The Nereids, in Greek mythology, were nymphs who personified the situations and characteristics of the sea.
They were the daughters of Nereus and the Oceanid Doris, and therefore granddaughters of Oceanus.
They were approximately fifty and lived on the ocean floor, in their father’s palace. They spent their day swimming and playing with dolphins, or sitting on golden thrones or rocks, singing and weaving or drying their rich and long hair.
They did not allow any mortal to be compared to them in terms of beauty. They had the power to upset the sea but also to calm it.
Generally, they were always joyful and accompanied the chariots of marine gods.
