Mnemosyne

Titaness of memory, mother of the nine Muses.

Parentage

• father: UranusHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
• mother: GaiaHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)

Children

• Calliope
• Clio
• Erato
• Euterpe
• Melpomene
• Polyhymnia
• Terpsichore
• Thalia
• Urania

Domains

• memory
• poetry inspiration

Powers

• Bears the nine Muses to Zeus over nine nights
• Personifies Memory, wellspring of inspired song
• Presides over the Spring of Memory in the afterlife

Relations

• sibling: CoeusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: CriusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: CronusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: HyperionFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: IapetusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OceanusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: PhoebeFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: RheaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: TethysFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: TheiaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ThemisFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: The ErinyesFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• father: UranusHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
• mother: GaiaHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
• counterpart of: MnemosyneTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns, proem (Taylor numbering) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 135, 915 (primary)