A group of these creatures known as the Anigrides were believed to cure skin diseases, and subgroups of these entities include Eleionomae, the Crinaeae, and the Avernales.
A group of these creatures known as the Anigrides were believed to cure skin diseases, and subgroups of these entities include Eleionomae, the Crinaeae, and the Avernales. The earliest known reference to one of these creatures concerns one of them named Abarbaree, the lover of Boukolion. Euneicha, Malis, and Nycheia, three of these creatures who lived in Bithynia, caused Heracles to grieve when they kidnapped or drowned Hylas. Another of these creatures lived in the woods near Caria and joined her body to that of Hermaphroditus when he swam in her pool; she was Salmacis. Some of these figures were daughters of Achelous or of other river gods, and they were thought to die when their ponds or springs dried up. For 10 points, name these divinities of fresh water, who along with nereids and oceanids comprise the water nymphs.
A group of these creatures known as the Anigrides were believed to cure skin diseases, and subgroups of these entities include Eleionomae, the Crinaeae, and the Avernales.
naiads [prompt on nymph, prompt on water nymph or water goddess or equivalents, do not accept nereid or oceanid]