Elemental Beings

noun In folklore, a sylph is a slender, graceful woman or girl who is believed to live in the air or in the form of a spirit.

• The sylph was said to be a mythical creature that inhabited the air.
• I heard that sylphs are like magical fairies that can fly through the sky.
• That girl is so light and graceful, she's like a sylph.
• Her presence in the room was so ethereal, like a sylph drifting through.

noun a mythological water nymph or spirit

adjective relating to or characteristic of a water nymph or spirit

• The undine was said to be a water nymph in German folklore.
• Have you heard of the undine legend?
• I swear I saw an undine at the lake yesterday!
• Her grace and fluid movements on stage made her seem like an undine.