Dryad vs. Hamadryad — What's the Difference?

A dryad (; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys signifies "oak" in Greek, and dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, but the term has come to be used for tree nymphs in general, or human-tree hybrids in fantasy.

A hamadryad (; Greek: Ἁμαδρυάδες, Hamadryádes) is a Greek mythological being that lives in trees. It is a particular type of dryad which, in turn, is a particular type of nymph.

(in folklore and Greek mythology) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood.

A nymph who lives in a tree and dies when the tree dies.

A dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.

Another term for king cobra

A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.

Greek & Roman Mythology A wood nymph who lives only as long as the tree of which she is the spirit lives.

(Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.

See king cobra.

A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

(Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.

A deity or nymph of the woods

The king cobra.

A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.

A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.

The nymph or spirit of a particular tree

Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja