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  2. Selene - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") [3] is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene (MEH-neh), she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and ...

  3. Selene (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. [1] Her equivalent in ancient Roman religion and myth is Luna , Latin for "moon." The etymology of Selene is uncertain, but if the word is of Greek origin, it is likely connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning "brightness".

  4. Endymion (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Whatever the case, Zeus granted Selene's wish and put Endymion into an eternal sleep. Every night, Selene visited him where he slept, and by him had fifty daughters [8] who are equated by some scholars (such as James George Frazer or H. J. Rose) with the fifty months of the Olympiad. [9] [need quotation to verify]. [10] [11]

  5. Mene (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin Wolkow speculate that Selene's name, which is derived from the word σέλας (selas, "light") and thus means "luminous one", might have originally developed as a euphemism, before becoming the Moon and its goddess's proper name.

  6. Helios - Wikipedia

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    The largely Attic literary sources used by scholars present ancient Greek religion with an Athenian bias, and, according to J. Burnet, "no Athenian could be expected to worship Helios or Selene, but he might think them to be gods, since Helios was the great god of Rhodes and Selene was worshiped at Elis and elsewhere". [258]

  7. Selene (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Selene (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain; Selene, an alias used by Lanfear in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series; Selene, a fictionalized depiction of the moon goddess in the movie Zenon: Z3; Adam Selene, a character in Robert Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress; Selene (Cro character), fictional sabretooth tiger in TV series Cro

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  9. Selena (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Selena (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə /) is a feminine given name, a probable variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion. [1] People with the name include: Selena (Selena Quintanilla-Pérez; 1971–1995), Mexican-American singer; Selena (Dutch singer) (Sabina Brons-Quack; born 1965), Dutch singer