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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37879" /> == | |||
<p> (from δρύς, an oak), female deities of an inferior rank, who presided over woods. They were much more fortunate than the Hamadryads, having the liberty of walking about, and even surviving the destruction of the trees over which they presided. They also had the liberty of marrying. The poets frequently confound the Dryads, Hamadryads, and Naiads. </p> | <p> (from δρύς, an oak), female deities of an inferior rank, who presided over woods. They were much more fortunate than the Hamadryads, having the liberty of walking about, and even surviving the destruction of the trees over which they presided. They also had the liberty of marrying. The poets frequently confound the Dryads, Hamadryads, and Naiads. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72043" /> == | |||
<p> [[Nymphs]] of forest trees, which were conceived of as born with the tree they were attached to and dying along with it; they had their abode in wooded mountains away from men; held their revels among themselves, but broke them off at the approach of a human footstep. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_37879"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dryads Dryads from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_37879"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dryads Dryads from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_72043"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dryads Dryads from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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