A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air...
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The Sylph is a 1778 novel by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It was her second printed work and was published anonymously under the name 'A...
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Look up sylph or sylphe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sylph is a mythological creature in western tradition. Sylph may also refer to: The hummingbird...
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The Venezuelan sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is...
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USS Sylph may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Sylph (1813) was launched on 18 August 1813 and sold in 1824 USS Sylph (1831)...
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Several ships have been named Sylph, for the Sylph, a mythological creature in western tradition. Sylph (1791 ship) was launched at Whitby. She made one...
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The Mountain Sylph is an opera in two acts by John Barnett to a libretto by Thomas James Thackeray, after Trilby, ou le lutin d'Argail by Charles Nodier...
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Sylph was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Built to strengthen Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario, Sylph...
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USS Sylph (PY-12), briefly YP-71, was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol yacht from 1940 to 1946. Intrepid (YP-71), a yacht built...
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Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sylph after the air spirits known as sylphs: HMS Sylph (1776) was a 14-gun sloop purchased by the Royal...
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