Greek mythology
Selene
The Titan goddess who drives the moon
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- Greek mythology
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- Divine · Primordials · Sky · Love
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- Phaethon and the Sun Chariot
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Selene is the radiant Moon, who rides her silver chariot across the night sky as her brother Helios sleeps. Crowned with a crescent and trailing a soft glow, she is best remembered for her love of the shepherd Endymion, granted eternal sleep so she might visit his unchanging beauty night after night.
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- Who is Selene?
- Selene is the radiant Moon, who rides her silver chariot across the night sky as her brother Helios sleeps.
- Which mythology does Selene belong to?
- Selene belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Selene appear in?
- Selene appears in Phaethon and the Sun Chariot, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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