Episode 399: Oceanids, Nereids, & Naiads

Spirits

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Oceanids, Nereids, and Naiads, oh my! We’re back to talking about nymphs, but this time it’s all about water nymphs - rivers, the sea, the springs and lakes. Grab your towels and let’s dive in!

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of cannibalism, death, murder, blood, castration, warfare, drowning, and sex.

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0:00.0	Oh, Welcome to Spirit's
0:29.4	Spirit's podcast, a busie dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:33.0	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:36.0	I'm Amanda.
0:37.0	And I'm Julia, and Amanda, I have been really enjoying the water lately. It's summertime, you know, I love going to the beach. If anyone knows me, you know I'm a beach witch. I also recently went swimming in a lake for the first time in a really long time and I've
0:55.9	come to the conclusion that I just really like being in water in general.
0:59.6	That's definitely you Julia like you there are lots of arguments for you as a you know a fiery person an earth related person an air related person but you're a you're a water bitch and I love that about you.
1:12.0	Yeah, I've really hit all of the all of the
1:14.8	circles when it comes to the bending elements of Avatar the Last Airbender.
1:19.1	Exactly and I too am going to be swimming in a lake for the first time in many many years this summer.
1:25.6	And I'm so excited for it.
1:27.0	There's just, it's a different vibe.
1:28.6	And as my toes wiggle in that silty, silty bottom of muddy lakes. I am excited to feel united with the world.
1:37.8	When I was in that lake, when I'm in the ocean in general, I feel like I am channeling certain water spirits, Amanda.
1:46.8	And so this week I want to talk about oceanids, naryads, and Naiads.
1:53.4	I'm so excited.
1:54.9	Errik was just watching Delicious and Dungeon,
1:57.1	dungeon Mechey recently, and he called me into the room in the episode with a Kelpie
2:00.8	because he was like, oh, babe, sticky horse, sticky horse your favorite and so it's the origin of
2:05.3	spirits Julia is yes Persephone and Hades but right after that was our episode on Selkies and
2:09.9	Kelpies which remains just like so dear to my heart.
2:13.7	So anytime we get to touch on water spirits,
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