The White Goddess - Articles - Dryads, Nymphs and Other Faery Folk. Dryads, Nymphs and Other Faery Folk. Tales of Nymphs in Greek mythology and religion abound, there were revered as the spirits of specific natural features - and often were identified with the part of nature in which they dwelled, The Oreads, were mountain nymphs. Others were associated with a particular function of nature, the Hamadryads, or tree nymphs, whose lives began and ended with that of a particular tree.
