The Wood Nymph

Wood nymph is another term for a dryad in Ancient Greek mythology. The term has also been applied to various animals: Woodnymphs (Thalurania, a hummingbird genus from tropical America) Cercyonis (North American wood-nymphs, a brush-footed butterfly genus) in particular the common wood-nymph (C. pegala) Ideopsis (Southeast Asian tree- and wood-nymphs, also known as glassy tigers, a brush-footed butterfly genus not closely related to Cercyonis) in particular Ideopsis juventa Other The Wood Nymph, 1894 tone poem by Jean Sibelius The Wood Nymph (film), 1916 lost film by D. W. Griffith (as Granville Warwick) Hulder or Skogsrå, mythical women that live in forests according to Scandinavian folklore Slavic water spirits