Castalia
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- Note: there is a Castalia, Ohio, a Castalian Spring, and two asteroids named after Castalia: 646 Kastalia and 4769 Castalia.
Castalia, in Greek and Roman mythology was a nymph whom Apollo transformed into a fountain at Delphi, at the base of Mt. Parnassos, or at Mt Helicon.
Castalia could inspire the genius of poetry to those who drank her waters or listened to their quiet sound; the sacred water was also used to clean the Delphian temples. Apollo consecrated Castalia to the Muses (Castaliae Musae).
Castalia is also the name of the scholarly province in Hermann Hesse's 1943 novel, Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game).
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