The power to possess or have traits of a Sea Nymph. Variation of Nymph Physiology. Not to be confused with Undine Physiology or Naiad Physiology.
Also Called
- Nymphs of the Seas and Salt Waters
- Sea Nymph Mimicry
- The Limnads, The Haliae, The Oceanids or The Tritonides
Capabilities
A user with this ability either is or can transform into a Sea Nymph. They are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding the seas and other bodies of salt waters. There are three different types of Sea Nymphs in mythos, the Limnads, the Haliae and the Oceanids. All possessing the same powers with slightly different functions and born from different deities assuming their fathers names as the names of their species.
Applications
- Divinity (if a goddess, minor status)
- Merfolk Physiology (varies)
- Nymph Physiology (nymphs of the seas)
- Ocean Embodiment (minor status)
- Speed Swimming
Associations
- Greek Deity Physiology
- Naiad Physiology (fresh waters and smaller bodies of water)
- Nature Spirit Physiology
- Spirit Physiology
- Water Deity Physiology
History
The Nereids
In Greek mythology, the Nereids (/ˈnɪəriɪdz/ NEER-ee-idz; Greek: Νηρηΐδες Nereides, sg. Νηρηΐς Nereis) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris, sisters to their brother Nerites. They often accompany Poseidon, the god of the sea, and can be friendly and helpful to sailors (such as the Argonauts in their search for the Golden Fleece).
Nereids are particularly associated with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their father Nereus in the depths within a golden palace. The most notable of them are Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles; Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton; and Galatea, the vain love interest of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
They symbolized everything that is beautiful and kind about the sea. Their melodious voices sang as they danced around their father. They are represented as very beautiful girls, crowned with branches of red coral and dressed in white silk robes trimmed with gold, but who went barefoot. They were part of Poseidon's entourage and carried his trident.
Information copied from Wikipedia: Nereids
The Limnad
In Greek mythology, the Limnads (/ˈlɪmnædz, -nədz/; Ancient Greek: Λιμνάδες) or Limnatides (Ancient Greek: Λιμνατιδες) or Leimenids (/ˈlaɪmɪnɪdz/; Ancient Greek: Λειμενίδες) were a type of Naiad.
Information copied from Wikipedia: Limnads
The Oceanids
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (/oʊˈsiːənɪdz, ˈoʊʃənɪdz/; Ancient Greek: Ὠκεανίδες, Ōkeanides, pl. of Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanis) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
The Oceanids' father Oceanus was the great primordial world-encircling river, their mother Tethys was a sea goddess, and their brothers the Potamoi (also three thousand in number) were the personifications of the great rivers of the world. Like the rest of their family, the Oceanid nymphs were associated with water, as the personification of springs. Hesiod says they are "dispersed far and wide" and everywhere "serve the earth and the deep waters", while in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, the Argonauts, stranded in the desert of Libya, beg the "nymphs, sacred of the race of Oceanus" to show them "some spring of water from the rock or some sacred flow gushing from the earth".
The Oceanids are not easily categorized, nor confined to any single function, not even necessarily associated with water. Though most nymphs were considered to be minor deities, many Oceanids were significant figures. Metis, the personification of intelligence, was Zeus' first wife, whom Zeus impregnated with Athena and then swallowed. The Oceanid Doris, like her mother Tethys, was an important sea-goddess. While their brothers, the Potamoi, were the usual personifications of major rivers, Styx (according to Hesiod the eldest and most important Oceanid) was also the personification of a major river, the underworld's river Styx. And some, like Europa, and Asia, seem associated with areas of land rather than water.
They were also responsible for keeping watch over the young. According to Hesiod, who described them as "neat-ankled daughters of Ocean ... children who are glorious among goddesses", they are "a holy company of daughters who with the lord Apollo and the Rivers have youths in their keeping—to this charge Zeus appointed them".
Information copied from Wikipedia: Oceanids
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Folklore/Mythology
- The Limnads (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- The Haliae (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- The Oceanids (Greco-Roman Mythology)