Nymphe

A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nýmphē [nýmpʰɛː]) is a female nature spirit typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually appear as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing. They are beloved by many and dwell in mountainous regions and forests by lakes and streams. Nymphs embody the creative and fostering activities of nature, most often identified with the life-giving outflow of springs. Gods are often over rivers and nymphs over springs. Thus they are honored by ritual and inseparable from their specific locality. Bound to places, there is great difficulty in transferring their worship to another location. Arethusa being brought to Sicily is an example.

Although they would never die of old age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if they pair with a god, they themselves are not necessarily immortal and could be beholden to death in various forms. They could also be transformed beyond recognition, for example, Charybdis and Skylla were once nymphs. Other nymphs, always in the shape of young maidens, are part of the retinue of gods such as Dionysos, Hermes, or Pan, or of a goddess, generally the huntress Artemis. Nymphs are also the frequent target of satyrs.

Types
Hama- before any of the nymphs indicates that they are bound to their patron object and killed if it is destroyed.

Etymology
The Greek word νύμφη has 'bride' and 'veiled' among its meanings: hence a marriageable young woman. Other readers see the word (and also Latin nubere and German Knospe) coming from a root expressing the idea of 'swelling' (according to Hesychius, one of the meanings of νύμφη is 'rose-bud' and thus 'blossoming').