Our ancestors believed that every river, lake, sea have their deity, which has received power over their own territory from the universe of the gods of Olympus.
Naiad - a beautiful water goddess who own sources of water and considered the patroness of music and poetry.All the water, according to Greek mythology, have his mistress.Naiads (mollusk) - a cheerful and defiant the tribe, their number has about three thousand.All names of goddesses people are not known.According to legend, the beautiful creatures are descendants of Oceanus and Tethys.Naiad - it very ancient creatures that are mentioned along with Kuret, telchines, satyrs, Corybantes.There are special mollusk - the healer, their waters have healing properties, they can cure many diseases.
Nymphs Nymphs (translated from the Greek "virgin") - is a deity of nature, its fertile and magical healing powers, midway between gods and men.They were always beautiful and never grow old, but still a death.Better than the gods from Olympus, the nymphs were known human problems.Virgin has always helped travelers, directing them to the right path, put flowers on the graves of the dead abandoned.Nymphs embodies all the touching and sweet nature.Naiad, for example, making sure that the disastrous heat in Greece has always been a lot of clean water.Although the nature of the deity are far from Olympus, but are on the order of the father of men and gods Zeus.Very often, once the hero of Greek mythology, was born from the marriage of nymphs and gods such as Achilles, Aeacus, Tiresias.However, there is the sad love story of nymphs that did not end in marriage.
Love Aida and Cops
There are many legends about the beautiful water nymphs.One of these stories tells of the betrayal of the god of the underworld Hades his wife Persephone (goddess of fertility).Persephone according to legend was the conductor between the realm of the living and the dead, because every hero of Greek mythology, descending into Hades, accompanied by Persephone.Hades madly in love with his wife, because she left his kingdom and leave to her mother Demeter, he missed.One day he decided to go to his car on the ground in order to be closer to his beloved.On the way, he saw that the water is a beautiful nymph naiad.Hades looked into the brown eyes charmer Cops and fell in love with her.Dark hair and white skin seduced ruler of the underworld kingdom.Affected the feelings, most likely the fact that it is very different from his wife's young Naiad.Mythology is very cruel, because this beautiful romance was doomed.When Persephone returned to her husband, she found that he was cold to her, and too often leaves the kingdom to visit the world of men.The wise queen watched her husband and so learned about the change.Persephone's Revenge served cold.Once again, when she visited the human world, the cops and found murdered the beautiful nymph.Hades did not immediately know who killed the nymph, despite the death of his beloved disorder, after some time he reappeared mistress.Angry Queen and killed her, but this time was out, the lady of the kingdom of the dead husband waited.When Hades learned that Persephone killed both nymphs, then asked why she had come to him so cruel, but after he heard in response to the words of love of his wife, just her by jealousy and gave the floor to be faithful to her, just as she did.That's such a sad story of a nymph naiad.
love for the beautiful hunter
lived in the forest beautiful hunter called him Narcissus, he was so good that all the nymphs were in love with him, but he was not interested in them.Narcissus was only keen on hunting.A river nymph decided to take over his heart and said a spell over him, a guy fall in love with the first man who sees.Nymph started singing, drawing him to the body of water in which it was, but when the man approached the surface of the water, he saw his own reflection in the beginning, not the nymph, she swam toward him.Narcissus was so fascinated by his own reflection, that did not stop a single moment to enjoy, getting closer and closer he wanted to be with the object of his own feelings.As a result, the hunter died of sadness meaningless.At the site of the death of the hunter rose beautiful yellow flower, which became known as "Narcissus", as well as the narcissistic people.
Drinking nymphs in Greece in modern society
Greeks still remember the good nymphs.Crete is a church in honor of the holy virgins, near the source of beats that carefully protect and cherish as a memory of the wonderful goddess of waters.
analogue of mollusk in the Slavic beliefs
very similar to the ancient Greek nymphs on the descriptions of the eastern Slavs mermaid.Slavic mollusk - the spirits of nature in the form of charming and innocent girls (sometimes accidents), which are found in rivers, lakes, swamps.In some Slavic peoples mermaid - "unclean" spirits drowned.
