Oreads

Depiction of an orde on a porcelain plate from the late 19th century

The oreads ( Greek : oriades ) are nymphs in Greek mythology .

In contrast to the naiads (water nymphs) and dryads (tree nymphs), these are mountain nymphs ( Greek : ὄρος = mountain). They live in grottos, forests and mountains.

One of the most famous oreads is Echo . The goddess Hera deprived her of language and only left her the ability to repeat the last words addressed to her.

literature

• Leo Bloch : Nymphs . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, Col. 506-523 ( digitized version ).
• Der Neue Herder, From A to Z, second half-volume: M to Z, Freiburg im Breisgau 1949 (Herder Verlag), column 3105, there the article "Oreaden"

Web links

Wiktionary: Oreade  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Commons : Oreaden  - collection of images, videos and audio files