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Comes says that there are celestial and terrestrial nymphs as well as watery ones. The first category would be winged, surely? In fact, in Lib V, cap. xi, Comes tells us that the Oreads were Nymphs who lived in the mountains. He goes on to say that one of them, the nymph Melissa, discovered honey in honeycombs on the Peloponnesus, and invited other Nymphs to partake of it -- and they were so delighted with the fare that the Greeks gave the name, Melissa, to the bees themselves. And bees have wings, obviously ... Sorry we're not acquainted, Melissa, but I thought this might be interesting for you. Supriya Supriya Chaudhuri Professor (Emerita) Department of English Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India Tel. +9133 24146681 (office) +9133 23372516 (home) 9433467081 (mobile) On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 9:47 PM, Elisabeth Chaghafi < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't think so - except maybe wings given to them by fear, which seem to > be the most common sort in Spenser. Muses do, though. > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Herron, Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hmm... real nymphs don't: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph_(biology) >> >> --Tom >> >> >> >> Thomas Herron >> Department of English >> East Carolina University >> (252) 328-6413 >> >> Writer/Director, Centering Spenser: A Digital Resource for Kilcolman >> Castle >> http://core.ecu.edu/umc/Munster/ >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on >> behalf of Melissa Rack <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 12:00 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: "Nymphes" winged? >> >> I'll just throw this out there - In Spenser's pastoral, do "nymphes" have >> wings? If so, thoughts on a possible classical template for winged nymphs? >> > >