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What (who) is HAMADRYAD - definition
GROUP OF MYTHICAL CHARACTERS
Hamadryads; Hamadryads (Greek mythology)
hamadryad
[?ham?'dr???d, -ad]
¦ noun
1. Greek & Roman Mythology a nymph who lives in a tree and dies when it dies.
2. another term for king cobra.
Origin
via L. from Gk Hamadruas, from hama 'together' + drus 'tree'.
Hamadryad
·noun A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
II. Hamadryad ·noun A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
hamadryad
n.
Wood-nymph, nymph of the woods.
Wikipedia
Hamadryad
A hamadryad (; Ancient Greek: αμαδρυάδα, romanized: hamadryáda) is a Greek mythological being that lives in trees. It is a particular type of dryad which, in turn, is a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a certain tree. Some maintain that a hamadryad is the tree itself, with a normal dryad being simply the indwelling entity, or spirit, of the tree. If the tree should die, the hamadryad associated with it would die as well. For this reason, both dryads and gods would punish mortals who harmed trees.
