Talk:Naiad

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To do:

1. The article needs to be polished up.
2. The references need to be polished up.
3. More references and further reading can be added.
4. The references and further reading need descriptions.
5. For consistency, need to rename all parenthetical Naiads (some have naiad, some mythology, etc.)
6. Need to come up with a better listing system for the Naiads, because the list will keep on growing. There are a ton of them...

[edit] Quotes

• "For they used to call some nymphs [...] Naiads, and Homer in his poetry talks mostly of Naiad nymphs."

Pausanias 8.4.1 Note: Check out Homer's stuff...

• "Naïădes (Nêïdes). Inferior deities who presided over rivers, brooks, springs, and fountains. Their name is derived from naiô, “to flow,” as indicative of the gentle motion of water. The Naiades are generally represented as young and beautiful virgins, leaning upon an urn, from which flows a stream of water. They were held in great veneration among the ancients, and sacrifices of goats and lambs were offered them, with libations of wine, honey, and oil. Sometimes they received only offerings of milk, fruit, and flowers."

Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities