On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Dr. Elmo wrote: #Jose Marquez wondered aloud to the group: # >Dr. Elmo wrote: # >> OTOH, I'm still in favor of the oread theory, which would allow her to # >> be alive two and a half eons before becoming undead. # > # >Okay, I've been wondering about this for a while now... what's "oread" # >mean? I'm not having any luck finding it online... # # From Greek mythology; an oread is a female spirit linked to a #mountain. Compare to "dryad", a female spirit linked to a particular oak tree. And "naiad": One of a number of beautiful young nymphs imagined as living in, and being the tutelary spirits of, rivers and springs; a river-nymph. (OED online) -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel