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
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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
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Water-loving nymph
1
Th WaP 00 Young mayfly
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