In one story, he shot a golden arrow at Apollo, who fell madly in love with the nymph Daphne, then shot Daphne with a lead arrow, causing her to be repulsed by Apollo, leading to a whole lot of drama.
A new study reports that the planthopper Issus coleoptratus evolved a foolproof solution to this problem: in young nymphs of the species, the two legs meet under the belly in plates fringed with interlocking teeth.
The name was used again for one of mythology's fifty Nereids, and she's also mentioned as the daughter of Hephaestus, a nymph who turns the ash from her father's forge back into fertilizer for new growth.
I have been told that an action at law was once brought against one of these water nymphs, by a person who had a new suit of clothes spoiled by this operation
Down below that in the Great River, now at its coldest hour, the heads and shoulders of the nymphs, and the great weedy-bearded head of the river-god, rose from the water.
Pan did not know which reed was the nymph. So, he took a handful and joined them together side-by-side and carried it with him to hear the music it played.