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This is a list of famous pairs in
mythology
:
Lovers
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Abhimanyu
and
Uttara
(
Hindu
)
Achilles
and
Patroclus
(
Greek
)
Acis and Galatea
(
Greek
)
Aeneas
and
Dido
(
Roman
)
Alcestis
and
Admetus
(
Greek
)
Alcyone and Ceyx
(
Greek
)
Anto and Laura
(
Roman
)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
)
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