#water nymph

• Arethusa — The Latinized name of Arethusa, a water nymph in Greek mythology transformed by Artemis into a sacred fountain in Ortygia, Syracuse, to escape the river-god Alpheus. In botany, it denotes a monotypic genus of terrestrial orchids (Arethusa bulbosa), native to North American bogs, structurally characterized by a single, prominent magenta-pink terminal flower and a spectacularly fringed lip.
• Arethusa — The Romanianized form for Arethusa; a nymph of springs in Greek mythology, transformed by Artemis into an underground watercourse to escape the river god Alpheus; it is also the scientific name of a genus of terrestrial orchids (Arethusa) native to North America or a species of butterfly. In a structural-mythological and geographical sense, her figure is tightly linked to the famous Fountain of Arethusa on Ortygia island (Syracuse), a symbol of aquatic purity and metamorphosed transformation.