Selene is a female given name taken from

Selene In ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion, religion, Selene (; , meaning "Moon")''A Greek–English Lexicon's.v. σελήνη is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene (), she is traditionally the daughter ...

(Greek Σελήνη, , 'moon') in

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

. Selene was an archaic

lunar deity A lunar deity or moon deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related. Lunar deities and Moon worship can be foun ...

and the daughter of the

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( ; ) were the pre-Twelve Olympians, Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male ...

Hyperion and

Theia Theia (; , also rendered Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (, "wide-shining"), is one of the twelve Titans, the children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus in Greek mythology. She is the Greek goddess of sight and vision, an ...

. ''Bibliotheke'' of Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.2.2;

Hesiod Hesiod ( or ; ''Hēsíodos''; ) was an ancient Greece, Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.M. L. West, ''Hesiod: Theogony'', Oxford University Press (1966), p. 40.Jasper Gr ...

gives a list of the offspring of Hyperion and Theia in ''

Theogony The ''Theogony'' () is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogy, genealogies of the Greek gods, composed . It is written in the Homeric Greek, epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1,022 lines. It is one ...

'', lines 371ff. In the

Homeric Hymn The ''Homeric Hymns'' () are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns and one epigram. The hymns praise deities of the Greek pantheon and retell mythological stories, often involving a deity's birth, their acceptance among the gods ...

to Helios, Theia is given the name ''Euryphaessa'', the "far-shining" one, an epithet that would apply to Selene herself. Her equivalent in

ancient Roman religion Religion in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the Roman people, people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. The Romans thought of themselves as high ...

and myth is

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages * Luna (goddess) In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as t ...

, 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". Kerenyi, Karl (1951) ''The Gods of the Greeks'' (pp. 19, 197). 1951.

List of people

Notable people with the name include: * Selene Caramazza (born 1993), Italian actress *

Selene Delgado Selene Alejandra Delgado Delgado (born 19 June 1996) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supranational Venezuela 2023. She also represented Miranda at the Miss Venezuela 2021 where was the 4th runner-up. Delg ...

(born 1996), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Selene Luna Selene Luna (born September 19, 1971, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican-American actress, comedian, burlesque performer, and model known for her roles on comedian Margaret Cho's reality TV series '' The Cho Show'' and in such films ...

(born 1971), American actress, comedian, burlesque performer, and model * Selene Vigil (born 1965), American singer and musician * Cleopatra Selene (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

* Selene Gallio, supervillain in Marvel Comics

References

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