Hamadryad Physiology

The power to possess or have traits of an Hamadryad Nymph. Variation of Dryad Physiology and Talking Tree Physiology.

Also Called

Sacred Tree-Nymph Mimicry
The Hamadryad
Tree-Nymph Spirit Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

A user with this ability either is or can transform into an Hamadryad. They are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding over their own particular trees they are physically apart of. They are unable to leave their own trees, because if they were to and something were to happen to their tree the Hamadryad would die with her tree. So most of these nymphs stay with their own trees their whole life.

But also to kill one of these Nymphs is to incur the very wrath of the Gods who fiercely protect them and will curse or kill anyone who harms them.

Applications

Divine Protection/Divine Power Link (these nymphs are protected and connected to the wrath of the Gods.)
- Punishment
  - Curse Inducement
  - Destruction Inducement
Divinity (if a nymph goddess, minor status)
- Deity Soul
- Divine Aura/Plant Aura

Nymph Physiology (tree-nymphs)
- Ecological Empathy
- Enhanced Condition
- Environmental Adaptation
- Indomitable Sexuality
- Nature Unity
- Personal Domain
- Semi-Immortality/Reliant Immortality (connected to their trees)
- Supernatural Beauty
- Zoolingualism

Tree Embodiment (As the tree itself)
- Botanical Communication (with their sister trees)
- Plant Manipulation (their own trees)
  - Esoteric Plant Manipulation
  - Leaf Manipulation
  - Plant Generation/Life Creation (new trees/their children)
    - Spore Manipulation
    - Seed Manipulation
  - Plant Growth
  - Wood Manipulation
- Plant/Wood Mimicry
- Talking Tree Physiology

Associations

History

A hamadryad (/hæməˈdraɪ.æd/; Greek: Ἁμαδρυάδες, Hamadryádes) is a Greek mythological being that lives in trees. They are a particular type of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a certain tree. Some believe that hamadryads are the actual tree, while normal dryads are simply the entities, or spirits, of the trees. If the tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees.

Information copied from Wikipedia: Hamadryad

Limitations

Deity Consumption/Divine Power Immunity/Divine Slayer/Divine Power Absorption/Divine Power Negation

Known Users

Folklore/Mythology

Hamadryad (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Karya (walnut or hazelnut)
- Balanos (oak)
- Kraneia (dogwood)
- Morea (mulberry)
- Aigeiros (black poplar)
- Ptelea (elm)
- Ampelos (vines, especially Vitis)
- Syke (fig)