Beautiful naiads are an integral part of Greek mythology

Our ancestors believed that every river, lake, sea has its own deity, which received power over its own territory from the universal gods of Olympus.

Naiads are beautiful water goddesses who own sources of water and are considered patrons of music and poetry. All waters, according to ancient Greek mythology, have their mistress. Naiads (naiads) - this is a cheerful and fervent tribe, the number of them is about three thousand. People do not know the names of goddesses. According to legends, beautiful beings were descendants of the Ocean and Tefida. Naiads are Very ancient creatures, which are mentioned together with the cocktails, Telfinas, satyrs, corybants. There are special naiads - healers, their waters have medicinal properties, they can heal from many diseases.

Nymphs

Nymphs (in the translation from the Greek "virgin") are the deities of nature, its fertile and magical healing powers, something in between gods and people. They have always remained beautiful and never aged, but still were mortal. Better than the gods from Olympus, nymphs were aware of human problems. The virgins always helped the travelers, directing them on the right path, planting flowers on the abandoned graves of the deceased. Nymphs were the embodiment of everything touching and sweet in nature. The Naiads, for example, made sure that in the pernicious heat in Greece there was always a lot of clean water. Although the deities of nature are far from Olympus, but are by order of the father of the people and gods of Zeus. Very often the next hero of Greek mythology was born precisely from the marriage of nymphs and gods, for example Achilles, Eak, Tiresay. However, there are sad stories of love for nymphs that did not end in marriage.

Love of Aida and Cops

There are many legends about beautiful water nymphs. One of these stories tells about the betrayal of the god of the underground kingdom of Aida to his wife Persephone (goddess of fertility). Persephone, according to legend, was a conductor between the realm of the living and the dead, therefore every hero of Greek mythology, descending to the kingdom of Hades, was accompanied by Persephone. Hades loved his wife madly, because when she left his kingdom and went to her mother Demetre, he missed. One day he decided to ride his chariot to the surface of the earth in order to be closer to his beloved. On the way, he saw that there was a beautiful nymph of a naiad in the water. Hades looked into the brown eyes of the seductress Menta and fell in love with her. Dark hair and white skin seduced the lord of the afterlife. Affecting the feelings, most likely, the fact that it was very different from his wife, a young naiad. Mythology is very cruel, because this wonderful novel was doomed. When Persephone returned to her husband, she discovered that he was cold to her, and too often left the kingdom in order to visit the world of people. The wise tsarina followed her husband and so learned about the treason. Revenge Persephone was cold. Once again, when she visited the world of people, she found Mentha and killed a beautiful nymph. Hades did not immediately recognize who killed the nymph, despite his frustration with the death of his beloved, after a while he again had a mistress. The enraged queen also killed her, but this time she did not hide, the ruler of the kingdom of the dead remained to wait for her husband. When Hades learned that Persephone had killed both nymphs, he asked why she was so cruel to them, but after hearing the words of the wife's love in return, she forgave her for jealousy and gave her word to be faithful to her, just like she told him . That's such a sad story about a nymph I'll fuck.

Love for the beautiful hunter

There was a fine hunter in the forest, his name was Narcissus, he was so good that all the nymphs were in love with him, but he was not interested in them. Narcissus was carried away only by hunting. One river nymph decided to take hold of his heart and pronounced a spell, according to him, the guy will fall in love with the first person he sees. The nymph began to sing, drawing him to the pond in which she was, but when the guy approached the watery surface, he first saw his own reflection, not the nymph, she swam towards him. Narcissus was so carried away by his own reflection that he did not cease to admire himself for a minute, closer and closer he wanted to be with the object of his own feelings. As a result, the hunter died of meaningless sadness. At the place of death of the hunter grew a beautiful yellow flower, which began to be called "Narcissus", as well as narcissistic people.

Attitude towards nymphs in Greece in modern society

The Greeks still remember the good nymphs. On Crete there is a church in honor of the Holy Virgin, near the beating source, which is carefully guarded and protected, as well as the memory of the wonderful water goddesses.

An analogue of a naiad in Slavic beliefs

Very similar to the ancient Greek nymphs according to the descriptions of the eastern Slavs of the mermaid. Slavic naiads are the spirits of nature in the image of charming and innocent girls (sometimes unhappy) who live in rivers, lakes, marshes. In some Slavic peoples, mermaids are "unclean" spirits of drowned women.