Nephele
deity sky Greek corroborated · 5
Nephele is a likeness of Helen made of clouds, created by the gods to replace Helen in some accounts of her elopement with Paris.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attributed to the sixth century BC Sicilian poet Stesichorus.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nue, Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, Leda, Cephalus, Procris, angels, devils, dragon, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, griffins, Medusa, Pegasus, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Fūjin, Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Huitzilopochtli, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Zeus, Nemesis, Aphrodite
- aspect of
- Helen
- manifests as
- Cloud
- created by
- gods
- enemy of
- Hera
- creator of
- golden ram
Mentioned by
- angels
- devils
- dragon
- lamassu
- phoenixes
- Ziz
- griffins
- Medusa
- Pegasus
- sphinxes
- basilisk
- Fenghuang
- Cockatrice
- Erinyes
- Djinn
- Elemental
and 19 more
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Nephele”
#4460 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to other tradition, they landed in Egypt, where the gods replaced Helen with a likeness of her made of clouds, Nephele.”
#42914 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“A servant tells her that Cephalus called to Nephele (a cloud) to come to him. Procris follows him the next time he goes hunting and leaps out of the thicket when she hears him call out to Nephele again.”
#43425 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to a Greek myth, Nephele, mother of Phrixus and Helle, gave her son a ram with a golden fleece.”
#44449 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Nephele (Ancient Greek rain goddess)”
#46218 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free