List of mythological pairs

This is a list of famous pairs in mythology or legend:

Lovers

• Achilles and Briseis (Greek)
• Achilles and Patroclus (Greek)
• Aeneas and Dido (Roman)
• Alexander the Great and Roxane (Greek)
• Arjuna and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Bheema and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Cronos and Rhea (Greek)
• Shiva and Parvati (Sati) (Hindu)
• Krishna and Radha (Hindu)
• Isis and Osiris (Egyptian)
• Daphnis and Chloë (Roman)
• Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek)
• Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish)
• Dionysus and Ampelos (Greek)
• Dionysus and Ariadne (Greek)
• Eros and Psyche (Greek)
• Gaia and Uranus (Greek)
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu (Sumerian)
• Hagbard and Signy (Norse)
• Heracles and Dejanira (Greek)
• Heracles and Iole (Greek)
• Heracles and Omphale (Greek)
• Hero and Leander (Greek)
• Hippolytus and Aricia (Greek)
• Ixchel and Itzamna (Mayan)
• Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi (Japanese)
• Kaliyan and Kalicchi (Southern Hindu)
• Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere (Arthurian)
• Leda and the swan (Greek)
• Nakul and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Nyx and Erebus (Greek)
• Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek)
• Paris and Helen (Greek)
• Persephone and Hades (Greek)
• Philemon and Baucis (Greek)
• Phyllis and Demophon (Greek)
• Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl (Aztec), two volcanoes
• Proserpina and Pluto (Roman)
• Pyramus and Thisbe (Greek)
• Rama and Sita (Hindu)
• Sahadeva and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Sampooranathevan and Paradevathai (Southern Hindu)
• Selene and Endymion (Greek)
• Tristan and Iseult (Arthurian)
• Troilus and Cressida (Greek)
• The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl (Chinese), representing Altair and Vega and commemorated by the annual Qixi Festival
• Zeus and Ganymede (Greek)
• Zal and Rudabeh (Persian)
• Layla and Majnun (Middle Eastern)
• Yudhishthira and Draupadi (Hindu)
• Yusuf and Zulaikha (Islamic)
• Siyavash and Sudabeh (Persian)
• Vishnu and Lakshmi (Hindu)
• Zeus and many mortal women and nymphs (see Zeus)
• Cú Chulainn and Aífe (Irish)

Twins

See: Twins in mythology

Apollo and Artemis

Luv and Kush

Other Siblings

• Rama and Lakshmana (Hindu)
• Sirs Balin and Balan (Arthurian)
• Frey and Freyja (Norse)
• Baldr and Hodr (Norse)
• Hansel and Gretel (German)
• Castor and Pollux (Greek)

Friends

• Damon and Pythias (Greek)
• Karna and Duryodhana (Hindu)
• King Arthur and Lancelot

Rivals

• Eros and Anteros (Greek)
• Karna and Arjuna (Hindu)
• Ahura Mazda and Ahriman (Zoroastrian)
• King Arthur and Mordred (Arthurian)
• White dragon and Welsh Dragon (Welsh)

Others

• Scylla and Charybdis (Greek)

See also

• lists of pairs