Talk:Alseid

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Just another name for Dryads, don't you agree? Wikipedia's categorization of many separate "kinds" of nymphs owes more to contemporary fantasy gaming culture than to Greek cult or poetry. --12:57, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I think it is different. Dryads are specifically nymphs of the oak trees and forest, but you are probably right that Alseid can be considered a type of Dryad. --Rochelimit (talk) 21:02, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, not even close to being "just another name for Dryads". Related to Dryads, maybe, but Dryads are specifically the spirits of trees, rather than "glens and groves". Wikipedia's categorisation certainly owes nothing at all to fantasy games, which rarely if ever get more complicated than listing dryads and naiads as available monster types without going into additional, useless details. In any case, the references are already in the article, showing the origin of the term as Homer, rather than any contemporary source. dunerat (talk) 05:23, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We can merge the two pages if someone finds proof that they are just two different words for Dryads.104.187.66.104 (talk) 18:22, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]