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This is a list of famous pairs in mythology:
- 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 ([[Hind
- 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 (Greek)
- Tristan and Iseult (Arthurian)
- Troilus and Cressida (Greek)
- Thoth and Ma’at (Egyptian)
- Ulysses and Circe (Greek)
- Ulysses and Penelope (Greek)
- Venus and Adonis (Greek - Roman)
- Vishnu and Lakshmi (Hindu)
- Yarilo and Mara (Slavic)
- 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)