All nymphs
Greek · Naiad or dryad
Daphne
Daphne is most famous for fleeing Apollo and becoming the laurel. Her story turns desire, refusal, and metamorphosis into sacred botany.
Story shape
Transformation as escape
Ancient sources vary in her parentage, often linking her to a river god. The enduring shape of the myth is stark: pursued by Apollo, Daphne calls for rescue and is changed into a laurel tree. Apollo's wreath then carries the memory of a nymph who would not be possessed.
Daphne is one of the clearest examples of a nymph becoming landscape without disappearing from myth.
Tradition boundary
Greek nymphs are minor divinities tied to animate landscape: groves, springs, caves, mountains, and sea foam.