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 +In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Naiads''' or '''Naiades''' (Ναϊάδες from the [[Greek language|Greek]] νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water") were a type of [[nymph]] who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks.
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 +They are distinct from [[river god]]s, 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 (mythology)|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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In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades (Ναϊάδες from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water") 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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