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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Snake-haired sculptress

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I believe a forest nymph is a slyph but happy to be corrected

[–] igmelonh@feddit.online 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The word itself is possibly a combination of sylvestris and nympha (forest and nymph), but they're air spirits from Paracelsus' 16th century works. Sylphs go along with undines, gnomes, and salamanders (water, earth, and fire spirits).

Some different kinds of nymphs are dryads (oak trees), oceanids (oceans), oreads (mountains), and plenty of others.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago

paracelcus my beloved!

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] SARGE@startrek.website -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Turning men into pigs?

Or just making their outside match their inside?

Note: no disrespect meant to the noble Sus genus, nor Sus Domesticus specifically. It is unfortunate that pig is used as a negative descriptor when pigs are actually quite clean and respectful creatures, unlike most men.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

pigs are actually quite clean and respectful creatures, unlike most men.

Pigs eat their own children without any problem

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 0 points 5 days ago

And? So do many species. Doesn't change anything.