Artists have long used the nymph to represent the female form in a "liminal space" between the sacred and the earthly.
: Unlike immortal gods, dryads were often mortal, their life force intrinsically linked to their tree; if the tree perished, the nymph did as well. The wood nymph
In Greek mythology, wood nymphs were considered minor deities or spirits closely tied to specific trees—most famously the oak. Artists have long used the nymph to represent