The Nymph

Ninfa plebea, internationally released as The Nymph, is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. It is based on the Premio Strega winning novel with the same name by Domenico Rea.

Cast

  • Raoul Bova: Pietro
  • Lucia Cara: Miluzza
  • Stefania Sandrelli: Nunziata
  • Isa Danieli: Gesummia
  • Peppe De Rosa: Don Peppe
  • Lorenzo Crespi: Dino
  • Lola Pagnani: Lucia
  • References

    External links

  • The Nymph at the Internet Movie Database
  • Nymph

    A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They are beloved by many and dwell in mountainous regions and forests by lakes and streams. Although they would never die of old age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if mated to a god, they themselves were not necessarily immortal, and could be beholden to death in various forms. Charybdis and Scylla were once nymphs.

    Other nymphs, always in the shape of young maidens, were part of the retinue of a god, such as Dionysus, Hermes, or Pan, or a goddess, generally the huntress Artemis. Nymphs were the frequent target of satyrs.

    Nymph (biology)

    In biology, a nymph is the immature form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage. Unlike a typical larva, a nymph's overall form already resembles that of the adult. In addition, while a nymph moults it never enters a pupal stage. Instead, the final moult results in an adult insect. Nymphs undergo multiple stages of development called instars.

    This is the case, for example, in Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers), Hemiptera (cicadas, shield bugs, etc.), mayflies, termites, cockroaches, mantises, stoneflies and Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies).

    Nymphs of aquatic insects, as in the Odonata, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera, are also called naiads, an Ancient Greek name for mythological water nymphs. In older literature, these were sometimes referred to as the heterometabolous insects, as their adult and immature stages live in different environments (terrestrial vs. aquatic).

    In fly fishing with artificial flies, this stage of aquatic insects is the basis for an entire series of representative patterns for trout. They account for over half of the over all patterns regularly fished in the United States.

    Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces")

    Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces") is a bronze sculpture, by Aristide Maillol. It was modeled in 1930, and cast in 1953, it is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

    In the tradition of the Three Graces in Ancient Roman sculpture, and The Three Graces (sculpture), by Antonio Canova, it shows serenity, in contrast to his contemporary, Auguste Rodin.

    See also

  • List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
  • References

    External links


    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    The Nymph

    by: Hydria

    Life is slowly passing with her tears
    There's no place to go, she feels so weak
    The girl you used to know this time is bleeding
    Hiding from the shadows of her mind
    Drowning in a river made by her tears
    Tell me now, do you feel the same?
    CHORUS
    Innocence lost in a great unfair world
    Feeling smaller than life
    She kept her wings tide to a love denied
    The Beauty breaking down
    And you are her sore
    She knows she's not her refelction
    She's what lies beyond her skin
    Deep in her eyes there's a broken hope
    Wrecking everything she once build up
    The girl you used to know this time failing
    She was always so strong, but now crawls
    Trying to get up, she keeps on falling
    Tell me now, do you feel ashamed?
    CHORUS
    Innocence lost in a great unfair world
    Feeling smaller than life
    She kept her wings tide to a love denied
    The Beauty breaking down
    And you are her sore
    She's not her refelction
    She's what lies beyond her skin
    Her heart is broken, her wings are tide
    Someone will free her,
    And then she will fly.
    CHORUS
    Innocence lost in a great unfair world
    Feeling smaller than life
    She kept her wings tide to a love denied
    The Beauty breaking down




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