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NAIADS (Naiades)
-Fresh-water nymphs. They were the daughters of the river-gods. There were various types--Crinaeae (of Fountains), Pegaeae (of Springs), Eleionomae (of Marshes), Potameides (of Rivers), and Limnades (of Lakes). Illustrated
NAIS
-The Naiad-nymph wife of the old rustic god Silenus.
NACOLE (Nakole)
-The eponymous nymph of the Phrygian town of Nacoleia.
NANA
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the Phrygian river Sangarius. She was impregnated by an almond which fell from a tree grown from the severed genitals of the hermaphrodite Agdistis.
NAPAEAE (Napaiai)
-Dryad-Nymphs of vales and dells.
NEADES
-Giant, primeval animals which roamed the island of Samos. They could split the earth with their roar.
NEAERA (1) (Neaira)
-A nymph loved by the sun-god Helius who bore him the nymph-twins Lampetia and Phaethusa.
NEAERA (2) (Neaira)
-The Naiad-nymph wife of the Thracian river-god Strymon.
NEAERA (3) (Neaira)
-A nymph of Lydian Mount Sipylus who was seduced by a local prince.
NEDA
-An elder Oceanid and the goddess of the Arcadian river Neda. She was one of the Arcadian wet-nurses of the infant god Zeus.
NEICEA (Neikea)
-The female personifications of grievance and quarrel.
NEMEA
-The eponymous nymph of the Argive town of Nemea. She was a daughter of either Zeus and the moon-goddess Selene or the river Asopus.
NEMEAN LION (Leon Nemeios)
-A magical lion which was invulnerable to the weapons of man. It was slain by Heracles who strangled it to death and crafted a cloak from its skin.
NEMESIS
-The goddess of indignation and retribution who punished hubris and undeserved good fortune. After being seduced by Zeus in the guise of a swan, she lay an egg from which Helen of Troy was hatched.
NEPHELAE (Nephelai)
- Nymphs of the clouds. Illustrated
NEPHELE (1)
- A cloud-nymph formed by Zeus into a simulacrum of his wife Hera. The impious king Ixion raped her and was condemned to eternal torture and the cloud spawned the tribe of half-horse centaurs upon Mount Pelion.
NEPHELE (2)
-The cloud-nymph wife of the hero Athamas. When her children Phrixus and Helle were about to be sacrificed to the gods she sent a flying, golden-fleeced ram to rescue them from the altar.
NEPHELE (3)
-One of the attendant nymphs of the goddess Artemis.
NEREIDS (Nereides)
-Fifty sea-goddess daughters of Nereus, the old man of the sea. Each personified a different aspect of the sea. Illustrated
NERITES
-A young sea-god loved by Aphrodite or the god Poseidon. He was transformed into a cockle-shell as punishment for some offence.
NEREUS
-An ancient, fish-tailed sea-god known as the Old Man of the Sea. He was the father of the fifty Nereides. Illustrated
NESOI
- The goddesses of the islands, each of which had its own personified goddess.
NESSUS (Nessos)
-A centaur ferryman who attempted to rape Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, as he was carrying her across the Evenus river. Heracles heard her screams and shot him dead with a poisoned arrow. The dying centaur tricked the girl into taking a sample of his poisoned blood to use as an aphrodisiac should her husband ever prove unfaithful. Illustrated
NICAEA (Nikaia)
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the river Sangarius who was a virgin follower of the goddess Artemis. When she shot dead a besotted shepherd, Eros was enraged and incited Dionysus to steal her virginity.
NIKE
-The goddess of victory who allied herself with Zeus in the Titan-War and became his constant companion. Illustrated
NILE (Neilos)
-The great river of Egypt and its watery god.
NOMIA
-A Dryad-nymph of the Nomia Mountains of Arcadia.
NOMUS (Nomos)
-The male personification of law. His wife Eusebia was the goddess of morality.
NONACRIS (Nonakris)
-The Naiad-nymph wife of the impious Arcadian king Lycaon who was the eponym of the town of Nonacris
NOSI (Nosoi)
-The spirits of pestilence and disease released from Pandora's jar.
NOTUS (Notos)
-The blustery god of the south-wind. Illustrated
NYMPHE
-The fifth of the twelve Horai (Hours) who presided over the morning hour of bath.
NYMPHS (Nymphai)
-Beautiful, female nature-spirits. There were various types of nymphs--Naiades (of fresh-water), Oreads and Dryads (of pine and oak trees), Meliae (of ash-trees), Oceanides (of rivers, springs and clouds), Haliae (of the sea) and the Lampades (of the underworld). Illustrated
NYMPHS OF ARTEMIS
- The sixty youngest Oceanid-nymphs who were virgin companions of the goddess Artemis.
NYMPHS OF THEMIS
-Three nymph daughters of Zeus and Themis who guarded the artifacts of the gods. The hero Perseus acquired his winged sandals, deadly sword and helm of invisibility from them. Illustrated
NYSIADES
-Nymphs of the mythical Mount Nysa who nursed the infant Dionysus and became the first of his Bacchantes. Illustrated
NYSUS (Nysos)
-The old Silen-god of Mount Nysa who mentored the young Dionysus. When he would not relinquish the mountain to the returning god, Dionysus and his soldiers dressed up as women, sneaked up the mountain and captured him alive.
NYX
-The primordial goddess of night. She was the consort of Darkness and the mother of Light and Day and alone spawned a host of spirits.
credits to: Theoi Project (www.theoi.com)
