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He left as many wrought stones as a volcano �a giant's spawn, beyond precise inventory; countless groups of lovers, nymphs, Naiads, Tritons, Muses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Naiads and dryads tried to help, using nature magic songs to heal burns and poison.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Four Naiads, and two Sea Nymphs, present her with Crowns of Palms, and Laurels, and Fruit, in token of the Power and Abundance which this City receives by Commerce.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

So he knelt down and kissed the dear earth of his own country, and prayed to the Naiads of the cave.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

There the Naiads held their revels, There in secret met their lovers; And they laid a spell upon it Which should make true lovers happy; For to them true love was precious.

From The White Doe The Fate of Virginia Dare by Cotten, Sallie Southall