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I know she is the goddess of the full moon, but are there any colors, shapes, plants, animals, stones, or jewels that are also her symbols?

2006-11-06 10:08:30 · 3 answers · asked by Baby Eats World 2 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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Selene was depicted as a woman either riding side saddle on a horse or in a chariot drawn by a pair of winged steeds. Her lunar sphere or crescent was represented as either a crown set upon her head or as the fold of a raised, shining cloak. Sometimes she was said to drive a team of oxen and her lunar crescent was likened to the horns of a bull. In Greek art, she was sometimes depicted with wings chasing after one of her mortal lovers.

2006-11-06 14:47:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Selene was the Greek goddess of the Moon. According to the poet Hesiod, Selene was the daughter of the Titans Theia and Hyperion, making the goddess the sister of Helios (the Sun) and Eos (the Dawn). However, other ancient sources claim that she was the child of Pallas and Euryphaessa.
Regardless of her ancestry, Selene, as the personification of the Moon, was an influential goddess. One of her best known myths involves the handsome Endymion. The moon-goddess fell in love with this mortal, and she therefore engaged in an affair with Endymion that resulted in the birth of fifty daughters. But Endymion was, alas, human, and so susceptible to aging and eventually death. Selene could not bear the thought of this cruel fate. According to one version of the myth, she made certain that Endymion would remain eternally youthful by casting a spell that would cause him to sleep forever. In this way, Endymion would always live, sleeping through the ages.

2006-11-06 12:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by Biggie Shorty 2 · 0 1

the moon

2006-11-06 10:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by corvuequis 4 · 0 1

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