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This is a list of famous pairs in mythology:

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 (Greek)
  • Tristan and Iseult (Arthurian)
  • Troilus and Cressida (Greek)
  • Thoth and Ma’at (Egyptian)
  • Ulysses and Circe (Greek)
  • Ulysses and Penelope (Greek)
  • Venus and Adonis (Greek - Roman)
  • Vishnu and Lakshmi (Hindu)
  • Yarilo and Mara (Slavic)
  • 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)
  • Byblis and Caunus (Greek)
  • 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)
  • 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