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title: Dryads
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<h2 id="driadas">Driádas</h2>

The dryads are **nymphs** of the forests and woodlands according to Greek tradition. They are considered the souls of the trees, as they were born and died within them. Like all nymphs, they were beings of extraordinary beauty.