Greek Mythology/Titans/Selene

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Selene (In Greek: Σελήνη) was the goddess of the moon. Her parents were the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and her siblings were Helius, sun god, and Eos, the dawn. She is known to have many love affairs, the most known one is with the shepard Endymion. Others are with Zeus, which gave her three daughters, and with Pan, who gave her a herd of white oxen.

Selene appears as a young women who travels on a silver chariot drawn by two horses. She is said to wear robes, carry a torch, and wear a half moon on top of her head.

In Selene's affair with Endymion, she seduces him while he's asleep. This results in the birth of 50 daughters. It's said that her moon rays fall onto sleeping mortals, and her kisses on Endymion.