worldpaintings:Gioacchino PaglieiThe Naiads, 1881, oil on canvas, 213 x 145 cm, Nottingham City Muse
worldpaintings:Gioacchino PaglieiThe Naiads, 1881, oil on canvas, 213 x 145 cm, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle).In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of nymph (female spirit) who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. While Naiads were associated only with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean. -- source link
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