nymph

minor female nature deity in Greek and Roman mythology; personifications of nature
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nymph

Summary

nymph ranks in the top 0.27% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,981 views/month, #212 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • nymph is in the country of Greece[2].
  • nymph is a type of elemental[3].
  • nymph is a type of goddess[4].
  • nymph is a type of spirit of nature[5].
  • nymph's Commons category is recorded as Nymphs[6].
  • nymph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nymphs[7].
  • nymph's depicted by is recorded as Nymph with bowl[8].
  • nymph's depicted by is recorded as Nimph Sitting on a Rock[9].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[10].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • nymph's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • nymph's different from is recorded as Q19153215[19].
  • nymph's different from is recorded as nymph[20].
  • nymph's different from is recorded as fairy[21].
  • nymph's different from is recorded as dryad[22].
  • nymph's different from is recorded as víla[23].
  • nymph's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include elemental[3], goddess[4], and spirit of nature[5].

Influence

Things named for nymph include Nymphenburg Palace[25], a summer residence[26], in Germany[27], founded in 1664[28]; nymphomania[29], a disease[30]; Vari Cave[31], a cave[32], in Greece[33]; and 875 Nymphe[34], an asteroid[35].

Why It Matters

nymph ranks in the top 0.27% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,981 views/month, #212 of 77,819).[1] nymph has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] nymph is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for nymph include Nymphenburg Palace[25], a summer residence[26], in Germany[27], founded in 1664[28]; nymphomania[29], a disease[30]; Vari Cave[31], a cave[32], in Greece[33]; and 875 Nymphe[34], an asteroid[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Q19153215, nymph, fairy +2
    Country
    Local thumb
    Subclass of elemental, goddess, spirit of nature
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26052, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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