List of mythological pairs

This is a list of famous pairs in mythology or legend:

Lovers

Acis and Galatea (Greek)
Achilles and Patroclus (Greek)
Aeneas and Dido (Roman)
Alcestis and Admetus (Greek)
Alcyone and Ceyx (Greek)
Apollo and Clymene (Greek)
Apollo and Daphne (Greek)
Apollo and Hyacinth (Greek)
Ares/Mars and Aphrodite/Venus (Greek) - (Roman)
Arjuna and Draupadi (Hindu)
Bheema and Draupadi (Hindu)
Cadmus and Hermione (Greek)
Clytie and Apollo (Greek)
Cronos and Rhea (Greek)
Cú Chulainn and Aífe (Irish)
Cybele and Attis (Greek)
Daphnis and Chloë (Roman)
Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek)
Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish)
Dionysus/Bacchus and Ampelos (Greek) (Roman)
Dionysus/Bacchus and Ariadne (Greek) (Roman)
Eros and Psyche (Greek)
Gaia and Uranus (Greek)
Gilgamesh and Enkidu (Sumerian)
Hagbard and Signy (Norse)
Hector and Andromache (Greek)
Hephaestus/Vulcan and Aphrodite/Venus (Greek) - (Roman)
Heracles and Dejanira (Greek)
Heracles and Iole (Greek)
Heracles and Omphale (Greek)
Hero and Leander (Greek)
Hippolytus and Aricia (Greek)
Isis and Osiris (Egyptian)
Ixchel and Itzamna (Mayan)
Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi (Japanese)
Kaliyan and Kalicchi (Southern Hindu)
Krishna and Radha (Hindu)
Lancelot and Guinevere (Arthurian)
Layla and Majnun (Middle Eastern)
Leda and the swan (Greek)
Medea and Jason (Greek)
Minos and Pasiphaë (Greek)
Nakul and Draupadi (Hindu)
Narcissus and Echo (Greek)
Nereus and Doris (Greek)
Nyx and Erebus (Greek)
Oedipus and Jocasta (Greek)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek)
Paris and Helen (Greek)
Persephone and Hades (Greek)
Perseus and Andromeda (Greek)
Philemon and Baucis (Greek)
Phyllis and Demophon (Greek)
Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl (Aztec), two volcanoes
Poseidon and Amphitrite (Greek)
Proserpina and Pluto (Roman)
Pyramus and Thisbe (Greek)
Pyrrhus and Andromache (Greek)
Rama and Sita (Hindu)
Sahadeva and Draupadi (Hindu)
Sampooranathevan and Paradevathai (Southern Hindu)
Scylla and Glaucus (Greek)
Selene and Endymion (Greek)
Shiva and Parvati (Sati) (Hindu)
Sigurd and Brunhild (Norse)
Siyavash and Sudabeh (Persian)
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl (Chinese), representing Altair and Vega and commemorated by the annual Qixi Festival
Theseus and Ariadne (Greek)
Theseus and Hippolyta (Greek)
Thetis and Peleus
Tristan and Iseult (Arthurian)
Troilus and Cressida (Greek)
Ulysses and Circe (Greek)
Ulysses and Penelope (Greek)
Venus and Adonis (Greek - Roman)
Vishnu and Lakshmi (Hindu)
Yudhishthira and Draupadi (Hindu)
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Islamic)
Zal and Rudabeh (Persian)
Zeus and Ganymede (Greek)
Zeus and many mortal women and nymphs (see Zeus)

Twins

See: Twins in mythology

Aegyptus and Danaus (Greek)
Aeolus and Boeotus (Greek)
Agenor and Belus (Greek)
Amphion and Zethus (Greek)
Apollo and Artemis/Diana (Greek) (Roman)
Arsu and Azizos (Palmyran)
Ascalaphus and Ialmenus (Greek)
Atreus and Thyestes (Greek)
Ašvieniai divine twins (Lithuanian)
Cassandra and Helenus (Greek)
Castor and Pollux (Greek)
Dylan ail Don and Lleu Llaw Gyffes (Welsh)
Erechtheus and Butes (Greek)
Eurysthenes and Procles (Greek)
Freyr and Freyja (Norse)
Glooscap and Malsumis (American Indian)
Helen and Clytemnestra (Greek)
Heracles and Iphicles (Greek)
Iasus and Pelasgus (Greek)
Hunahpu and Xbalanque (Maya)
Hypnos/Somnus and Thanatos/Mors, Letum (Greek) - (Roman)
Lakshmana et Sahadeva (Hindu)
Luv and Kush (Hindu)
Lycastus and Parrhasius (Greek)
Manawydan and Brân (Welsh)
Nakula and Sahadeva (Hindu)
Nut and Geb (Egyptian)
Otos and Ephialtes (Greek)
Pelias and Neleus (Greek)
Phobos and Deimos (Greek)
Phrixus and Helle (Greek)
Ploutos and Philomenos (Greek)
Procles and Eurysthenes (Greek)
Proetus and Acrisius (Greek)
Romulus and Remus (Roman)
Set and Nephthys (Egyptian)
Sigmund/Siegmund and Signy/Sieglinde (Norse)
Thessalus and Alcimenes (Greek)
Xōchipilli and Xōchiquetzal (Aztec)
Xolotl and Quetzalcoatl (Aztec)
Yama and Yami (Hindu)

Other siblings

Friends

Rivals

Others

See also

lists of pairs

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