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dryad
A dryad (; (ギリシア語:Δρυάδες), ''sing''.: ) is a tree nymph, or tree spirit, in Greek mythology. In Greek ''drys'' signifies "oak." Thus, dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, though the term has come to be used for all tree nymphs in general.〔Graves, ch. 86.2; p. 289〕 "Such deities are very much overshadowed by the divine figures defined through poetry and cult," Walter Burkert remarked of Greek nature deities.〔Burkert (1986), p174〕 They were normally considered to be very shy creatures, except around the goddess Artemis, who was known to be a friend to most nymphs.
==Meliai==
The dryads of ash trees were called the Meliai.〔 The ash-tree sisters tended the infant Zeus in Rhea's Cretan cave. Gaea gave birth to the Meliai after being made fertile by the blood of castrated Uranus. Nymphs associated with apple trees were the Epimeliad, and those associated with walnut-trees were the Caryatids.〔
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