List of mythological pairs

This is a list of famous pairs in mythology:

Lovers

 * 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
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)