Family
The family of Selene
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 17
Kinship in an account 14
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Basileia Greek divinity, daughter of Zeus
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child of (child) Hyperion Titan in Greek mythology -
child of (child) Theia female Titan in Greek mythology; mother of Helios, Selene and Eos -
parent of (mother) Ersa Greek personification of dew - parent of (child) Menae goddess presiding over the months
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parent of (child) Narcissus hunter in Greek mythology -
parent of (mother) Nemea naiad, mythical daughter of Asopus or Zeus -
parent of (child) Nemean lion the lion killed by Hercules - parent of (mother) Pandia Greek goddess, daughter of Zeus and Selene
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partner of Endymion son of Aethlius in Greek mythology -
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partner of Helios Greek god and personification of the Sun -
partner of Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods -
sibling of Eos Greek goddess of the dawn - sibling of Helios Greek god and personification of the Sun
Family 3
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Connections
How Selene connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 3
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Attribute 1
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
18 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 15 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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