hamadryads
- plural of hamadryad.
Example Sentences
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My friend killed all the hamadryads on the spot, and gave the boys some coppers, and we went on.
From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)
The nymphs of the wood and the spring, the hamadryads of the forests, the fauns and satyrs should reign once more in the woods before they placed the sceptre in the hands of winter.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
This story is based upon the old mythical belief that the trees are inhabited by guardian deities known as dryads, or hamadryads.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
As the flower-spirits and hamadryads of the Far East are as yet little known to Western readers, the following Chinese story may be found interesting.
From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Hearn, Lafcadio
In the shadowed spots fauns and hamadryads wooed, unconscious of the gaze of mortal eyes.
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
