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NAIAD (NAY-uhd)

A water nymph of Greek mythology

Common clues: River nymph; Nymph; Water nymph; Water sprite

Crossword puzzle frequency: once a year



A Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893: a water nymph approaches the sleeping Hylas


In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks. They are distinct from 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 Lerna in the Argolid. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean; but because the Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the earth, there was some overlap. Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus, to surface on the island of Sicily.






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NAIAD (53) 13 We >1 07 Water nymph

12 We- >1 08 River nymph

8 We+ >1 07 Aquatic nymph

4 We+ >1 00 Young dragonfly

2 Th WaP 00 Nymph OREAD

2 We- NYT 00 Spring nymph

2 Tu >1 06 Water nymph of myth

00 Dragonfly stage

1 Th NYT 93 Freshwater mussel

1 Sa NYT 95 Mythical river dweller

1 Th NYT 00 Mythical swimmer

1 Th NYT 07 Neptune's closest moon

01 Nymph in a fountain

1 We NYT 07 Nymph of Greek myth

1 We NYT 03 Nymph of myth OREAD

1 Sa NYS 05 Swimmer of myth

1 We CSy 00 Water nymph, in mythology

1 We CSy 05 Water sprite NIXIE

99 Water-loving nymph

1 Th WaP 00 Young mayfly