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    curious and innocent‚ but soon‚ that all would change. One day‚ at about noon‚ Proserpina went wandering on the seashore with the sea nymphs. Her mother begged Proserpina to stay close to the sea nymphs‚ as they would keep her safe. Despite her mother’s best attempts‚ Proserpina wandered into the fields to pick flowers without the safety of the sea nymphs. One of the shrubs was very beautiful and grew new blossoms upon being looked at. It was so marvelous Proserpina decided to pull the shrub

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    I turned around and say-- “Gia! You’re back. Wait‚ were you following me?” I asked with a stern look on my face. “Yes‚ and what’s the riddle‚ Watergirl?” Gia asked now facing the water nymph. “The riddle is what lives in winter‚ dies in the summer‚ and grows with its root upward?” asked the nymph. “Okay‚ Gia‚ work your magic.” I said with a smile. “Well lots of animals live yearlong but none just die in the summer. So‚ it must be an inanimate object. This leaves us with elements of nature

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    Starting with A Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor. Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull. Abassy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron. Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo. Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit Abaia (Melanesian) - Huge magical eel Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet. Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal Abatwa (Zulu) - Little people that

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    Narcissus and Echo Liriope‚ a fair nymph long coveted by mortal and immortal alike‚ was the victim of rape by the hands of Cephisus‚ the river god. The result of the ugly abuse was a beautiful boy‚ Narcissus. Liriope inquired Tiresias‚ a seer‚ about the longevity of her new son. Tiresias replied‚ "If e’er he knows himself he surely dies." The worried mother watched as her son grew older and more enchanting each day. The angelic nymphs of the water and ground threw themselves at the feet of the

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    distribution of the invertebrates in relation to biotic and abiotic factors. Introduction: The focus of this investigation is to compare the distribution of Mayfly nymphs (Ephemeroptera) and Stonefly nymphs (Plecoptera) in both the Tiritea stream and the Mangaone Stream and also to analyse the distribution of the Mayfly and Stonefly nymphs in relation to biotic and abiotic factors. Also‚ habitat patterns (or absent) are identified that the organisms follow. The first part of the investigation included

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    I‚ like all the other nymphs‚ loved having him around. He was a playful god‚ full of laughter and mischief‚ and nymphs would never miss a chance to be with someone like that. His jealous wife‚ Juno‚ would search the mountains for Jupiter‚ hoping to catch him out playing in the glades and waterfalls with us. Whenever Juno came close to finding Jupiter‚ I interfered. I started an animated conversation between the two of us‚ distracting her until Jupiter and my fellow nymphs had gotten away. When

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    Naia‚ a water nymph employed by Poseidon‚ was collecting water from the river to send to the mortals. Poseidon and Zeus had been fighting for weeks‚ and for a rather meaningless reason. The gods of Olympus were sick of drinking just nectar‚ and wanted something that could wash the taste away from their mouths. That‚ of course‚ had to be water. When Poseidon refused to send all of his water to Olympus‚ Zeus erupted in anger and forced his army onto Poseidon’s seas. Naia was supposed to collect water

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    out in order to create a specific and clever meaning. The poem works in a way that speaks to the reader from a siren‚ the speaker of the poem being the siren. It begins with the speaker telling the reader about a song of a siren; half women and half nymph. These sirens in Greek mythology would sing to sailors and attract them to their island. Once on the island the men would be killed or stranded there to spend eternity. The siren bargains with the reader and sings her song. The way the poem is set

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    Damselfly Nymph

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    Damselfly Nymph Odonata (Zygoptera) The damselfly nymph is a macro-invertebrate that lives in ponds‚ streams‚ and lakes. The nymphs live in water‚ but the adult damselflies live on land. It isn’t very big; it’s about 10-30 millimeters or one inch long. Damselfly Nymphs have long slender bodies and a set of tail-like gills at the end that separate

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    Piety: Pan and the Nymphs

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    Pan‚ Nymphs‚ Olympians and Piety In ancient Greece‚ Pan‚ a goat-legged youth‚ was worshipped as a god‚ mainly in the countryside by shepherds and herdsmen. Pan was chiefly known as a protector‚ or as a “flock-keeping” god. The Athenians were under the impression that they were aided by Pan during the Persian wars‚ so after the wars‚ they established a precinct dedicated to him underneath the acropolis‚ in a cave (Herodotus p. 133). Although Pan was seen as a god‚ he was still in an inferior

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