#nereid

[lhyrr]

— Aphrodite is iridescence, like the shimmer of pearls and seashells, like glittering jewels in the sea

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Sea Nymphs by Nicolas Auguste Laurens (1898)

[yiska-h]

TRITONE E NEREIDE - Roberto Ferri - Oil on canvas, 2024.

[marysmirages]

Nereid and Hippocampus (2025)

[sarafangirlart]

“If they listen to patriarchy, they should hate Andromeda” STOP BLAMING MEN AND PATRIARCHY FOR THE FAULTS OF WOMEN!!!

Women can be evil and envious without the influence of men, Andromeda didn’t try to talk to the nereids bc that wouldn’t fucking work, making Cetus female is so corny too it wasn’t gendered in ancient sources but it doesn’t need to be ITS A MONSTER A WILD ANIMAL NOT A PERSON.

[maclanahan--mermaid-comics]

How different mermaids might explain why they are attracted to their love interests…

[medusaspeach]

Hera and the Nereid (sea nymph) Thetis, her foster daughter.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Ferdinando Andreini (Italian, 1843-1922) Nereid, 1874

[the-evil-clergyman]

Nereid by Marcel Paul Meys (1882)

[kupidachillea]

Nereid Achilles HCs (+ you)

🏺🐚In honour of MerMay that’s just around the corner- I’ve decided to yeet this at y’all. I know Achilles is already like half nereid or something but what if he was fully one? Plus what if he was courting you?🏺🐚

🏺-Nereid Achilles would probably act as he usually does, however I do think he’d be more calmer in some aspects.

🐚-Probably still the hotheaded, temperamental b@stard we all know but I match it up with how the sea itself acts. Can be calm and soothing or the things from nightmares.

🏺- There isn’t really a fixed ‘design’ on how a nereid would look but he’d still have his fiery golden hair and seafoam hazel eyes. You recognise them anywhere. His ears are pointed as expected and his teeth are sharp and more fang like.

🐚- His body is toned and a bit muscular too, probably from all that swimming he does and he has webbed fingers as well as pointed nails. He doesn’t exactly have scales but his skin does give off and iridescent shine to it as if to mimic the illusion of scales on parts of his body.

🏺- I’d like to think he would have those spine like fins on his back (I wish I knew what they were called), and have at least some form of bioluminescence on his body, whether it be freckles littering his body or on those fins on his back.

🐚- He keeps his hair long..sometimes it makes him look like a wet rat but sometimes it makes him look beautiful. There’s no in between.

🏺- Achilles loves hunting, anything that gets his adrenaline up. He loves the chase! From chasing food to chasing you .

🐚- If Achilles was courting you he’d probably be waiting by the shore each morning for you to show up. Nothing else catches his attention..he’s focused on waiting for you to show up.

🏺-When you do show up he’s ecstatic l a wide toothy grin on his face showing off his fangs while he smoothers you in a hug. Enjoying the feeling of your body heat while getting you soaked as well. If you get a little miffed from that he doesn’t mind. He finds it funny when you’re mad.

🐚- He often asks you to comb and braid his hair..for him it feels like a very intimate moment where you both could just chill and talk as the waves calm moves against the sand and over the rocks on the beach, he would talk about his day of swimming, hunting, and sparring while in turn listening to you and your day.

🏺- Achilles isn’t much of a ‘gift giver’ but for you, of course he is. He’d usually spend a good hour or so looking for something that would be a worthy treasure to grace his beloved with.

🐚- To your surprise he’d come back with strawberry top shells, conch shells, pearls- or on a special occasion- freaking Aquamarine. And he won’t take no for an answer so you have to take them.

🏺- When he’s not showering you with gifts he’s either being a sea pup or a lil brat sometimes- either way it just him showing how much he loves you by laying on top of you on warm sunny days and enjoying both the heat from the sun and you…he won’t let you go. I’m sorry.

🐚- On the odd occasion that he comes home with you he finds himself buried in your bed. Rolling up in a blanket like a little blanket burrito. His tail swishing slightly at the warm fabric and depending on the time when he comes over to your home..you’ll either be met with a wet blanket or a missing blanket (he has taken it with him.)

🏺- And don’t get me started on how jealous this man gets. Again..he’s not really a red flag..but..he has his moments. He doesn’t take kindly to people getting too friendly or touching with his darling. How he defines that? People talking to you for longer than 20 minutes when he’s around. In his mind- he should have all your attention. No one else.

🐚- He makes the expectation for Patroclus because he’s his therapon and friend, but like..anyone other than anyone he knows..it’s a big no no if it goes past the 20 minute and a half mark. You might want to set a few boundaries.

🏺- One odd thing he likes doing is poking your belly…why? You don’t know. He just loves to do it. Poking it and stroking it…resting his head on your belly and staring up at you with those sea foam hazel siren eyes. If you ask him why he’ll just tell you one thing. “You’re soft and I like that..”, probably due to the fact his body is a little bit more on the firmer side of things.

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[artbyanca]

Thetis finding baby Hephaestus after he was thrown off the mountain.

[but-make-it-poly]

Think About It

Oceanids are the children of Oceanus.

All nereids are nymphs, but not all nymphs are nereids. The difference isn’t just, “water nymph”. Nereids are the children of Oceanids.

(Naiads are basically the same except fresh water. Naiads are the daughters of the Potamoi, who are children of Oceanus :D)

Penelope is a nereid. Amphitrite’s grandfather is Oceanus, so she’s also a nereid. Penelope and Amphitrite are cousins.

Do with that what you will.

Edit: Ask and you shall receive. Screenshots from my reference folder:

Cousins.

[marysmirages]

Son of the Sea (Achilles and Thetis) 2023

Gouache version of my old pastel work with Nereid Thetis and her son Achilles.

[sarafangirlart]

I think another reason why Andromeda is constantly sidelined and erased in favor of Medusa is bc her story goes against the “men are causing all women’s problems” and “girls support girls” narrative that retellings try to push bc Andromeda mainly suffers at the hands of women, the nereids. I think I’ve even seen ppl blame the nereids cruelty on patriarchy which lol as if they weren’t the ones to approach Poseidon on their own accord to punish Cassiopeia and Andromeda. Ig it’s too hard to imagine women being cruel to each other on their own rather than have men push them into doing it.

Tbf Andromeda is victimized by patriarchy (like all women back then) by being put in an arranged marriage with her uncle, but bc she’s rescued by Perseus, a man, rather than slay queen girlboss her way out of it then that just cancels it out I suppose.

[maclanahan--mermaid-comics]

"If you knew how much work it is to haul myself onto a rock, you would be far more impressed with me."

[aillan2410]

Twenty-sixth Day of MelSky: «Mel had fallen

(not only into the water) [pt.3]»

Oh, Sky's idea worked out, Mel has opened her eyes!

In case you ask, yes, Sky's pupils dilate like cat's eyes, AND she's blushing at Mel's gentle touch

SKY'S HAND IS SO BIG 💀 I realized it was way too big very late so I just left it that way 😭 ALSO I'm in love with Sky's little pointed teeth and her fangs and those silly algae lashes wbdbwsb

Sky's honestly gorgeous, but this does NOT look like her at all as much as I tried to draw her features, so I'm not very happy with the result... Anyways, the language nereids use is different, a complex communication system based on gutural sounds mixed with melodies resembling the musical notes which can only be written down with runes, so yes, Mel and Sky don't understand anything between them, but they'll manage trust