1) Greek legendary creature 
In Greek mythology, the Meliae (i; Μελίαι Meliai or Μελιάδες Meliades) were nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared. They appeared from the drops of blood spilled when Cronus castrated Uranus, according to Hesiod, Theogony 187. From the same blood sprang the Erinyes, suggesting perhaps that the ash-tree nymphs represented the ...