Callisto
A nymph from Greek mythology who was transformed into a bear by the goddess Hera. Originally a nature spirit in nymph form before her transformation.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 2000 BCE
- Attested period
- -2000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek mythological figure attested in classical sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Stiff-Legged Bear, Arcas, Lycaon, Pan, Syrinx, Bjarndyrakongur, Bugbear, Aphrodite
- consort of
- Zeus, Zeus/Jupiter
- parent of
- Arcas
- manifests as
- Ursa Major
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana)
- child of
- Lycaon
- syncretized with
- Artio
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Callisto (Greek) – A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.”
#4057 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Callisto”
#9024 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This myth of a sworn companion to Artemis breaking their vow is similar to the myth of the Arcadian princess Callisto, while Aphrodite's ire and revenge due to their rejection of love parallels the story of Hippolytus, whose central theme is the antagonism between Aphrodite and Artemis”
#42792 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Subsequently Arcas, when hunting, chanced to pursue his mother Callisto, who had been transformed into a bear, as far as the temple of Lycaean Zeus; to prevent the crime of matricide Zeus transported them both to the heavens.”
#44387 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free