Pandia

Πανδεια Goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew

	PANDIA (Πανδεια) is the goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew. She was a daughter of Zeus and Selene, the Titaness of the Moon.
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History/Myths Statistics Family Scope/Powers Trivia Poll Awards References History and Myths Several other writers mention a daughter of Zeus and Selene but name her Ersa (Dew) or Nemeia. It is not clear if these are three distinct goddesses or just alternate names for the one. She may also be connected with the Menai (Months), the fifty daughters of Endymion and Selene. Pandia (Πανδία) or Pandeia (Πανδεία), meaning all divine, was another personification of brightness and a daughter of Zeus and Selene. Many have argued that she could be a goddess of either the full moon or the sun. Pandia was often said to be a goddess of beauty and youth, being confused with Hebe as Selene herself was sometimes confused with Hebe's mother Hera. Her beauty was renowned among the gods. According to the Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Odes the eponymous goddess of the town of Nemea was a daughter of Zeus and Selene. She may be the same as the goddess Pandia described in the Homeric Hymn. Her mother Selene was closely associated with cult of Zeus Nemeios in the town, being described as the mother or nurse of the famous Nemean Lion. The goddess Dia was worshipped in the town of Phlios in Sikyonia near Nemea. She may be the Pandeia mentioned in the Homeric Hymn. Although the locals apparently identified this Dia with the goddess Hebe. This does not preclude her identity, since Hebe's mother Hera was sometimes identified with Pandia's mother Selene. Vital Statistics Titles Goddess of the Full Moon Goddess of the Earth-Nourishing Dew Gender Female Status Immortal Species Goddess Affiliation Olympians Weapon Unknown Home Unknown Roman Form Unknown Appearance Varies Family Father Zeus Mother Selene Spouse(s) Antiochis [ some Athenian traditions ] Siblings Aglaea, Athena, The Horai, The Morai, The Muses, Persephone, Cybele, Hebe, Enyo, Eileithyia, Artemis, Britomartis, Angelos, Aletheia, Ersa, Agdistis & Herophile [ paternal half-sisters ] Ares, Hermes, Apollo, Dionysus, Perseus, Minos, Heracles, Tantalus, Aeacus, Megaros, Lacadaemon, Tityus, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Amphion, Zethus, Dardanos, Iason, Eetion, Epaphus, Demetrius, Akheilos & Caerus [ paternal half-brothers ] The Menai [ maternal half-sisters ] Demigod Children Children of Pandia Immortal Children N/A Lover(s) N/A Other N/A Scope/Powers Patron Of The Full Moon / Earth-Nourishing Dew Symbols The Full Moon Sacred Animals N/A Sacred Plants N/A Assumed Powers She presumably had the same powers that Artemis and Selene has over the moon. She may have powers over the night. She also may have had hydro- and chronokinetic abilities due to her being a goddess of the moon (which influences the tides) and month respectively as well as the power to both induce and cure lunacy. Trivia Trivia In early Greek mythology Pandia may have simply been an epithet of Selene but, by the late Homeric Hymn, Pandia had become a child of Zeus and Selene God/Goddess of the Month Awards Pandia won the God/Goddess of the Month Poll competition for September 2014. References References Pandia on Wikipedia Pandia on Theoi

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