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Twins in mythology. A pair of early 20th-century female ere ibeji twin figures ( Children’s Museum of Indianapolis) Twins appear in the mythologies of many cultures around the world. [1] In some cultures they are seen as ominous, and in others they are seen as auspicious. [2] [3] Twins in mythology are often cast as two halves of the same ...
Sculptured marble column drum from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, c. 325–300 BC. In Greek mythology, Thanatos ( / ˈθænətɒs /; [3] Ancient Greek: Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in Ancient Greek: [tʰánatos] "Death", [4] from θνῄσκω thnēskō " (I) die, am dying" [5] [6]) was the personification of death. He was a ...
Castor and Pollux. Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d] Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced (or raped ...
Instead, Eros falls in love with Psyche himself and spirits her away to his home. Their fragile peace is ruined by a visit from Psyche's jealous sisters, who cause Psyche to betray the trust of her husband. Wounded both emotionally and physically, Eros leaves his wife, and Psyche wanders the Earth, looking for her lost love.
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach. In most traditions, he is married to Hera, by whom he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe, and Hephaestus.
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion . Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
Graeae. In Greek mythology, the Graeae ( / ˈɡriːiː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. 'old women', alternatively spelled Graiai ), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ( 'daughters of Phorcys' ), [ 1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them. [ 2][ 3] They were the ...
The Gorgons ( / ˈɡɔːrɡənz / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες ), [2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Euryale and Stheno were immortal, but ...