In Greek mythology, the Limnads (/ˈlɪmnædz, -nədz/; Ancient Greek: Λιμνάδες) or Limnatides (Ancient Greek: Λιμνατιδες) or Leimenids (/ˈlaɪmɪnɪdz/; Ancient Greek: Λειμενίδες) were a type of naiad.
The Limnads are Naiads that lived in freshwater lakes.
Their parents were the river gods or the lake gods.
The number of Limnads includes but is not limited to: Despite her name Limnaee (Λιμναία), daughter of the Indian river god Ganges and one of the reputed mothers of Athis,[6] isn't a limnad, being the naïad of a river and not of a lake.