Her main individual attribute, however, had to do with
Poetic Edda: General Introduction (Full Text) - Mythopedia There is scarcely any literary work of great importance which has been less readily available for the general reader, or even for the serious student of literature, than the Poetic Edda Translations have been far from numerous, and only in Germany has the complete work of translation been done in the full light of recent scholarship In English the only versions were long the conspicuously