What's a 'Nymph' ?

have you ever heard  'nymph'?
what do you think first  when you first heard 'nymph'?
and why i like and very often use the word 'nymph'?

uhhmmm .. i'll explain now ..,
The first time i use that word when i was 1st Senior High School
my friends so confused and always wondered, what nymph? what the language?
they are also feel difficulties to say that word and always misunderstood about the meaning of it :p ahahah

well, according to wikipedia is as follows. cek this out!

A nymph in Greek mythology is a female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Etymologically, the word nymph is related to the Greek word for bride. Nymphs are often shown as lovers of gods and heroes, or as their mothers. 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.  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.

Nymphs are divided into types:

• Acheloids (from the river Achelous)
• Alseids (groves)
• Dryads (forests)
• Hamadryads (trees)
• The children of Hamadryas, from Deipnosophists ('Philosopher's Banquet', by Athenaeus, written in the 3rd century A.D.):
• Aegeirus (the poplar)
• Ampelus (the vine)
• Balanus (the acorn-bearing oak)
• Carya (the nut-tree)
• Craneus (the cornel-tree)
• Orea (the ash)
• Ptelea (the elm)
• Suke (the fig-tree)
• Hydriads (water)
• Leimoniads (meadows)
• Meliads (ash trees)
• Naiads (springs and rivers)
• Nereid (the Mediterranean)
• Oceanids (the sea)
• Oreads (mountains)
• Napaea (valleys)

Although long-lived, many nymphs can die. Nymphs can cause metamorphoses (Greek for changing shape, usually into plants or animals, as in the novel by Kafka and the book of mythology by Ovid). Women can also be changed into nymphs.

Some of the more famous nymphs are :

1. Amalthea
2. Anna Perenna
3. Arethusa
4. Calypso (Nymph-Goddess who entertained Odysseus)
5. Creusa (Daughter of Gaia and the river god Peneus)
6. Echo
7. Egeria (cared for Athens' founder-hero, Theseus' son Hippolyte; she taught the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius)
8. Harmonia (mated with Ares to produce the Amazons; Harmonia's necklace features in the story of Cadmus of Thebes)
9. Syrinx
10. Thetis
11. Thousa (mother of Polyphemus, the cyclops in the Odyssey who eats several of Odysseus' companions when they were uninvited houseguests)'
12. and the last, Vita Dyah Puspitasari (Nymph-Goddess who have a lotta patience and charming of course)  :D xoxo

oukey, that's a lil story about Nymph ..
hopefully no more misunderstanding yeaaah? :)