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)
• 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)