DAPHNE was a Naiad nymph of the river Peneios in Thessalia or the Ladon of Arkadia. She was loved by the god Apollon who pursued her until she grew exhausted, cried out to Gaia for help and was transformed into a laurel tree.
Daphne
Daphne was a nymph who was turned into a laurel bush to save her from the amorous pursuit of Apollo.
Daphne wasn't a goddess, she was a nymph, and she didn't die, she was turned into a Laurel tree.
Daphne wasn't a goddess, she was a Nymph. She was the daughter of Peneus, a lesser river deity and the son of Oceanus and Tethys.
Daphne (Δάφνη in Greek) was a nymph, who apollo fell crazy in love with. He began to chase her endlessly and she was trying to escape him. At the end, when Apollo reached her and tried to hug her, Daphne begged her mother Gaia to help her. Gaia transformed Daphne into a tree, a laurel tree. The hansome god, was deeply wounded. So he cut a branch of the tree and put it on his head as a wreath. Since then laurel was the sacred plant of Apollo. The tree, its leaves and the nymph in Greek have the same name "δάφνη".
Daphne Cyrene
Daphne was not a goddess, she was a nymph. She had no symbol.
Apollo's most famous nymph lover was Daphne. In Greek mythology, Daphne was a nymph who caught Apollo's eye, but she prayed to her father, a river god, to transform her into a laurel tree to escape Apollo's advances.
Daphne
Daphne
Daphne
she was not a goddess, she was actually a wood nymph
Daphne
Daphne.
Daphne was a nymph who was turned into a laurel bush to save her from the amorous pursuit of Apollo.
Daphne wasn't a goddess, she was a nymph, and she didn't die, she was turned into a Laurel tree.
Daphne wasn't a goddess, she was a Nymph. She was the daughter of Peneus, a lesser river deity and the son of Oceanus and Tethys.