The Greek myth that I was a nymph in was the Origins of Seasons. It is a story about how Persephone, the daughter of Demeter (the goddess of fertility, marriage, and agriculture), becomes Hades' queen. It is an explaination of how the seasons were created. When Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow because she was so heartbroken. When Hermes comes to take Persephone back to Earth, Hades begged her to eat something with him, and she ate a pomegranate. But when someone eats food from the underworld, it means that they can never leave. Since Persephone only ate seven seeds, she had to stay in the underworld for seven months which makes Demeter sad, so nothing can grow for seven months, which is like fall and winter. When spring and summer come though, it is when Persephone is freed from the underworld for five months, and Demeter is happy again. The Greeks used this story to understand the changing of seasons better, and how they originated.
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