GREEK NYMPHS AND WITCHES

WHAT IS A NYMPH?

• Young goddess who expresses sexuality more than most gods
• More than what is acceptable by normal standards
• Root word of name means 'veiled'
• Represent femininity and fertility
• Often represent aspects of nature

DIFFERENT TYPES OF NYMPHS

• Types of nymphs include water, land, wood, and celestial nymphs
• In each group are many different classifications and subgroups
• Naiads, okeanides, dryads, anthonai, oreads, alseides
• Hyades, pleiades, lampades, thriai

NYMPHS IN THE ODYSEEY

• Nymphs in The Odyssey support themes
• Gender stereotypes
• Most are looked down upon or evil
• Their sexuality is not respected

CALYPSO

• Held Odysseus captive for 7 years on Ogygia
• Island Ogygia represents female power and fertility
• However it is balanced out with Calypso's evil and lust
• Manipulative qualities of stereotypical Greek woman

CIRCE

• Witch and sorceress goddess
• Practiced magic of metamorphis
• Lived on island of Aeaea
• Trapped men and turned them into pigs
• Represents how women, witches, and females are evil when free