Séléné
In , Séléné, girl of Titans Hypérion and Théia, s?ur of (Sun) and ofÉos (Dawn), is a goddess of - more specifically of full moon, second member of the triad made up of (new moon) and ofHécate (the decreasing moon). It is often comparable in Artémis, even if it personifies the lunar star rather itself.
It is generally described like a beautiful woman with the pale or white face, vétue of long white or silver plated fluid dresses and carrying the moon while growing turned over on its head. Other sources tell that it also carries a torch and others still lend to him two large white wings in the back.
After bathehaving bathed in the ocean, it carries out a tank silver plated through the obscure sky, drawn by white horses in certain tales and by white b?ufs in others. It is also often depicted assembling a horse or a bull. It shone of a soft silver plated light while it travels through the skies, returning its soft light on the ensommeillée ground.
It had several lovers, among whom:
- , which will allure it by offering a herd of b?ufs to him white;
- , of which it will have two girls, Harrowed and Pandia ;
- Endymion, a young person and beautiful shepherd, whom it plunges in a sleep eternal so that he preserves his beauty.
See too
- Séléné in .
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