Talk:Dryad

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I have editted this article twice to reflect the myths, in which hamadryads die if their trees are cut down and not ordinary dryads, and to agree with the hamadryad article. Please, do not change this again.

For Future Reference: Dryad = Wood Elf (not supernaturally tied to the trees, but still acting as mythologic eco-defenders/terrorists) Hamadryad = Wood Elf that IS TIED TO A TREE SUPERNATURALLY (unsigned, but by 66.139.107.120)

For future reference, that sounds like something you got out of a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Hamadryads are just a specific kind of dryad. If you claim otherwise, provide an actual scholarly source to back up what you claim, please. DreamGuy 15:02, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Paracelsus' "elementals"

"They were also, in some respects, considered to be the elementals given the power over, even said to be composed of the element wood." No, they weren't. That "said to be" once again gives it away. The concept of "elementals" is an invention of Paracelsus. (sixteenth century). It has no place in discussing dryads. The history of ideas does seem hardest to grasp. --Wetman 12:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)