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Celtic Tree Magic The Celts believed trees had consciousness. The Druid priesthood met in forest groves to perform their rituals. Moreover, the word “druid” is originally came from “dryad” which was the Greek term for tree nymphs. Because the Druids were so connected to the trees, it makes sense other cultures would refer to them as tree spirits. Ancient woodhenges are all over England and Ireland, which is essentially the wooden equivalent of Stongehenge. They’re rings of wooden beams or trees used as sanctuaries. According to the Celtic tree calendar, the Celtic people honored 21 sacred trees. These were: the alder, ash, apple, aspen, birch, blackthorn, elder, gorse, hawthorn, hazel, heather, holly, ivy, mistletoe, oak, reed, rowan, scots pine, vine, willow, and yew trees.
A wood nymph, or dryad is a tree-dwelling spirit from the Greek mythology. In Greek, the word drys means oak. Therefore, a wood nymph is specifically a spirit that resides in the oak trees. However, voer time, the term extended to encompass all sorts of trees. These are very shy creatures who do not like human contact. They seem to prefer the presence of the Goddess Artemis, who is a close friend of most types of nymphs.

There are some wood nymphs under the name of Meliai. These are the dryads of the ash trees. They tended to Zeus the infant in Rhea’s cave in Creta. After she became fertile due to the blood of a castrated Uranus, Gaea gave birth to the Meliai.
There are more types of wood nymphs. For example, a nymph of the apple tree is an Epimeliad and that of a walnut tree is a Caryatid.
Wood Nymph-Origins and FactsWood Nymph A wood nymph, just like any other type of nymph, has a supernaturally long life. In addition to this, she cannot leave her home. These are the hamadryads, that are tied to the tree. Thus, when the tree dies, so does the nymph. For this reason, Greek gods punished any human that harmed a tree. Some nymphs, however, are a step above and can leave their home without consequences.

In ancient Greek mythology, wood nymphs are accompanied or pursued by their male equivalent: the satyrs. Forest and wood nymphs are also companions of Pan, the god of fertility and music. Most nymphs dislike both Pan’s advances as well as his appearance and prefer to stay away from him. A nymph once ran away from him and transformed herself into a clump of marsh reeds.
Artemis, the goddess of hunt had twenty wood nymphs as companions that watched her dogs and bow while she slept.