She is like a NYMPH...........A
nymph in
Greek mythology is a female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from gods, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young
nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek
polis. They are believed to dwell in mountains and
groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool
grottoes. Although they would never die of old age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if mated to a god, they themselves were not necessarily immortal, and could be beholden to death in various forms.Other nymphs, always in the shape of young maidens, were part of the
retinue of a god, such as
Dionysus,
Hermes, or
Pan, or a goddess, generally the huntress
Artemis.Nymphs were the frequent target of
satyrs. They are frequently associated with the superior divinities: the huntress
Artemis; the prophetic
Apollo; the reveller and god of
wine,
Dionysus; and rustic gods such as Pan and Hermes.The symbolic marriage of a nymph and a patriarch, often the
eponym of a people, is repeated endlessly in Greek origin myths; their union lent authority to the archaic king and his line.
The term
nymphomania was created by modern
psychology as referring to a "desire to engage in
human sexual behavior at a level high enough to be considered clinically significant",
nymphomaniac being the person suffering from such a disorder. Due to widespread use of the term among lay persons (often shortened to
nympho) and stereotypes attached, professionals nowadays prefer the term
hypersexuality, which can refer to males and females alike.The word
nymphet is used to identify a sexually precocious girl. The term was made famous in the novel
Lolita by
Vladimir Nabokov. The main character,
Humbert Humbert, uses the term countless times, usually in reference to the title character.Nymphs who mate with the god Poseidon, are believed to give birth to the mythical creature, cyclops.