Naiad
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In [[Greek mythology]], the '''naiads''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|aɪ|æ|d|z|,_|ˈ|n|eɪ|æ|d|z|,_|-|ə|d|z}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Ναϊάς|ναϊάδες]]|naïádes}}), sometimes also '''hydriads''',{{Cite journal |last=Postgate |first=J. P. |title=On the Alleged Confusion of Nymph-Names. Appendix |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/287931 |journal=The American Journal of Philology |date=1897 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=74–75 |doi=10.2307/287931 |jstor=287931 |issn=0002-9475|url-access=subscription }} are a type of female spirit, or [[nymph]], presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of [[fresh water]]. |
In [[Greek mythology]], the '''naiads''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|aɪ|æ|d|z|,_|ˈ|n|eɪ|æ|d|z|,_|-|ə|d|z}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Ναϊάς|ναϊάδες]]|naïádes}}), sometimes also '''hydriads''',{{Cite journal |last=Postgate |first=J. P. |title=On the Alleged Confusion of Nymph-Names. Appendix |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/287931 |journal=The American Journal of Philology |date=1897 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=74–75 |doi=10.2307/287931 |jstor=287931 |issn=0002-9475|url-access=subscription }} are a type of female spirit, or [[nymph]], presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of [[fresh water]]. |
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They are distinct from [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river |
They are distinct from [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river gods]], who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes such as pre-[[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] [[Lerna]] in the [[Argolis]]. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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