Cloud Nymph

Nephele

Νεφέλη

Overview

Cloud-form created by Zeus in the likeness of Hera to test Ixion. Ixion coupled with Nephele, and from their union came Centaurus in an important tradition concerning the origins of the Centaurs.

Generation

Heroic Age

Symbols

Cloud, Hera's likeness

Parents

Unknown or primordial.

Children

No children recorded.

Related Myths

The Punishment of Ixion
Cloud-form created in the likeness of Hera