Other Origins: Tree spirits and tree faeries are a worldwide phenomenon.
Other Names: Tree Spirits, Tree Ladies, Druidesses, Hamadryads. In Gaelic they are sometimes called Sidhe Draoi, which means "Faery Druids."
Element: Air.
Apperance and Temperament: Dryads are tree-dwelling spirits from whom the female Druidic order took its name.
They are playful creatures who seem totally androgynous, though they are always referred to as female.
This labeling is simply a guess, for they are seen as not much more than enchanting wisps of pure light, sometimes gently colored, in tree heights.
Dryads seem open to human contact, but are very capricious, and it would be hard to tell if one was in the mood to help, play, or just tease.
Time Most Active: All year, but particularly at the Esbats (Full Moon).
Lore: Dryads prefer willow trees to all others, though they live in all of the 13 Celtic sacred trees.
Faery willows which lodge Dryads are said to walk about at night seeking new locations to lay down their roots.
Some persons have said that they have learned much unrecorded tree lore by observing how the Dryads' songs and appearance subtly alters as they flit from tree to tree.
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