List of mythological pairs This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2013) This is a list of famous pairs in mythology: Lovers[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] lists of pairs