sylph in English

noun
1
an imaginary spirit of the air.
The plots of many ballets were dominated by spirit women - sylphs , wilis, and ghosts - who enslaved the hearts and senses of mortal men and made it impossible for them to live happily in the real world.
2
a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail.
Flowerbeds where bees vie with hummingbirds for honey offer unmatched opportunity to observe sylphs .

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1. James rouses his friend Gurn from sleep, and questions him about the sylph.

2. Atmas For Monk! Home Asura Asura Bahamut Bismarck Carbuncle Cerberus Fenrir Lakshmi Leviathan Odin Phoenix Quetzalcoatl Ragnarok Shiva Siren Sylph Valefor Alexander Caitsith Diabolos Fairy Garuda Gilgamesh Hades Ifrit Kujata Midgardsormr Pandemonium Ramuh Remora Seraph Titan Unicorn

3. Berenice!—I call upon her name—Berenice!—and from the gray ruins of memory a thousand tumultuous recollections are startled at the sound! Ah, vividly is her image before me now, as in the early days of her light-heartedness and joy! Oh, gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh, sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! Oh, Naiad among its fountains!

4. Berenice! --I call upon her name --Berenice! --and from the gray ruins of memory a thousand tumultuous recollections are startled at the sound! Ah! vividly is her image before me now, as in the early days of her light-heartedness and joy! Oh! gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh! sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! …

5. Berenice! -I call upon her name - Berenice! - and from the gray ruins of memory a thousand tumultuous recollections are startled at the sound! Ah, vividly is her image before me now, as in the early days of her light-heartedness and joy! Oh, gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh, sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! Oh, Naiad among its fountains!