Eric Metaxas

The Bible is filled with stories about angels, but many of us have had our view of angels confused by popular misconceptions about them, the principal of which is that angels do not actually exist anymore than fairies do, or wood nymphs or water sprites. But they do exist, and the Bible attests to their existence innumerable times.

American Author

Nancy Wilson

We were wild-eyed hippies from the late '60s. We still had the exuberance of the mind-expanding '60s - that Tolkienesque, Zeppelin, androgynous, wood nymph, forest fairy kind of innocence. It sounds stupid now, but we felt we were changing the world with music.

American Musician

D. H. Lawrence

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

English Writer

Rex Hunt

So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air.

Australian Entertainer

Vera Farmiga

I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.

American Actress

Iris Murdoch

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Irish Author

Understand 'nymph' originates from ancient myths, often representing nature's divine aspects.

Mythological Roots

Nymphs are depicted as youthful and beautiful, embodying the purity of nature in stories.

Cultural Depiction

Nymphs often feature in poetry and artwork, symbolizing beauty and inspiration.

Literature and Art

Nymphs in biology resemble miniature adults rather than the caterpillar-like larvae.

Insect Development

Not all insects have nymphs; this term is specific to those with incomplete metamorphosis.

Specific Insects

'Nymph' is a scientific term used mainly in academic or educational settings.

Academic Context

When referring to a woman, 'nymph' emphasizes youthfulness and attractiveness.

Youthful Impression

'Nymph' used as a compliment can be informal, be aware of the setting when using it.

Colloquial Use

Using 'nymph' to describe a woman may sound poetic or old-fashioned in modern contexts.

Potentially Dated

 In one telling, Narcissus was a handsome guy wandering the world in search of someone to love. After rejecting a nymph named Echo, he caught a glimpse of his own reflection in a river, and fell in love with it. Unable to tear himself away, Narcissus drowned.

The psychology of...

 she needs to reproduce. Some aphid species have an incredible life cycle. For example, the green peach aphid. During the fall, males and females mate, and the females lay eggs. But in the spring, when the eggs hatch, all the nymphs that emerge are female.

The bug that poops candy...

 bees and wasps and when the cones ripen they release thousands of papery seeds that are dispersed by the wind and will reaches host their own unique array of life including this sap-sucking beetle whose nymphs are preyed upon by another

Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...

 The dwarves were master craftspeople. One of them, Andvari, was said to forge marvelous creations. Andvari often took the form of a fish and, one day, he dove deeper than ever before— so deep he reached the land of the water nymphs,

The Norse myth that...

 spirits, nymphs, Fates, curses, oaths, souls and all kinds of mysterious energies and magical forces. Indeed the most important things in their real world were not humans at all, but gods.

Why there's no such...

 From sailors who were turned into pigs, nymphs that sprouted into trees, and a gaze that converted the beholder to stone, Greek mythology brims with shape-shifters.

The myth of Arachne  -...

 unseeable with our extra eyes no solid surface instead to cerulean whirlwind a world of high winds and low liquids 14 nymph named moons keeping watch and then

Into Darkness by Bridget...

 and then there's this Dragonfly nymph one of the fiercest scariest hungriest creatures in this ecosystem how do you like your first and last memory of life

Red-eyed Tree Frog's...

 The nymphs of the periodical cicada have been biding their time. Now they march like zombies towards the nearest tree and start to climb.

Periodical Cicadas...

 the majority of their life a dragonfly exists as a nymph a fully aquatic predator superbly adapted to exploit the