Dryads- beautiful forest nymphs, tree spirits.
The first mention of charming tree maidens came from Greek myths, where dryads act as minor deities or nymphs, descended from the union of Zeus the Thunderer and trees.
Dryad is translated from Greek as oak, and although this name was assigned to all forest nymphs, there were also so-called meliads, descended from ash, and hamadryads, which themselves were like trees. It was believed that in Hamadryads, the lower half of the body, like a mermaid, looked like a tree, and the upper part was female. After cutting down the tree to which the Hamadryad was tied, people killed the nymph herself. Dryads were originally called precisely the spirits of centuries-old oaks.
Tree maidens look like beautiful human women, but they got the color of their hair and skin from trees and it changes depending on the season. So in winter, the dryad's skin becomes dark, and her hair is completely white, like snow. In autumn, the hair turns red or yellow, like foliage, and in summer the forest nymph becomes a rich green color. With this disguise, dryads manage to hide from the most intent eyes.
Dryads do not greatly favor society of their own kind, but they do not shy away either. However, it is unlikely that more than half a dozen forest maidens will gather in one grove.
Like any plants and flowers, dryads need water and sun to live. They do not eat any other food. Nymphs cannot leave their tree dwellings for a long time. The farther she moves from her home, the faster her strength leaves and she needs to return back. If, in her absence, an unkind person finds her abode, then he will become her master.
Like human women, dryads strive to remain beautiful and use very interesting means to do so. They can decorate their head of hair with a living vine, and among individual strands beautiful flowers can suddenly bloom, obeying the mood of a forest maiden. The fragrance of the dryad is similar to the smell of the tree with which she was born and whose spirit she is.
The fabulous beauty of the dryads could not leave indifferent not only mortals, but also the gods. The beautiful nymph Dryope became the beloved of Hermes, and from their union was born Pan, the god of shepherds and cattle breeders. The dryad Filira captivated the heart of the god Kron, giving him the son Chiron, thereby replenishing the ranks of the centaur tribe.
Another legend tells of Apollo's passionate love for Daphne. The charming nymph, who was in the retinue of Artemis, wanted to remain chaste, like the hunting goddess. But, blinded by passion, the blond god pursued the maiden until Daphne prayed to her parents, the goddess of the earth, Gaia, and the god of rivers, Penea. In an attempt to save her, they turned their daughter into a laurel tree. So the nymph turned, in fact, into a hamadryad.
By nature, dryads are very timid and shy creatures, but just try to offend their trees and you will get to know the other side of them. Protecting their possessions, forest nymphs set traps everywhere in order to drive away any uninvited guests. Against enemies, dryads can use their incredible charm to persuade them to leave the forest. Those who offended the trees or the dryad herself were severely punished.
In one of the legends cruel man cut down the Hamadryad tree, which she, in tears, begged him not to touch. Being near death, the nymph sent punishment on him and all his relatives, and this terrible sin could only be atoned for by erecting an altar to her, on which a sacrifice would be made. Another myth tells how the son of King Triop Erysichthon gave the order to cut down a beautiful oak tree in the sacred grove of the goddess Demeter, which brought unimaginable suffering and death to the unfortunate hamadryad. Demeter's punishment was terrible, and nothing more could satisfy Erysichthon. Having spent all his wealth on food, he, in the end, destroyed himself.
Dryads are implacable towards those who are ready to harm their forest, but they also respect those people who care for the forest and plant new seedlings. Forest nymphs are ready to help and patronize anyone who is engaged in such an important and useful business in every possible way.
Another look at dryads
In the natural world there are protectors who protect all living things. These virgins are as beautiful as nature itself and just as unbridled in their character. They can change their anger to mercy in an instant and vice versa. They protect forests and animals, every tree and the smallest bunny. These maidens are called dryads.
Appearance
The appearance of dryads has changed a lot in the minds of people over the past ten years. The cute maidens in dresses woven from leaves were replaced by girls who are more like centaurs, but not as overweight as wild warriors. The classic appearance of dryads still implies the appearance of a young girl, slender and flexible, her skin can be greenish or just green, and her hair can be from swamp to emerald. Dryads take this appearance to communicate with people, and their true appearance has no form - they are the spirits of nature, which prefer contacts with animals to contacts with people. But the updated appearance of the dryad in the minds of people is caused by the appearance of the image of these creatures in popular culture.
Connections with people and goals
Dryads are spirits of nature and it has already been mentioned above that they rarely make contact with people. But if they go, it can only mean two things - the dryad is ready to bring offspring or the dryad needs help (perhaps she was going to negotiate) with mortals. Dryads sometimes appear before lumberjacks to warn them of the dangers in the thicket, or to warn them not to cut down trees in the chosen area. Although sometimes dryads show a sharp and cruel character, and instead of warning, they immediately try to destroy people to the best of their ability and ability.
Nature Spirit Abilities
Dryads have one ability that determines their behavior. Dryads are able to find mutual language with any natural creature. In fact, dryads have the right to order any animal. The legends mention that angry dryads set on people and wolves.
The second distinguishing ability of dryads is the ability to illusory influence. They can cloud the human mind and cause the traveler to wander into the thicket. But their motives are not always the same - sometimes dryads lead travelers in circles for a reason - sometimes this is done to destroy the traveler, and sometimes vice versa, to save him from death.
reproduction
It was previously mentioned that dryads make contact with people only in two cases: to warn and for the sake of reproduction. The fact is that males are never born among dryads. All dryads are exclusively girls and their own appearance they retain all life - aging practically does not affect their bodies. And although dryads are spirits, they are characterized by a breeding season, when the craving for procreation intensifies and occupies all their thoughts. In such cases, the dryads take on a material form and go in search of a male with whom they will continue the race. Dryads give birth in the same way as people, the process of the origin of life is similar, with the only difference being that a dryad will always bear a child from communication if it comes into contact during the breeding season. Sometimes legends say that dryads kill males after mating. Sometimes the legends say that the dryad is able to carry a child only once in her life and this is her death - the human term is too short. Even during the breeding season, a dryad carefully chooses a future father for her child and falls in love with him rather than simply enters into a relationship with him. And when this person dies, he may not know that the yearning dryad, sensing his death, is following him.
The dualism of the nature of dryads
The spirits of nature may pursue one goal, but they choose different means. Some dryads are by nature good, like nature itself and their abilities are used only for good, not to harm, but to save people and thus convince them not to harm the forest. Some individual dryads use their abilities exclusively for evil and often even for the evil of nature itself. Some dryads are so cruel that they play animals or people against each other for fun. The very essence of nature lies in such different motivations of dryads - it can both help people and rebel against them. Nature, and later dryads, can bring a person both grace and terrible death.
In general, dryads are very friendly to people - and a traveler from wild animals or monsters can be saved and accelerate the growth of the forest, so that it would be easier for people to build solid houses. But only if people respect the forest that the dryad has chosen. Otherwise, woe to those people who offended the forest - the dryad turns from a playful and cheerful spirit into a spirit of vengeance, cruel and unbridled.
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In the myths of the ancient Greeks, nymphs, the patroness of trees (in Greek oak, tree). Sometimes dryads were named after trees: for example, dryads born from drops of blood of Uranus and associated with an ash tree (in Greek melia) were called dryads ... ... Historical dictionary
- (Dryades, Δουάδες). The nymphs of the forests that were born, lived and died along with the trees they inhabited. (Source: "A Brief Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities." M. Korsh. St. Petersburg, edition of A. S. Suvorin, 1894.) DRYADS (Δρυάδες), in Greek ... ... Encyclopedia of mythology
- (Greek dryos, driados, from drys tree). Forest nymphs in Greek. mythology. Dictionary foreign words included in the Russian language. Chudinov A.N., 1910. DRYADS forest nymphs, forest goddesses in Greek. mythology. Dictionary of foreign words included in ... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
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- (mythol.) inhabitants of the forests Cf. (In the forest) such oaks and maples, and in their shade pensive dryads! Leskov. Deception. 3. Wed. The autumn wind rustles through the groves, The trees stand without ornaments! The dryads disappeared into the hollows. Book. P.A. Vyazemsky. to Batyushkov. 1817 cf. AND… … Michelson's Big Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary
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Books
- Dryad's necklace, Emets Dmitry Alexandrovich, The forces of the former heir of Gloom haunt Ligul. True, Daph is constantly next to Methodius, and this complicates everything. But then the right moment came: the light one ran into Mef's sword, and ... Category: Mystic. Fiction. fantasy Series: Methodius Buslaev. Legendary children's fantasy Publisher: Eksmo,
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There is nothing more important than the will to live. And the life of one who does not fight for existence with all his might is meaningless.
I am a dryad, but my tree is no taller than a common bush, and its gnarled trunk is only a little thicker than a few crooked branches.
There is no land, water, heat and light here. The roots of my tree wrap around only a dead stone, greedily absorbing rare grains of water. The sun looks here only at sunset, and in this short moment it does not even have time to warm the gray layered stone.
And all life exists here. Small insects hide on my tree, sometimes birds fly in and sit down to rest on thin gnarled branches. And recently, a flower has blossomed on one of the branches, and now I am waiting for the first fruit in the life of my tree to ripen.
The only thing that bothers me is loneliness. Indeed, in the entire foreseeable space there is not a single large plant, only yellow-gray moss freely spreads out on a sheer wall. It seems that a dead stone is quite enough for him to live. But there is nothing to talk about with moss, and therefore my casual interlocutors are only birds that soar freely in blue sky and, without bothering at all, descend into this dark gorge in search of food or hiding from hawks and eagles.
But even the birds rarely come down here. Only lizards are frequent guests here, but they are usually silent, and it is very difficult to talk to them.
Somewhere up there, there is a small platform where, by some miracle, there was a small piece of land. It is there that my mother lives, also a dryad, and the parent of my tree looks into the sky. However, I never went up there, for fear of leaving my tree. And yet they are there, and someday I will definitely visit them. We will have something to talk about.
By the will of fate, a crazy wind brought a seed here, it got stuck among the stone and found the strength to survive. And soon I, a dryad, was born.
However, not every tree has a dryad. Only once on an adult tree do fruits appear, in each of which a dryad sleeps. This usually happens when the parent tree reaches its peak. Our parent tree produced only three of these fruits. One of them fell into the depths of the gorge, and there the tree, along with the dryad, my sister, died. The bird ate the second fruit and took away the seed. It, the seed, is still alive, but it still remains unawakened. And the dryad sleeps with the seed. I don’t know why, maybe the seed ended up in a place where there is not even what is here. The third fruit dried up on the tree and crumbled to dust, and the seed was thrown here by the wind.
How do I know this? I don't know myself. But there is a connection between us. Even with that dryad and the tree that died.
And once I saw a man. He rose from the bottom of the gorge. How did he get there and why did he climb this sheer cliff? His thoughts were full of fear, and his body was tired. When he was already near, one of his hands fell off, and he almost fell. I tilted the branches towards him, he grabbed them, almost uprooting my tree. Then he plucked all the leaves from my tree, greedily ate them and climbed on, up.
For a long time I could not come to my senses from the fear that overwhelmed him. What terrible thing could happen to him? I'm afraid I'll never know.
I forgave him for almost ruining my tree and me. After all, he also wanted to survive. And maybe if we weren't here, he'd be dead by now.
In addition, the appearance of that person led me to one unusual thought, not at all characteristic of dryads. Or maybe it was just the wish of the person I heard.
What if a dryad can grant wishes? Not all of course, but only the most cherished and the purest. Although I think it's my imagination. Everything is possible, but only from that very day I have been obsessed with one strange idea.
I decided to create a platform for my tree. I carefully remove pieces of stone from the sheer wall, and at the bottom of the resulting hole I collect sticks, twigs and leaves - everything that the wind brings here or that falls from above. It will be a kind of recess in a stone wall, and at the bottom of this recess there will be soil in which my tree can grow. In addition, this site will protect the tree from the winds, and if it suddenly occurs to someone else to climb a sheer wall, then he will be able to rest on this site.
How many stones will need to be broken to make at least a small platform in which my tree could fit? And you need much more, because the tree will grow. So far, the result of my work is almost zero, although I work day and night. My hands are small and weak, so that each piece broken off from the wall is a whole event for me. However, I have nowhere to hurry, and I don’t have any other things to do either, so I calmly continue to take pebble after pebble out of a sheer wall, and I dream that in due time my tree will give no less than ten fruits, in each of which the little dryad will sleep.
A nymph (in Greek, a girl) was a middle creature between a god and a man. Nymphs lived a very long time and never grew old, but still eventually died. Being close to a person and being mortals, they understood their concerns and needs better than the Olympians. They planted flowers on abandoned graves, and during difficult journeys they led travelers to life-giving springs. They gave the cattle food, and the shepherds were taught to sing and play. The noise of streams, the rustle of the forest, the buzzing of insects—all the voices of spring and summer were like their singing. With small pink legs they ran across the forest clearings. They were the embodiment of everything sweet, pleasant, touching, refined in nature.
One of the most famous dryads in Greek mythology is Dryopa.
Dryope is the daughter of Dryop, "oak-like", according to the Arcadian version of the myth, the beloved of Hermes, from whom she gave birth to a son, Pan, the deity of herds, forests and fields. The nymph was horrified to see her son, overgrown with hair, bearded, with horns and goat hooves, and abandoned her son, but Hermes took him to Olympus, where everyone liked him and received the name Pan. According to the Thessalian version of the myth, Dryope became the beloved of Apollo, who took possession of her power. Dryope's mortal husband was Andremon, to whom she bore a son, Amphis, who became king of the city of the same name founded by him. As a punishment for picking off the lotus flowers - a plant into which one of the hamadryad nymphs was turned, Dryopa herself was turned into a tree.
B. Vallejo
Dryop (Dryopn), in Greek mythology, the daughter of Dryop. According to the Arcadian version of the myth, the beloved of Hermes, from whom Pan was born. The boy was born covered in hair, with horns and goat hooves. Frightened by his appearance, Dryope abandoned her son, but Hermes took the child to Olympus, where all the gods liked him and received the name Pan (Homer, Hymns, XIX 34). According to the Thessalian version of the myth, Dryope, the daughter of Eurytus, king of Echalia, became Apollo's lover. He took the form of a turtle, with which the girls began to play. Dryopa put the tortoise in her bosom and at that moment the god took the form of a snake and knew Dryopa. Dryope's mortal husband was Andremon, to whom she gave birth to a son, Amphis, who became king of the city Eta founded by him. In punishment for the fact that she cut off the flowers of the lotus, the divine plant into which one of the hamadryad nymphs was turned, the gods turned Dryopa herself into a tree (Ovid, Metamorphoses, IX 326-393).
Dryop (Druop), in Greek mythology, the son of the river god Sperchius, the king and eponym of the Dryop tribe, considered by mythographers to be the allies of the Lapiths (Apollodorus, II 7, 7). Father of Dryopa according to the myths of Arcadia. The literal meaning of his name indicates the archaism of the image.
According to the myths, dryads are descended from Zeus and trees. IN ancient greece it was believed that people who plant trees and take care of them enjoy the special protection of the dryads.
In Greek mythology women's perfume trees (nymphs). They live in a tree that they guard and often died with this tree. Dryads are the only nymphs that are mortal. Tree nymphs are inseparable from the tree in which they live. According to the myths, dryads are descended from Zeus and trees. In ancient Greece, people who plant and care for trees were believed to enjoy the special patronage of dryads. Dryads were depicted most often as beautiful graceful maidens intertwined with tree branches. In autumn, their hair is golden or reddish, and their skin turns brown, which helps them to be invisible among trees and foliage. In winter, their hair is white and their skin turns as black as bare tree trunks. In spring and summer, the dryad's skin and hair are green like foliage. The clothes look like tree bark, then foliage ...
The dryad does not dare to go far from her tree. Away from him, she weakens, returns to not perish. Dryads are loyal protectors of the forest and groves in which they live. Any actions that harm the trees are met aggressively.
Dryads are considered the most beautiful, but also the most cruel. Misfortune with people in the forest of their conscience. They love to have fun. Sometimes the jokes are mean. But they can't do any real harm. A person falls under their power only when he is frightened. The pest of the flora of the dryad until the end of his life will be haunted by misfortunes.
Dryads understand the language of nature. Plants talk. Able to charm and fool their heads to protect themselves and their tree. Dryads with read the most beautiful, but also the most cruel. Misfortunes with people in the forest are on their conscience. They love to have fun. Sometimes jokes are mean. But they can't do any real harm. A person falls under their power only when he is afraid. The pest of the flora of the dryad will be haunted by misfortunes until the end of his life.
Water nymphs were called naiads. In addition to them, there were many other nymphs: oreads that lived in the mountains, lemoniads in wet meadows, dryads in the forests, hamadryads in the trees themselves. In the Homeric hymn to Aphrodite, it is said about the Hamadryads that at the moment of their birth oak and spruce grew out of the ground and bloomed beautifully among the mountains. And when, finally, a certain time of their death comes, these beautiful trees dry out first of all: the bark from them crumbles to the ground, the branches fall, and before dawn, the soul comes out of them.
Beautiful springs were dedicated to them, because water was their real element. In rocky Greece, water has always been an invaluable rarity. Therefore, even a poor source could seem like something divine, worthy of reverent care. The one who, after many hours of travel in the heat, met a spring that gushed from under the stones, knelt down, drank, and then, bending a branch of a tree that grew over the source, hung his mug on it as a thank-you gift for magical nymphs, human friends . They made sure that the water was clean and there was always enough of it.
Thanks to them, fresh grass turned green on the banks of the stream and rivers, flowers sparkled.
Alena Klementieva
Some springs were healing, so the nymphs were considered goddesses of health. In addition, they were clairvoyant and able to predict the future. And when the robber washed his bloodied hands in the stream, the nymph who lived there left her shelter forever and traveled somewhere further. Because the nymphs were pure beings, loving life and hating evil; it was said about them, as if they weaned the primitive savages from cannibalism.
Nymphs lived in springs or grottoes. Under the cover of gray olive leaves was the entrance to the cave on the north side, people came here and bees flew in, because their hives were inside the cave. Another entrance, into which the south wind blew, was intended for the gods and led directly to the rooms where there were stone weaving benches - on them the nymphs wove beautiful fabrics, decorated with sea purple. After a hard day's work, Artemis called them to a night dance.
I. Isachev
Dryads are creatures from Greek myths, a subspecies of nymphs. From Latin "dryad" means "oak". Dryads began to be called all forest deities with the appearance of beautiful maidens.
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Dryads and their features
Among them there are their subspecies - for example, these are ash spirits, that is Meliades and Hamariades, more like trees than others. Hamariads are similar to or satyrs, only in the plant world: they are women to the waist, and below are trees with branches and roots. If a Hamariad tree was cut down, then it died with it. Dryads were originally spirit dwellers in sacred oak groves.
Their appearance is quite human, only dryads are much more beautiful than any mortal women. Depending on the tree in which they live, during the four seasons they change the color of their hair and skin. IN winter time the skin of the dryad darkens, and the hair, on the contrary, brightens. In the autumn months, the hair becomes the color of the leaves - yellow, red. During the summer, tree nymphs retain a rich green color. This serves as an excellent disguise for them.
Dryads love solitude. It is rare for more than a dozen tree nymphs to live in one large grove at a time. They do not shy away from the company of their sisters, but they do not seek it either. The only exceptions are those cases when hostility flares up again between the spirits of nature, and this happens not so rarely.
Dryads, like plants and flowers, are fed by the sun and water. They are not attracted to human food. A feature of these nymphs is their inability to leave their tree dwelling for a long time. The further the dryad moves away from its tree, the less strength it has left. If a person discovers a dwelling abandoned by her, he may not allow her to return back until the nymph swears to serve him. True, legends do not say how to find such a tree.
Dryads are attracted to beauty. Therefore, they strive to decorate themselves: they weave living vines and flowers into their hair. The smell of a dryad matches its tree.
The implacable enemies of all dryads are people who harm forests, groves and fields. But their love and favor can be won by those who care for trees, do not hesitate to tinker in the ground to plant new seedlings. Dryads will gladly patronize those who are engaged in such a useful and important business. Their patronage also extends to forest animals - they do not like hunters and interfere with them in every possible way.
Dryads are first and foremost nature spirits, and this determines their abilities in many ways. Tree nymphs understand the language of animals and birds, and can give orders to any animal. There are stories in which people were hunted down by beasts sent against them by angry maidens of nature. Often these beasts were wyverns and wolves.
Sometimes spirits are credited with the ability to induce illusions. Like a Slavic goblin, dryads are able to cloud the human mind and make them lose direction. Often in this way they destroy a person, leading them into an impassable swamp. But sometimes they can save you.
When the time comes for the conception of a child, the dryad carefully selects the future father. It is not uncommon for her to watch the candidates, choosing who will be the father of the new dryad, and fall in love with him rather than rationally decide to have an affair. It is believed that for them the breeding season occurs once in their entire long life. Sometimes stories say that after intercourse, forest nymphs act like female praying mantis and kill the male. A dryad always becomes pregnant if she has sexual contact during the breeding season. She carries the child for nine months. It is believed that although the father of the child may never see his daughter, the mother always maintains a connection with her lover. When the term of his human life approaches, the nymph can wither away from melancholy and grief.
Dryads and legends
Because of their fabulous beauty, dryads have always attracted the attention of immortals and mortals. Forest Nymph Dryopa entered into an alliance with Hermes, and in this union the shepherd god Pan was born. Forest Nymph Filira was the beloved of Kronos, from whom she gave birth to the wisest of the centaurs - Chiron.
God Apollo passionately fell in love with a dryad Daphne. Daphne was in the retinue of Apollo's sister Artemis. She strove to remain chaste, like her divine mistress. But Apollo was blinded by passion, and he began to pursue Daphne, until she, driven to despair, offered a prayer to her mother Gaia and father Peneus, the goddess-earth and god of the river. To save their daughter, they turned Daphne into a laurel tree. In fact, this is how she became a Hamariad.
Dryads are often described as timid and shy creatures who are easily embarrassed. But woe to those who decide to offend the dryad tree. In order to protect their dwelling and land, they do not disdain by any means. Attackers are waiting for ingenious traps, ambushes and swift attacks. Dryads can also use all their charm to persuade their enemies to leave the forest alone. They do not forgive rudeness, disrespect. Offenders, along with their entire family, can be severely cursed.
There is a story in which a Hamariad tree was cut down by a cruel man. No matter how the nymph begged for mercy on her, the man was adamant. Before her death, the hamariad cursed the hard-hearted woodcutter along with his entire family. It was possible to atone for guilt only by a sacrifice on a specially erected altar.
In another legend, Prince Erysichthon, the son of Triop, ordered the sacred oak grove of Demeter, the goddess of fertility, to be cut down. The unfortunate tree spirits perished, cursing him before they died. Demeter herself cursed the defiler - she sent an insatiable hunger to the prince. He spent all his money on food and eventually died of exhaustion.
Modern understanding of the image of the spirits of nature
Thanks to writers and creators of fantasy games, the last decades have significantly changed the image of dryads in the mass consciousness. Lovely maidens in dresses made of leaves have become irreconcilable warriors.
Andrzej Sapkowski in his The Witcher series, he described the dryads as a separate race consisting entirely of women. For procreation, they use males of other races. This concept is typical for the description of forest nymphs in fantasy. Often they appear as a race of women, similar to the Amazons, who do not tolerate men and converge with them only at marriage time.
Forest spirits are not eager to communicate with mortals. This happens only when they are ready to conceive a child or the forest needs the help of people. Sometimes - to negotiate with those who entered the forest. Sometimes the dryads appear before the lumberjacks to warn of the ban on cutting down the local trees. If people do not listen, then the spirits begin to prevent them in every possible way - they make old trees fall and crush people, they break equipment.
Some wood nymphs have a kind-hearted and forgiving nature, and they always try to use their skills for good, even when people harm them. Other Dryads are cruel and will play humans against animals just for fun. But in general, the people of the forest nymphs are quite friendly towards all living creatures, even people. The main thing is not to offend the virgins themselves, their forest, animals and nature. Leftover debris, damaged tree bark, broken branches - all this infuriates dryads. A cheerful, playful spirit can easily turn into a vengeful fury that knows no pity.