List of mythological pairs

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

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

Lovers

Arjuna and Draupadi (Hindu)
Bheema and Draupadi (Hindu)
Yudhishtira and Draupadi (Hindu)
Sahadev and Draupadi (Hindu)
Nakul and Draupadi (Hindu)
Shiv and Parvati (Sati) (Hindu)
Krishna and Radha (Hindu)
Adam and Eve (Jewish)
Akash and Ankita (Indian)
David and Bathsheba (Jewish)
Daphnis and Chloë (Roman)
Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek)
Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish)
Dionysus and Ampelos (Greek)
Dionysus and Ariadne (Greek)
Eros and Psyche (Greek)
Hagbard and Signy (Norse)
Hero and Leander (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)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek)
Paris and Helen (Greek)
Persephone and Hades (Greek)
Philemon and Baucis (Greek)
Achilles and Patroclus (Greek)
Xtian and Abby (Filipino)
Iris and Jc (Libang Mythology}
Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl (Aztec), two volcanoes
Pyramus and Thisbe (Greek)
Rama and Sita (Hindu)
Sampooranathevan and Paradevathai (Southern Hindu)
Samson and Delilah (Jewish)
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Jewish)
Selene and Endymion (Greek)
Tristan and Iseult (Arthurian)
Troilus and Cressida (Greek)
the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd (Chinese), representing Altair and Vega and commemorated by the annual Qixi Festival
Zeus and Ganymede (Greek)
Zal and Rudabeh (Persian)
Aeneas and Dido (Roman)
Layla and Majnun (Middle Eastern)
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Islamic)
Siyavash and Sudabeh (Persian)
Zeus and many mortal women and nymphs (see Zeus)

Twins

See: Twins in mythology

Apollo and Artemis

Other Siblings

Friends

Rivals

Others

Scylla and Charybdis (Greek)

See also

lists of pairs

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.