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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe a forest nymph is a slyph but happy to be corrected

[–] igmelonh@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The word itself is possibly a combination of sylvestris and nympha (forest and nymph), but they're air spirits from Paracelsus' 16th century works. Sylphs go along with undines, gnomes, and salamanders (water, earth, and fire spirits).

Some different kinds of nymphs are dryads (oak trees), oceanids (oceans), oreads (mountains), and plenty of others.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

paracelcus my beloved!

[–] istdaslol@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Me after Ancient Greece ended

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turning men into pigs?

Or just making their outside match their inside?

Note: no disrespect meant to the noble Sus genus, nor Sus Domesticus specifically. It is unfortunate that pig is used as a negative descriptor when pigs are actually quite clean and respectful creatures, unlike most men.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

pigs are actually quite clean and respectful creatures, unlike most men.

Pigs eat their own children without any problem

[–] SARGE@startrek.website -1 points 18 hours ago

And? So do many species. Doesn't change anything.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Snake-haired sculptress

[–] Mok98@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

I mean you definitely can fight amazon if you want