Daphne (Laurel) Greek A Dryad or tree Nymph, daughter of the river god Ladon, or of Peneus, and Gaia.
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Daphne (Laurel) Greek A Dryad or tree Nymph, daughter of the river god Ladon, or of Peneus, and Gaia. Pursued by the god Apollo, Daphne begged her mother for help. Gaia opened up the Earth and Daphne disappeared. In her place, a laurel tree sprang up. Apollo embraced the tree and adopted it as his sacred tree and emblem. The poet Ovid tells Daphne's story. In some legends, Leucippus, a mortal man, loved Daphne. He disguised himself as a girl to pursue the nymph, but she discovered him to be a man when he went bathing with the maidens. The angry nymphs tore Leucippus to pieces.
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