Nymph Yokai

**Nymph Yokai** are a variation of the Fairy Yokai who are associated with nature.

## Physical Appearance

Nymph Yokai has an appearance of a female human. Since they are connected with nature, they would wear little to no clothing. Usually wearing things they found in nature like leaves and vines for example.

## Description

Nymphs are female nature spirits who are typically associated with a particular location or land-form or servants/retinue of more powerful being, often a deity. They dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes. 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 beholden to death in various forms. There are 5 groups of Nymph Yokai; Celestial Nymphs, Land Nymphs, Underworld Nymphs, Water Nymphs, and Wood and Plant Nymphs. Each one lives in the locations where those elements are.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Nymph Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Enhanced Condition
* Environmental Adaptation
* Indomitable Sexuality
* Lesser Divinity
* Nature Empowerment
* Nature Manipulation
	+ Ecological Empathy
	+ Nature Channeling
	+ Nature Unity
	+ Zoolingualism
* Personal Domain
* Semi-Immortality/Immortality
* Supernatural Beauty

### Variations

* Most nymphs were nature goddesses but not all of them.
	+ Daemon Physiology
* Powerful nymphs may have Environment Manipulation, with exact variation depends of the kind of nymph.

### Types of Nymphs:

* Dracaenae Physiology
* Houri Physiology
* Undine Physiology

#### Celestial Nymphs

* *Asteriae*
	+ Asteriai Physiology

* *Aurai*
	+ Aurai Physiology

* *Hesperides*
	+ Hesperides Physiology
* *Hyades*
	+ Hyades Physiology
* *Nephelai*
	+ Nephele Physiology
* *Pleiades*
	+ Pleiades Physiology

#### Land Nymphs

* *Alseid, Auloniad, Leimakid, Napaeae and Oread*
	+ Land Nymph Physiology

#### Underworld Nymphs

* *Lampades*
	+ Lampad Physiology

#### Water Nymphs

* *Naiads*
	+ Naiad Physiology
		- Water Manipulation
			* Water Generation
			* Water Mimicry

* *Haliae and Oceanids*
	+ Sea Nymph Physiology

#### Wood and Plant Nymphs

* *Anthousai*
	+ Anthousai Physiology
		- Flower Manipulation
			* Flower Generation
			* Flower Mimicry
* *Dryad*
	+ Dryad Physiology
		- Plant Manipulation
			* Plant Growth
			* Plant Mimicry

* *Hamadryad*
	+ Hamadryad Physiology
		- Talking Tree Physiology
* *Melai, Melissae*
	+ Meliad Physiology
		- Honey Manipulation
		- Plant Manipulation

## Pop Culture

Nymphs had appeared from time to time. They're mostly seen in anime and cartoons. They have appeared in American Dragon: Jake Long, Disney's Hercules, Elena of Avalor, Marchen Awakens Romance, Moomin and W.I.T.C.H.

## Variations

### Spirit Yokai

Nymphs are nature spirits. They have the power to control nature. Depending on what environment they're in, they're able to have complete control over the elements.

### Dracaenae Yokai

Dracaenae is a divine half-dragon nymph monster which was present in Greek Mythology. They're part of the Dragon Family, Monster Family, and Nymph Family as they are a type of Nymph.

### Houri Yokai

Houri are beings in Islamic mythology, described as splendid companions of equal age/or well-matched, lovely eyed, of modest gaze and virgins who will accompany the faithful in Jannah (Muslim paradise). They are a type of Nymph as well as a type of Erogelic Yokai who has the power of romance.

### Undine Yokai

Undine are elemental beings associated with water, first named in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Similar creatures are found in classical literature, particularly Ovid's Metamorphoses. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern literature and art. They have the power over all forms of water.

### Asteriai Yokai

Asteriai are nymphs and minor goddesses associated and presiding over the stars, constellations and stellar energies. They live in space where they watch over the various planets in the universe.

### Aurai Yokai

Aurai are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding over the air and breezes. They often appear during the Fall season where the breeze would appear often.

### Hesperides Yokai

Hesperides are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding over the dusk, evening, the light of sunsets and the west. They would appear whenever it the day is going to become the night.

### Hyades Yokai

Hyades are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding over the rain. They appear during rainy days.

### Nephele Yokai

Nephele are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding over the clouds and the skies. They live on the clouds but would come down to Earth when it comes cloudy.

### Pleiades Yokai

Pleiades are nymphs and minor goddesses associated and presiding over the stars, constellations, stellar energies, rain, weather and the their also known as Goddesses of the mountains. They're tasked of making sure the weather is going smoothly without any mishaps.

### Land Nymph Yokai

Land Nymph Yokai are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding the lands and it's landscapes. There are five different types of Land Nymphs in mythos, the Alseids, the Auloniads, the Orestiads, the Leimakids and the Napaeae. All possessing the same powers with slightly different functions over the lands and it's areas.

### Lampad Yokai

Lampad are nymphs and minor goddesses who represent or are associated with the underworld and its environment. Lampades are common in mythology and were usually important among civilizations.

### Naiad Yokai

Naiad are nymphs and minor goddesses associated and presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. They would work at spas and hot springs as employees.

### Sea Nymph Yokai

Sea Nymph are nymphs and minor goddesses associated with and presiding the seas and other bodies of salt waters. There are five different types of Sea Nymphs in mythos, the Limnads, the Haliae, the Nereids, the Oceanids and the Tritonides. All possessing the same powers with slightly different functions and born from different deities assuming their fathers names as the names of their species.

### Anthousai Yokai

Anthousai are nymphs and minor goddesses associated and presiding over flowers and plant life. They can be found in many flower gardens to secretly help the Humans while they're away.

### Dryad Yokai

Dryad are tree spirits or tree nymphs who inhabit trees. They usually inhabit oak, although they can also be found within ash, pine, poplar, apple and laurel trees.

### Hamadryad Yokai

Hamadryad 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 and vice-a-versa. So most of these nymphs stay with their own trees their whole life. They are the more powerful version of the Dryad Yokai.

### Meliad Yokai

Meliad are nymphs and minor goddesses who represent or are associated with the ash trees, honey and the environment around them. The Meliae are a different type of Dryad making them an off-shoot type of Dryad, limited to the Ash Trees, the environment around the ash trees, and powers over honey. Ash tree nymphs were created from the blood of a God mixing with the earth.

## Life in the Hidden World

Nymphs can be found in various areas in the Hidden World. Some nymphs are friendly and willing to help those in need. However, some nymphs aren't friendly. They can be quite manipulative to those who they come across to. Being exclusively female, there isn't any male variants. So they would have to find mates from other Yokai species including humans in order to keep their species alive. Nymph Yokai can easily blend in with their environment. Humans won't even know that they pass by a Nymph. Thus capable of living among the Humans in the Surface World.

## Symbolism

Different from Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature, are typically tied to a specific place or landform, and are usually depicted as beautiful maidens. They were not necessarily immortal, but lived much longer than humans before they died.