List of mythological pairs

This is a list of famous pairs in mythology:

Lovers

• Abhimanyu and Uttara (Hindu)
• Achilles and Patroclus (Greek)
• Acis and Galatea (Greek)
• Aeneas and Dido (Roman)
• Alcestis and Admetus (Greek)
• Alcyone and Ceyx (Greek)
• Apollo and Daphne (Greek)
• Apollo and Hyacinth (Greek)
• Ares/Mars and Aphrodite/Venus (Greek) - (Roman)
• Arjuna and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Atalanta and Hippomenes/Melanion (Greek)
• Balarama and Revati (Hindu)
• Bhima and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Bhima and Hidimbi (Hindu)
• Cadmus and Harmonia (Greek)
• Clytie and Helios (Greek)
• Cronus and Rhea (Greek)
• Chang'e and Hou Yi (Chinese)
• 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)
• Dushyanta and Shakuntala (Hindu)
• Eros and Psyche (Greek)
• Gaia and Uranus (Greek)
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu (Sumerian)
• Hagbard and Signy (Norse)
• Hector and Andromache (Greek)
• Helios and Clymene (Greek)
• Hephaestus/Vulcan and Aphrodite/Venus (Greek) - (Roman)
• Heracles and Dejanira (Greek)
• Heracles and Hebe (Greek)
• Heracles and Iole (Greek)
• Heracles and Omphale (Greek)
• Hero and Leander (Greek)
• Hippolytus and Aricia (Greek)
• Indra and Ahalya (Hindu)
• Indra and Indrani (Hindu)
• Isis and Osiris (Egyptian)
• Ixchel and Itzamna (Mayan)
• Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi (Japanese)
• Kaliyan and Kalicchi (Southern Hindu)
• Kamadeva and Rati (Hindu)
• Karna and Vrishali (Hindu)
• Krishna and Radha (Hindu)
• Krishna and Rukmini (Hindu)
• Krishna and Satyabhama (Hindu)
• Lancelot and Guinevere (Arthurian)
• Layla and Majnun (Middle Eastern)
• Leda and the swan (Greek)
• Medea and Jason (Greek)
• Minos and Pasiphaë (Greek)
• Nakula and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Nala and Damayanti (Hindu)
• Narcissus and Echo (Greek)
• Nereus and Doris (Greek)
• Nyx and Erebus (Greek)
• Oedipus and Jocasta (Greek)
• Odysseus and Penelope (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)
• Savitri and Satyavan (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)
• Ashvins (Hindu)
• Ašvieniai divine twins (Lithuanian)
• Cassandra and Helenus (Greek)
• Castor and Pollux (Greek)
• Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna (Hindu)
• 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 and Shatrughna (Hindu)
• Lava and Kusha (Hindu)
• Lycastus and Parrhasius (Greek)
• Manawydan and Brân (Welsh)
• Nakula and Sahadeva (Hindu)
• Nara and Narayana (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)
• Zetes and Calais, the Boreads (Greek)

Other siblings

• Agamemnon and Menelaus (Greek)
• Balin and Balan (Arthurian)
• Baldr and Hodr (Norse)
• Eteocles and Polynices (Greek)
• Hänsel and Gretel (German)
• Hengist and Horsa (Saxon)
• Podalirius and Machaon (Greek)
• Prometheus and Epimetheus (Greek)
• Rama and Lakshmana (Hindu)

Friends

• Arjuna and Krishna (Hindu)
• Damon and Pythias (Greek)
• Karna and Duryodhana (Hindu)
• King Arthur and Lancelot (Arthurian)
• Orestes and Pylades (Greek)
• Theseus and Pirithous (Greek)

Rivals

• Athena and Poseidon (Greek)
• Brihaspati and Chandra (Hindu)
• Eros and Anteros (Greek)
• Abe no Seimei and Ashiya Dōman (Japanese)
• Indra and Vritra (Hindu)
• Karna and Arjuna (Hindu)
• Vashistha and Vishvamitra (Hindu)

Parent and Child(ren) duo

• Arjuna and Abhimanyu (Hindu)
• Daedalus and Icarus (Greek)
• Ganga and Bhishma (Hindu)
• Hidimbi and Ghatotkacha (Hindu)
• Janaka and Sita (Hindu)
• Kunti and Arjuna (Hindu)
• Madri and Sahadeva (Hindu)
• Oedipus and Antigone (Greek)
• Scylla and Charybdis (Greek)
• Shiva and Ganesha (Hindu)
• Subhadra and Abhimanyu (Hindu)
• Sumitra and Lakshmana (Hindu)
• Surya and Karna (Hindu)
• Uttarā and Parikshit (Hindu)
• Yashoda and Krishna (Hindu)

See also

• lists of pairs