NAIAD


Meaning of NAIAD in English

(from Greek naiein, to flow), in Greek mythology, one of the nymphs of flowing watersprings, rivers, fountains, lakes. The Naiads, appropriately in their relation to freshwater, were represented as beautiful, lighthearted, and beneficent. Like the other classes of nymphs, they were extremely long-lived, although not immortal.

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