Talk:Dryad

Comments
I have editted this article twice to reflect the myths, in which hamadryads die if their trees are cut down and not ordinary dryads, and to agree with the hamadryad article. Please, do not change this again.

For Future Reference: Dryad = Wood Elf (not supernaturally tied to the trees, but still acting as mythologic eco-defenders/terrorists) Hamadryad = Wood Elf that IS TIED TO A TREE SUPERNATURALLY (unsigned, but by 66.139.107.120)


 * For future reference, that sounds like something you got out of a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Hamadryads are just a specific kind of dryad. If you claim otherwise, provide an actual scholarly source to back up what you claim, please. DreamGuy 15:02, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

Paracelsus' "elementals"
"They were also, in some respects, considered to be the elementals given the power over, even said to be composed of the element wood." No, they weren't. That "said to be" once again gives it away. The concept of "elementals" is an invention of Paracelsus. (sixteenth century). It has no place in discussing dryads. The history of ideas does seem hardest to grasp. --Wetman 12:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Given we have appearances from ancient thru modern in popular legend of this fictional creature, this was a needless and arbitrary split in the first place. Regardless of validity of content, I think the material in not distinct or notable enough to warrant a separate page. Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:10, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The popular culture article does seem rather muddled when ballet and 17th century plays are jumbled in a list with computer games. I would merge then lose most of the material unless there is a particularly influential use.--Peter cohen (talk) 10:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * Nothing there is worth migrating here. Mintrick (talk) 13:31, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If the topic is unsalvageable and the content is hopeless, the proper thing to do is to delete it. I would support a redirect, but there's no content on that page that deserves to be on the main page -- it doesn't deserve to be anywhere on Wikipedia. DreamGuy (talk)
 * I don't see any sources used there, so the content may be not noteworthy. OTHO, a short sentence here, saying that it has been adopted in video games may be all is needed. Pergamino (talk) 16:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Frankly, I think that's a silly thing to do. We might as well make a template that says "Has appeared many times in video games, manga, etc.", and include it in every article on a mythological being. It would be equally pointless and uninformative in every case. Mintrick (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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Warcraft
In popular culture Warcraft is missing. Dryads were minor playable characters in that video game franchise. Aminabzz (talk) 14:15, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * A popular culture reference such as this would need to sourced, and of significance to the mythological creatures, for it to be mentioned here. – Michael Aurel (talk) 19:47, 13 August 2023 (UTC)