Sleeping Water Nymph

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A celestial maiden in Greek and Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular landscape or terrain. Unlike other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate the natural world, and are usually depicted as stunningly beautiful young maidens who love to dance and sing; their carefree freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek city-state. They are loved by many and dwell in mountainous regions and forests near lakes and streams. Although they would never die of old age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if mated to a god, they themselves were not necessarily immortal, and could be subject to death in various forms. Charybdis and Scylla were once nymphs. Other nymphs, always in the shape of young maidens, were part of the retinue of a god, such as Dionysus, Hermes, or Pan, or a goddess, generally the huntress Artemis. Nymphs were the frequent target of satyrs.