Nyborg
a maritime town in Denmark, on the Great Belt, E. coast of Fyen Island; in the province of Svendborg; 17 miles E. S. E. of Odense; formerly one of the chief citadels of Denmark; its fortifications were destroyed in 1869, and are now a promenade. The town was founded in 1170; several times a royal residence; and the birthplace of Christian II., 1481. The Swedes lost a great battle near the town, Nov. 14, 1659. NYKÖPING, a seaport of Sweden; on a bay of the Baltic; 62 miles S. W. of manufactures machinery and Stockholm; manu cotton. The castle, now ruined, ranked in point of strength next to those of Stockholm and Calmar. King Waldemar was imprisoned here after his his dethronement in 1288, till his death in 1302. Eric and Waldemar, brothers of King Birger, were left in 1317 to perish of hunger in a dungeon, the keys of which the king threw into the sea. In horror of this deed the people seized the castle and demolished it. In 1719 the town was taken and dismantled by the Russians.
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Nydia
in Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii, a blind flower girl. She is represented as having been stolen from her parents while an infant and sold to a hard taskmaster. She is rescued from slavery by the hero of the story.
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Nye, Edgar Wilson
Edgar Wilson, (1850-1896), an American humorist. He was a native of Shirley, Maine, and died at Asheville, North Carolina . Mr. Nye was admitted to the bar in Wyoming, but removed to New York where he won reputation as a lecturer, and a writer under the pen-name of "Bill Nye." Among his best known books are Forty Liars, Bill Nye and Boomerang, Fun, Wit, and Humor, and Remarks. He was associated with James Whitcomb Riley both in authorship and on the platform. Baled Hay was a joint volume.
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Nymphae
Certain female deities among the ancients. They were generally divided into two classes-nymphs of the land and nymphs of the sea. Of the former some presided over woods, and were called Dryades and Hamadryades. Of the sea nymphs some were called Oceanides, Nereides , Naiades , etc.
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Nymphs
nimfs, in Greek mythology, inferior divinities in the form of beautiful maidens. They were ever young, and were in the train, or at least under the protection, of some higher divinity, as Venus, Diana, or Pan. They possessed the gift of foretelling future events, and the power of inspiring the poet. They were of several classes. The Naiads dwelt in rivers, brooks, and springs. They wore garlands of flowers and were lighthearted, musical, and kindly. Scott speaks of Ellen, in The Lady of the Lake: Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. The Dryads lived in grass and trees. They danced around the old oak. If a fountain dried up, the nymph inhabiting it might go elsewhere, but, if a monarch of the forest fell, the dryad living in it perished. It was a serious act, therefore, to fell an aged tree. The perpetrator of the dastardly deed ran the risk of calling down the vengeance of Ceres or some other divinity to whom the nymph might appeal. The nymphs of the mountains, caves, and grottoes were called Oreads. The Nereids were the nymphs of the sea. The botanist calls the fragrant white water lily Nymphaea. Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? -Milton, Lycidas.
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Nyx
in Greek mythology, the goddess of darkness and night. She was the daughter of Chaos. She became the wife of Erebus, and the mother of Aether (Air) and Hemera (Day). She dwelt in Hades. The Roman name for Nyx was Nox.
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