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	Mythography \| Dryads and Hamadryads in Myth and Art
		Dryads and hamadryads are two types of wood nymphs in Greek mythology.
		And indeed, the hamadryads were even more vulnerable, for it was believed that their lives depended on the health and well-being of the trees they inhabited.
		It was the voice of the hamadryad who lived in the oak.
	www.loggia.com /myth/dryads.html (428 words)

	Dryads and Hamadryads
		Unlike a dryad, a hamadryad is able to change her size, from that of a small faery to that of a small human.
		Though many hamadryads remain quiet and reserved, becoming paranoid when parted from their trees for any period of time, some choose adventure over safety, and will test the limits of separation from their tree as far as they can push it.
		Dryads and hamadryads are neither big fans of fire, but they will tollerate it's use in their presence, as long as they are not close to their tree.
	www.sanctuaryshard.com /Muiri/creatures/dryads_and_hamadryads.htm (870 words)

	Hamadryad - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hamadryads are Greek mythological beings that live in trees.
		Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree.
		Hamadryad also is another name for the King Cobra.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hamadryad (181 words)

	Creature Catalog - Preview Creature
		A hamadryad will use her charm person ability to take a creature out of a fight, compelling this creature to come away with her and perform some service for her, such as protecting trees from woodcutters.
		If a hamadryad’s head is shaved and kept shorn, or if she is imprisoned indoors without at least one hour’s worth of exposure to the sun per day, she will begin to starve.
		Hamadryads in the forest are immune to any sort of summoning spell, but are aware of the attempted summons and from where it originated.
	www.enworld.org /cc/converted/view_c.php?CreatureID=728 (1114 words)

	Weavings: Pagan & Wiccan Forums > Hamadryads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Oct 14 2005, 09:51 PM Hamadryads were human only down to the waist, their legs merging inextricably with the trunk and roots of the tree.
		Hamadryads - whose name means "tree and women at the same time" - are female nature spirits that that live in trees, some myths say they were chained to it.
		If their tree died, the Hamadryad associated with it died as well; for that reason, trees were not destroyed intentionally and permission was always asked first.
	www.wyldwytch.com /lofiversion/index.php/t5499.html (813 words)

	Hamadryad
		Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree.
		If their tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well.
		Hamadryad also is another name for the King Cobra.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Hamadryad.html (138 words)

	John William Waterhouse: A Hamadryad - 1895 « Paintings
		The Hamadryad is noble, robust, and fertile, full of potential: She oversees the health and wisdom of her trees.
		Hamadryads were depicted as Nature's seductive playmates; humans partook of their pleasures, solace and wisdom.
		Hamadryads perish when their trees die, or suffer when their trees are defiled - their context destroyed, they lose their purpose.
	www.jwwaterhouse.com /view.cfm?recordid=68 (547 words)

	Creature Catalog - Preview Creature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A hamadryad lives by absorbing sunlight through her hair, and will eventually die of starvation if forced to stay inside for too long, or if her head is kept shaved.
		Hamadryads speak Common, Elven, Sylvan, and the language of druids.
		Though hamadryads carry knives and such, they shun physical combat in favor of using their magical abilities.
	www.enworld.org /cc/converted/view_c.php?CreatureID=494 (380 words)

	Aaron's Photography - Soul of the Blasted Pine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She is probably a hamadryad or a classical tree nymph who is suffering from the bad fortune of her host in the mountains of California.
		According to the old stories, hamadryads were tree spirits and they died when their trees decayed.
		She believed in faeries and hamadryads and I believe that she was attempting to capture this spirit with her pictures.
	www.humboldt.edu /~awm3/personal/photography/blasted_pine.html (149 words)

	The King Cobra
		Hamadryads can attack without provocation, and their venom is more potent than that of other snakes of the family.
		Hamadryads can be encountered in Malaysia, Southern China, Philippines, Burma and the Malay Peninsula.
		On the average, the Hamadryad measures 12-14 feet in length, and some species are as long as 18 feet.
	www.gotreptilesonline.com /cobra/cobra-picture/the-king-cobra.shtml (185 words)

	Dryad
		Dryads are born bonded to a specific tree.
		If they lived in the tree, they were referred to as hamadryads; otherwise they were simply dryads.
		If the tree died, the dryad associated with it died as well.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Hamadryads.html (59 words)

	Dryad
		Rhea had born the Meliai herself, made fertile by the cast-away genitals of Ouranos.
		If the nymphs lived in the trees, they were referred to as hamadryads, like Atlantia one of the wives of Danaus; otherwise they were simply dryads.
		Dryads, like all nymphs were supernaturally long-lived, but if the tree died, the dryad associated with it died as well.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/d/dr/dryad.html (241 words)

	War Goddess.net - The Nymphs
		She was one of the three nymphs that were responsible for raising Zeus while he was hidden from Cronus.
		Hamadryads~ All tree nymphs were considered to be Hamadryads.
		It is said that the hamadryads dance with joy when the Heavens bless their trees with rain, and that they weep grievously when their trees lose their leaves.
	www.wargoddess.net /greek/nymph.php (1041 words)

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