List of mythological pairs

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

Lovers

• Adam and Eve (Jewish)
• Akash and Ankita (Indian)
• David and Bathsheba (Jewish)
• Daphnis and Chloë (Roman)
• Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek)
• Diarmuid and Gráinne (Irish)
• 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)
• Xtian and Abby (Filipino)

• 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)

Twins

See: Twins in mythology

Other Siblings

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

Friends

• Karna and Duryodhana (Hindu)
• Damon and Pythias (Greek)
• Gilgamesh and Enkidu (Sumerian)
• King Arthur and Lancelot
• Achilles and Patroclus

Rivals

• Karna and Arjuna (Hindu)
• Ahura Mazda and Ahriman (Zoroastrian)
• King Arthur and Mordred (Arthurian)
• David and Goliath (Jewish)

Others

• Scylla and Charybdis (Greek)

See also

• lists of pairs