# List of mythological pairs

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 ([[Hind
* 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 (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)
* 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)
* King Arthur and Lancelot (Arthurian)
* 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)