Knocking on wood comes from the belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit known as Hamadryad or Dryad.
Practiced by ancient priests to ward off evil or fulfill a wish. So, when you knock on wood, remember that you are actually summoning the Spirits of the Tree ✨

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In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets. The Hesperides could be hamadryad nymphs or epimeliads in which they change into trees.

"Hesperides I" and "Hesperides II"
Both oil on panel, 14 x 11 Inches
by Patrick Kramer

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a semi-formal introduction to a star of this account: this is my dnd character, Iona! she’s a hamadryad, a bard&feywild burlesque dancer, a menace, and a lover of anything pretty and shiny 💚🥹🌸

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Bound to the Bark: Dryads & Hamadryads for this week's Tree Deities & Protectors of the Oak, so connected that they sadly die if the tree is cut down. Painted here by Waterhouse (1893), Evelyn de Morgan (1885) plus Tree Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker (1920s)

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Finalllllly all the headshots are complete!
Safi, the nereid
Amphitrite, Consort to Poseidon
Tao Ren, The peach hamadryad
And Queenie, Oracle of Dodona

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We're starting over :)) It was very important for me to make the first nft sale after my account was hacked. Hamadryad received his first auction bid. Thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉

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Zenaida, Hamadryad Decidueye
Personality: ISTJ/ISFJ (i.e. Logistician/Defender), Green-White, Virgo archetype.
Alias: The Huntress

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"Tocar madera" proviene de la creencia de que cada árbol está habitado por un espíritu conocido como "Hamadryad" o "Dryad". Los antiguos sacerdotes convocaban a ese espíritu para protegerse del mal o cumplir un deseo tocando su tronco (+)

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OH YEAH, I CAN POST, HAMADRYAD HAKU IMAGES NOW!!

back before the industrial revolution knocked him upside the dome

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got commissioned over Discord to draw a hamadryad OC by the name of Lavenderys and think he came out great

Commissions are Open, DM if interested

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OCs thread
2.- Dandelion (Erik Richter) & Clover (Arush Reddy) are two mercenaries that work for Hamadryad, a secret organization made by the UN to eliminate possible terrorist threats around the world. Erik's resourceful & big mouth, Arush's methodic & direct

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Dryads- Forests

Like all nymphs they were ties to their homes. But some dryads, known as the hamadryads, embodied the very forests in which they dwelled. Such that if a tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died, as well. For these reasons, the dryads were fervent (1/2)

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His landscapes are pure PRB & have a mystical romantic quality against which he placed his ideal girl & ideal man. A Hamadryad (1893), A Naiad (1893) & Study for La Belle Dame sans Merci (c1893)

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His landscapes are pure PRB & have a mystical romantic quality against which he placed his ideal girl & ideal man. A Hamadryad (1893), A Naiad (1893) & Study for La Belle Dame sans Merci (c1893)

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Jane said, in a whisper: "He talks as though he were a great lord."
"He is. He's the lord of our world - the wisest and most terrible of us all", said the Brown Bear softly and reverently.
The Hamadryad smiled, a long, slow, secret smile, and turned to Mary Poppins.~

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Decided to make more definitive tattoos reference sheet for the boys :D
There's the Hamadryad tattoo that both of them have, it's to identify members of the organization and also works as a micro chip to located them at all times.

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OK SO IVE REALISED I NEVER POSTED MY PIECES FOR THE BC IM DUMB BUt here!! I drew yamaguchi as a hamadryad based of greco-roman mythology!!! wow!!!

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