ocean-nymph

noun

noun

Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Sciences Greek Synonym of sea-nymph

The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 227:

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