river nymph

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The burgundy DS, with its space-age silhouette and directional headlights that follow the turning of the wheel, has curves as gentle as a Maillol river nymph.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Vivian Grey discovered that this deity was but an idol of brass, and this garden of Eden but a savage waste; for, if the river nymph had gained a soul, he had gained Experience.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Perhaps Nantosvelta, like other Celtic goddesses, was a river nymph.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Then the minstrel sang of Peleus, the King of Phthia, and of his marriage to the river nymph, Thetis.

From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Pogany, Willy

But Oenone, the river nymph, wept and prayed him not to go.

From Hero Tales by Baldwin, James