jts@cornell.UUCP (04/29/85)
From: jts (Jim Sasaki) >> ... What *is* the distribution of male/female/animal/ thing names for >> stars, planets, constellations, etc? -- Muffy > ... The following is taken from the RASC's Observer's Handbook and a moldy > copy of Hamilton's Mythology.... Can anybody fill in the blanks? -- Phil I can fill in some of the blanks. (Used my copy of Zimmerman's Dictionary of Classical Mythology.) The count is now Males(24) Females(44) Places(1) Un-named(3) Unidentified(11) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sol (Helios) Another name for Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona Male Mercury Messenger of the gods Male .No satellites (Geographic features named for famous men and) (women in literature and the arts ) Venus Goddess of love Female .No satellites (Geographic features named for famous or mytho-) (logical women ) Terra Mother earth Female .Luna (Selene) (Geographic features on both were named from many ) Female (sources over the centuries - currently, new lunar ) (features are named for famous men and women in the) (sciences ) Mars God of war Male .Phobos Attendant of Mars (Alarm) Male .Deimos Attendant of Mars (Dread) Male Jupiter King of the gods Male .Metis Daughter of Oceanus Female .Adrastea Nymph who attended the infant Zeus Female .Amalthea She-goat who nursed the infant Zeus Female .Thebe Sister of Aegina, kidnapped by Zeus Female .Io Maiden loved by Jupiter and changed to a heifer Female .Europa Wife of Jupiter Female .Ganymede Trojan prince Male .Callisto Daughter of Lycaon (Changed to the great bear) Female .Leda Mother of Castor and Pollux Female .Himalia .Lysithea .Elara By Zeus, mother of the giant, Tityus Female .Ananke .Carme A nymph, an attendant of Artemis Female .Pasiphe Mother of the Minotaur, wife of Minos Female .Sinope Saturn God of agriculture Male .Atlas A Titan compelled to carry the earth Male .1980S27 Un-named .1980S26 Un-named .Janus God of portals Male .Epimetheus Son of Iapetus, Father of Pyrrha Male .Mimas .Enceladus One of the Giants Male .Tethys Ocean's wife Female .Telesto .Calypso One of the Nymphs Female .Dione Mother of Aphrodite Female .1980S6 Un-named .Rhea One of the Titanides Female .Titan A race of giant gods overthrown by the Olympians Male .Hyperion A Titan, father of the sun,moon and dawn Male .Iapetus A Titan Male .Phoebe One of the Titanides Female Uranus God of heavens, father of the Titans,Furies,Cyclopes Male .Miranda Prospero's daughter (The Tempest) Female .Ariel Sylph (The Rape of the Lock) Female .Umbriel Sprite (The Rape of the Lock) Female .Titania Oberon's wife (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Female .Oberon King of fairies (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Male Neptune God of the sea Male .Triton A lesser sea god Male .Nereid Any of the 50 daughters of Nereus - the sea nymphs Female Pluto God of the underworld Male .Charon The boatman who carries the dead across Acheron Male ASTERIODS .Ceres Goddess of grains Female .Pallas Son of Evander, died in Trojan war Male .Juno Jupiter's wife Female .Vesta Sister of Zeus Female .Hebe Goddess of youth Female .Iris Goddess of the rainbow Female .Flora Goddess of the flowers Female .Metis One of the Graces (Prudence) eaten by Zeus Female .Hygiea Daughter of Aesculapius, watches over health Female .Parthenope One of the Sirens Female .Egeria Lesser goddess, teacher of King Numa Female .Irene Godess of peace, daughter of Zeus & Themis Female .Eunomia Godess of order and wise legislation, sister of Irene Female .Psyche Princess loved by Cupid Female .Melpomene Muse of trajedy Female .Massalia .Thalia One of the Graces (Good Cheer) Female .Euterpe One of the Muses (Music) Female .Ampitrite Queen of the sea, wife of Neptune Female .Fides Godess of faith, order, and honesty Female .Laetitia .Ausonia A name for Italy, from Auson, a son of Odysseus Place .Julia .Klotho .Vibilia Does anyone know if "Klotho" is an alternative spelling for "Clotho", one of the three fates? Jim Sasaki (jts@cornell, {decvax|ihnp4|uw-beaver|vax135}!cornell!jts)