~Nymphs~

~Nymphs~ 

So I thought I would do another post on the Greek Nymphs, but

this one is going to be much more in detail and so much more
info on the Nymphs. I hope that you all my dears will all find
it interesting and fun to read. For I am going to put quite a bit
of information in this post for you all. So first of all, the most obvious question? What is
a Nymphs? Well, they are like fairies if you will of sorts, but they can be very unpredictable, a little
scary and they seem more human like too. They is one thing that I can tell you that makes
them different from a fairy and that is they come from different cultures, plus they are entirely
different than a fairy- 1) Nymphs are only women [fairies can be both men, women, and children too].  There was a diffident reason for the
Nymphs to be only women and that was their sexuality. I think that is why there was never any men or child nymphs. If you noticed in most in all mythology of the Greek or of another culture of the women nymphs it is the common theme. By using their beauty, their sexuality, chastity and that adds up to a scary Nymph at times. If you really think about it, in  folklore and mythology of these spirit women of the waters, it really shouldn't shock you that when every time they get involved with a mortal man or men and sex enters the picture, which it always does with these alluring beautiful & sexual Nymphs something very scary always seems to happen. I should also note that all Nymphs whether it be water, earth, tree, etc all are personifying nature and are protectors of Nature.
I will cover I hope many of the more famous Nymph women who are often associated with nature and
the wildness as things beyond the control of 'civilization'. As I have said before that it is only women that are
the Nymphs, but I must say this: even these spirits of nature can have children. Yet they are not Nymphs like that of their birth mother. Because the fact is these Nymphs often have or not of their own choosing have lovers of the Gods. Nymphs, like all females, deities, are quite beautiful more than even some of the female Goddesses. When they aren't inhabiting some specific part of nature, they are often the attendant of more important deities of the Gods. In some ways, they are both God like/ and human like all wrapped up in a Nymph. I am going to go thru as many as I can below and I hope you all will Enjoy the post, my dear
friends and followers. love you all Wendy..
Amnisiades-These were the nymphs of the Amnisus river in Crete. They were also devotees of the 
Goddess Artemis. They care for the Goddess' sacred deer. 
Anigrides-Are the nymphs of the Angridus River in Elis and
they are healers. They had a grotto at the river and folks with
skin diseases would come to bath there and gave the nymphs gifts in hopes that they'd get better 
from their illness.
Dodonides-These Nymphs were brought to a
 site by Zeus, that was one of the most ancient oracle sites in Greece.
Dryades- The Dryades were the Nymphs of the Forest,
woods and woodlands. The Dryades were immortal, unlike the Hamadryades who actually
lived within the Oak trees or the many different kinds of trees the Hamadryade Nymphs they
were in ancient times. These type of Nymph would die when the tree died or if there was a fire
or if there the tree was plagued with illness.
Epimeliades- These nymphs were the Protectors of the
Sheep.
Haliai- The Haliai were another type of sea nymph. Their name
was a bit uncommon as yet, but Haliai come from the word
Sea and also means Salt.
Hamadrayades- These are like above, a type
of tree nymph. The nymphs life force is connected to the
tree itself. She lives and breathes within the tree. plus they
can be very powerful if angered. If her tree is hurt, then
she/the hamadryad gets hurt. If her tree gets cut down, then
the hamadryad will died.
 Hespirides- This was three sisters nymphs whose father was
Hesperos God of the Evening Star/ they guarded the Tree of the
Golden Apples. Their names were- Aegle, Eritheia, and Hesperia.
Naiades- The naiades nymphs were of the freshwater streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, fountains
actually there was no limited to these naiades nymphs. Many of the Naiades could be found
prancing around with Artemis who chose up to 20+ Naiades from Amnisus for his companions.
Of course they were all the daughters of the rivergods. They all had extremely long lifetimes, but
they were not considered immortal and were believed to have sat on the Gods discussions on Mount
Olympus. Note there were 5 different types of Naiades:
Pegaiai- Nymphs of Springs
Krinaia- Nymphs of Fountains
Potameides- Nymphs of Rivers and Streams
Limnatides- Nymphs of Lakes
Eleionomai- Nymphs of Marshes
Nereides- As for the Nereides Nymphs there were more than fifty daughters of Nereus God
of the Sea and Goddess Doris. The Nereides had one very famous Nymph and that happened to be
Amphitrite. There was a story About the Amphitrite and the Island of Naxos in ancient Greece; It is 
said that when the Nereides including the Sea Nymph Amphitrite had performed a dance on the island
of Naxos the God Poseidon decided to claim Amphitrite as to be his bride.
Nyseides- This is an interesting one! These were the Nymphs in Greek Mythology that were to have
lived on Mount Nysa. As to the Mount Nysa & its where  I couldn't find [ I might just have to come to this post at a later date to write each of these different Nymphs in more detail when I have  more 
time]. At any rate these Nyseides Nymphs that suppose to have lived on this mount Nysa had  raised the 
young Dionysus after he was stashed there up on the mount by Zeus after his thigh-birth. As for the names
of these Nyseides Nymphs there were quite a few of them- Here are a few that I could find for you 
my dears: Cisseis, Nysa, Erato, Eripha, Brome and Polyhymno.
Oceanides- Well, if you thought the Nereides had a lot of sisters/ like that of the Nereides Nymphs of
the Sea - Fifty Daughters, the Oceanides Nymphs were 3,000 strong. And they were all the 
Nymphs of the Ocean. Their mother was that of Titaness(Tethys) and their father was the Titan of all the Oceanus. 
Oreades- These were the Nymphs of the Mountains, of course there was one in particular that 
you would recognized and that would be the beautiful Mountain Nymph of Echo.
Thriai- This was a very interesting one of all the nymphs that I discovered and that is because the 
Thriai are the Bee-Nymphs who used honey to make prophesies. Apparently there were three of these
Bee-Nymphs & they all had raised Apollo, God of the Oracle of Delphi. There is much more to these Bee-Nymphs but as I said before I will come back and reblog this post again my dear friends and followers:o)
Arethusa- The Nymph called Arethusa was one of many
water Nymphs who attended Artemis. This Nymph was a Virgin Goddess and she had not
interest in men. So when the River God Alpheus pursued her, Arethusa the Nymph goddess of virginity asked for help - Artemis helped her by turning her into a fountain. Although the River God Alpheus,
could not be denied her so he changed himself to the flow underground so that he could touch her. I'll tell

you these Gods of the Greek times are kinda crazy when it comes to loveeeeeeeee!

Well I hope you found this post to be interesting as I have

I do plan to Reblog this because I believe there is lots of info 

for me to come back here, I just have to get the energy to get all these 

different Nymphs and spend a day or two at it but be surprised

Here a few images of Nymps for YOU!

YOURWENDY
WITH LOVE & HUGS 

Remembering the lives lost on Sept ll, 2001 - 14years later

Remembering all the lives that were lost 9/ll & never forget.

I remember the day so clearly in my mind. Kai was just 1years old. We live only 20mins from the Seattle Airport and we always have planes coming and going all day. But that day it was all quite which was so odd and actually scary since we are one of the more larger airports. I remember watching it on the news the whole thing how sad I was. How so many lives were lost by the 4planes that were used as bombs. Yet there were Innocent people on all of them. As I remember one plane took over the plane as they found the hijackers were heading it to the White House so they became Hero's, however still we lost more wonderful people as so many of them on that plane were able to call and tell their last words to their loved ones. I so believe that we should never forget this day as many other days in history where lives have been taken for the stupid reason like this. This goes back the Jewish people where six million of them were murdered, and the American black folks were treated like well you knowOX#@!!! and are still having these problems in the 21 century!!! And Other problems around our nation but this is a time to

Remember;

Looking back it unfolded at 09:00. Fourteen years ago Friday, Terrorists hijacked four of our passenger planes [full] and rammed them into the New York City's World Trade Centers Top floors. I feel they did the top for a reason/ so that our people couldn't get out. A third plane [full] rammed into the Pentagon outside of Washington. The fourth jetliner [full] had crash-landed on an empty field in Pennsylvania by the passengers of the plane who took over the plane after overhearing what the hijackers were planning to do. Which was trying to ram the plane into the White house? So they were Hero's. So by the end of the day was over the hijackers had killed over 3,000 people not taking in account all firemen, police and other folks that were around the buildings when it happened. It is said to be the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.  That day changed the world forever. We have had to be a more cautious nation and make quite a few changes in our airports too. That day Strangers became friends as All-Americans United on a day of Terror to our Nation.

Today, A More resilient nation looks to a more hopeful future while we
remember the past and all those souls...

A rainbow appeared over
New Yorks One World Trade Center
on Thursday, Sept 10, 2015, the day before
Friday, Sept ll, 2015

At the World Trade Center, where most of the victims were there will bagpipers and drummers to provided a solemn tune, in accompany to the ceremonial reading of all the names of the souls that lost their lives. At 8:46 am when the first plane hit the north tower they were moments of silence to observe the time the north tower was struck and then at 9:03 am when the second tower was struck. When all those folks on the planes and the towers were killed. In these attacks over 3,000 people died when terrorists
intentionally crashed American Airlines Flight ll and United Airlines Flight 175 into the north and south towers, respectively. More than 300 firefighters were among those who perished in the attacks and over 70+ police when the collapse of the 2towers.

Remember the Heroic acts of the
folks on flight 93

We must not forget Pennsylvania!
Hundreds of miles away there was a third passenger jetliner that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 am.
Today Crowds were marking a moment of silence at that exact time and read out each of the names of the passengers victims.
There was Forty passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that died when the plane crashed into the field nose down it seems. It is believed that the hijackers crashed the plane in that location, However, it is also thought that the passengers did find out what the hijackers target was [The White House]and they attempted to take control of the plane. Why some have said this is love ones have heard some of the commotions when the passengers took the plane and it was some of the last words they heard from their loved ones. There has been a lot of speculation over flight
93 and it seems the entire 4planes. However to me what's most important is the people that lost their lives, the folks that tried to save lives and the hero's on flight 93, firemen, police and so many others that just helped other of human kindness.

In Honor of the 40 soul's that gave their lives
to stop the hijackers from getting to their goal
the White House.

The memorial in Shanksville marks the grounds where the Hijackers of United Airlines crashed 14years ago. Investigators have determined that the hijackers likely tried to crash the plane in Washington D.C. but were thwarted when the 40 passengers and the crew fought back and the plane crashed nose down as a result as thought today. Since that day Sept ll, 2001, each year after that about 400,000 visitors have come to the memorial. A private group called the Flight 93 National Memorial Campaign still wants to raise about $5 million more to complete the entire memorial for the 40 hero's which includes a learning center and a tower with 40 wind chimes.

I found this bit of info from United Airlines Flight 93
From Wikipedia, the Free encyclopedia link ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93
Transcript: Flight 93 Cockpit Tape; If you would like to read
this here is the link too...law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/moussaoui/flight93tape.html
I will write a bit to get your appetite going, it is a great bit of writing

A piece of the plane that
they found. In 2001 only now are
they showing it after 14years.

my dears... The passengers revolted on Flight 93 beginning at 09:57 after the passengers took a vote amongst themselves about whether to act or not. By this time, Flight 77 had struck the Pentagon and Flights ll and 175 had struck the World Trade Center towers. As the revolt began and the hijackers started maneuvering the plane around violently, the plane went off on its course to Washington D.C, but what area? The hijackers in the cockpit became aware of the revolt at 09:57:55 exclaiming, "Is there something? A fight?" Edward Felt dialed 9ll from his cell phone from the lavatory of the plane seeking information, His call was answered by

The faces of Flight 93

dispatcher John Shaw and Felt was able to tell him about the hijacking before the call was disconnected....If you would like to read more of this word to word account of the people of flight 93 and their heroic bravery just go to the link above...



The Pentagon-

Where 184 people were killed when a hijacked  Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building. Today Shortly after 9:30 am Friday at a memorial ceremony began at the Pentagon which was attended by all the relatives of the victims that were killed that day. Today included a wreath-laying and remarks by Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:37 am on 9/ll 2001.
At the White House Today, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stepped onto the South Lawn for a few minutes of silence, heads bowed at 8:46 am. It was the time that the first Jet hit the World Trade

Pentagon Memorial 

Center. Outside the Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, a crew planted a pear tree Friday morning --- an offspring of a tree at the World Trade Center plaza that survived the buildings fall. The original tree stands at the National September ll Memorial in

Pentagon Memorial 

New York. Attorney General Lynch spoke at the ceremony saying the tree is a reminder that 'We can endure, we can prevail, and we too can bloom again.''







I hope that you all remember this day with hope and with love for all the people that lost their lives. I will never forget. I think I have written a post every year on my blog and I will continue to do so. 
I also have a few videos to show you too. I hope you enjoy them and feel the love for the men and women that gave their lives for our country.

YOURWENDY