List of mythological pairs
This is a list of famous pairs in mythology or legend:
Lovers
- Acis and Galatea
- Achilles and Briseis
- Aeneas and Dido
- Alcestis and Admetus
- Alcyone and Ceyx
- Apollo and Clymene
- Apollo and Daphne
- Apollo and Hyacinth
- Ares/Mars and Aphrodite/Venus -
- Arjuna and Draupadi
- Bheema and Draupadi
- Cadmus and Hermione
- Clytie and Apollo
- Cronos and Rhea
- Cú Chulainn and Aífe
- Cybele and Attis
- Daphnis and Chloë
- Deucalion and Pyrrha
- Diarmuid and Gráinne
- Dionysus/Bacchus and Ampelos
- Dionysus/Bacchus and Ariadne
- Eros and Psyche
- Gaia and Uranus
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu
- Hagbard and Signy
- Hector and Andromache
- Hephaestus/Vulcan and Aphrodite/Venus -
- Heracles and Dejanira
- Heracles and Iole
- Heracles and Omphale
- Hero and Leander
- Hippolytus and Aricia
- Isis and Osiris
- Ixchel and Itzamna
- Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi
- Kaliyan and Kalicchi
- Krishna and Radha
- Lancelot and Guinevere
- Layla and Majnun
- Leda and the swan
- Medea and Jason
- Minos and Pasiphaë
- Nakul and Draupadi
- Narcissus and Echo
- Nereus and Doris
- Nyx and Erebus
- Oedipus and Jocasta
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Paris and Helen
- Persephone and Hades
- Perseus and Andromeda
- Philemon and Baucis
- Phyllis and Demophon
- Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, two volcanoes
- Poseidon and Amphitrite
- Proserpina and Pluto
- Pyramus and Thisbe
- Pyrrhus and Andromache
- Rama and Sita
- Sahadeva and Draupadi
- Sampooranathevan and Paradevathai
- Scylla and Glaucus
- Selene and Endymion
- Shiva and Parvati
- Sigurd and Brunhild
- Siyavash and Sudabeh
- The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, representing Altair and Vega and commemorated by the annual Qixi Festival
- Theseus and Ariadne
- Theseus and Hippolyta
- Thetis and Peleus
- Tristan and Iseult
- Troilus and Cressida
- Ulysses and Circe
- Ulysses and Penelope
- Venus and Adonis
- Vishnu and Lakshmi
- Yudhishthira and Draupadi
- Yusuf and Zulaikha
- Zal and Rudabeh
- Zeus and Ganymede
- Zeus and many mortal women and nymphs
Twins
- Aegyptus and Danaus
- Aeolus and Boeotus
- Agenor and Belus
- Amphion and Zethus
- Apollo and Artemis/Diana
- Arsu and Azizos
- Ascalaphus and Ialmenus
- Atreus and Thyestes
- Ašvieniai divine twins
- Cassandra and Helenus
- Castor and Pollux
- Dylan ail Don and Lleu Llaw Gyffes
- Erechtheus and Butes
- Eurysthenes and Procles
- Freyr and Freyja
- Glooscap and Malsumis
- Helen and Clytemnestra
- Heracles and Iphicles
- Iasus and Pelasgus
- Hunahpu and Xbalanque
- Hypnos/Somnus and Thanatos/Mors, Letum -
- Lakshmana et Sahadeva
- Luv and Kush
- Lycastus and Parrhasius
- Manawydan and Brân
- Nakula and Sahadeva
- Nut and Geb
- Otos and Ephialtes
- Pelias and Neleus
- Phobos and Deimos
- Phrixus and Helle
- Ploutos and Philomenos
- Procles and Eurysthenes
- Proetus and Acrisius
- Romulus and Remus
- Set and Nephthys
- Sigmund/Siegmund and Signy/Sieglinde
- Thessalus and Alcimenes
- Xōchipilli and Xōchiquetzal
- Xolotl and Quetzalcoatl
- Yama and Yami
Other siblings
- Agamemnon and Menelaus
- Balin and Balan
- Baldr and Hodr
- Eteocles and Polynices
- Hansel and Gretel
- Hengist and Horsa Saxon
- Podalirius and Machaon
- Prometheus and Epimetheus
- Rama and Lakshmana
Friends
- Achilles and Patroclus
- Damon and Pythias
- Karna and Duryodhana
- King Arthur and Lancelot
- Orestes and Pylades
Rivals
- Ahura Mazda and Ahriman
- Eros and Anteros
- Karna and Arjuna
- King Arthur and Mordred
- White dragon and Welsh Dragon
Others
- Daedalus and Icarus
- Oedipus and Antigone
- Scylla and Charybdis