Meaning | (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus. |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
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Narrower | Calypso | (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years |
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Nereid | (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus |
Oceanid | (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys |
Siren | A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors / sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived |
Broader | water nymph | (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water |
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