Dryad (Narnia)

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Dryads are tree spirits that inhabit the forests of Narnia in the fictional universe of The Chronicles of Narnia. They are most common in Lantern waste. They have human forms, have skin color matching that of their respective trees, for example: a beech dryad is a fresh, vivid green, birch dryads are pale, or silvery, larch dryads are a green so bright that it is practicaly yellow, and cherry blossom dryads are a white, rosy pink. They are said to have crowns of leaves in their hair.There are both male as well as female dryads,though females are by far more common. In fandom, they are though of as the female counterparts of the fauns, though really, that is never stated, though they have been known to join in their dancing. They are symbiotically tied to their tree, if a dryad's tree is cut down, the dryad will die and vansih into thin air. Their male versions are thought to be the hamadryads or silvans but that isn't stated either. In the animated version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, they are portrayed as half-tree women with human faces, arms, and feet, with hair entirely made of leaves, and trunk-like gowns with twigs and branches growing from the shoulders to their hair. In the miniseries, they are portrayed as pretty young women, wearing colorful greek and roman gowns with headbands of flowers, there are also males portrayed as well except they are more tree-like than the females, with leaves wreathed in their hair and tights with forest-like designs and patterns.In the battle, the females served as archers while the males fought as warriors. In the 2005 version, they are women entirely made of flowing leaves, but in the dancing scene in the bloopers, they have solid bodies and are all green with foliage growing all over their torsos and legs.