Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Top mythological art main subjects

This is an overview of the top mythological art main subjects (main subject (P921) by number of paintings with genre (P136) set to mythological painting (Q3374376)) of the sum of all paintings. This is a subset of Top main subjects. See also Top mythological art depicts.

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Main subject	List	instance of	count
Venus and Cupid	list	artistic theme myth fictional duo	197
Judgement of Paris	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	165
Venus and Adonis	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology couple of mythological Greek characters	126
Rape of Europa	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology rape in fiction, legend or myth	99
Venus	list	Roman deity fertility deity goddess	84
Diana and Actaeon	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology fictional duo	83
Leda and the Swan	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	70
Bacchus and Ariadne	list	artistic theme couple of mythological Greek characters	68
Diana	list	Roman deity epithet	62
Vertumnus and Pomona	list	artistic theme fictional duo	52
Cupid and Psyche	list	literary work artistic theme fictional duo	51
Hercules and Omphale	list	artistic theme fictional duo	50
Charites	list	group of Greek mythical characters group of deities	48
Apollo and Daphne	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology fictional duo	45
Perseus and Andromeda	list	artistic theme myth fictional duo	44
Mars and Venus	list	artistic theme fictional duo	43
Cupid	list	Roman deity fertility deity mythical creature	42
shower of gold	list	myth mythological Greek character	39
Venus Anadyomene	list	artistic theme Greek deity epithet	38
Mercury and Argus	list	artistic theme fictional duo	37
Pan and Syrinx	list	artistic theme myth fictional duo	35
Diana and Callisto	list	artistic theme myth fictional duo	31
Bacchus	list	Roman deity	31
Toilet of Venus	list	artistic theme	30
Diana and Endymion	list	artistic theme fictional duo	29
The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne	list	motif artistic theme	26
Apollo and Marsyas	list	artistic theme fictional duo	25
wedding of Peleus and Thetis	list	artistic theme wedding episode in Greek mythology	25
Achilles on Skyros	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	25
Narcissus	list	mythological Greek character queer-coded character	21
sacrifice of Iphigenia	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology human sacrifice	21
nymph	list		21
Jupiter and Antiope	list	artistic theme fictional duo episode in Greek mythology	21
Aurora	list	Roman deity solar deity	20
Rape of Persephone	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	20
rape of the Sabine women	list	artistic theme mythical event mythical war bride kidnapping	20
Orpheus and Eurydice	list	artistic theme couple of mythological Greek characters	19
Diana bathing with her nymphs	list	artistic theme	18
Diana bathing	list	artistic theme	18
Danaë	list	mythological Greek character	17
Prometheus	list	titan	17
Heracles and Lernaean Hydra	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	16
Minerva	list	goddess war deity Roman deity	15
Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus	list	phrase artistic theme	15
Apollon	list	Greek deity solar deity Olympian god Roman deity	14
Aeneid	list	literary work	14
Mercury	list	Roman deity wealth deity	13
Mercury and Herse	list	artistic theme fictional couple	12
Rape of Ganymede	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	11
Odysseus and Nausicaa	list	Odyssey episode	11
Heracles	list	demigod of Greek mythology	11
Pyramus and Thisbe	list	couple of mythological Greek characters	11
death of Dido	list	artistic theme	11
Competition between Pan and Apollo	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	11
Jupiter and Io	list	artistic theme	10
Ceres	list	Roman deity agricultural deity goddess	10
Pygmalion and Galatea	list	couple of mythological Greek characters artistic theme	10
Hercules	list	Roman deity	10
Flora	list	Roman deity Sabine deity	9
Mars	list	Roman deity war deity Sabine deity	8
Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto	list	artistic theme myth	8
Philemon and Baucis	list	couple of mythological Greek characters	8
Venus and Vulcan	list	artistic theme	8
Circe and Odysseus	list	Odyssey episode	7
sibyl	list		7
Apollo and Diana	list	artistic theme myth fictional duo twins in mythology group of deities	7
Aminta	list	literary work	7
Achilles dipped in the river Styx	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	7
Acis and Galatea	list	group of Greek mythical characters artistic theme	7
seduction of Helen	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	6
Psyche	list	Greek deity mythological Greek character	6
The Satyr and the Traveller	list	fable	6
Silver age	list	myth	6
Jupiter	list	Roman deity King of the Gods god	6
Ariadne	list	mythological Greek character	6
birth of Aphrodite	list	episode in Greek mythology	5
Birth of Adonis	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	5
Pan	list	Greek deity nature deity	5
Odysseus and the sirens	list	Odyssey episode artistic theme	5
death	list	end concept property	5
Orpheus	list	mythological Greek character	5
Bacchanalia	list	holiday	4
faun	list	mythical entity	4
punishment of Tityus	list	artistic theme	4
Daughters of Danaus	list	group of Greek mythical characters	4
Prometheus stealing fire	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	4
golden age	list	myth literary topos fictional historical period	4
Atlas	list	titan	4
Achilles	list	mythological Greek character	4
satyr	list	mythical humanoid race	4
rape of Lucretia	list	rape in fiction, legend or myth legend artistic theme	3
Medusa	list	mythological Greek character	3
art of sculpture	list	type of arts art genre form of art hobby	3
Calydonian Boar	list	mythological pig	3
candaulism	list		3
Helen of Troy	list	mythological Greek character legendary progenitor	3
Hero and Leander	list	couple of mythological Greek characters	3
Calliope	list	mythological Greek character	3
Silenus	list	satyr mythological Greek character	3
Iphigenia	list	mythological Greek character	3
woman	list		2
creation of the Milky Way	list	episode in Greek mythology	2
Romulus and Remus	list	twins in mythology group of mythical characters	2
Theseus and the Minotaur	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	2
Polyhymnia	list	mythological Greek character	2
Artemis	list	Olympian god Greek deity lunar deity	2
triumph of Cupid	list	artistic theme	2
Centauromachy	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme battle	2
myth of Icarus and Daedalus	list	episode in Greek mythology narrative artistic theme father and son	2
Veleda	list	human	2
Trojan War	list	mythical war military operation	2
Apollo and Hyacinth	list	couple of mythological Greek characters artistic theme	2
Andromeda	list	mythological Greek character	2
Io	list	Greek nymph	2
The tale of Aristotle and Phyllis	list	legend narrative motif	2
Metamorphoses	list	literary work	2
slaughter of the suitors	list	Odyssey episode massacre artistic theme	2
Golden Fleece	list	fur	2
Odysseus	list	mythological Greek character	2
Hippodamia	list	mythological Greek character	2
Erato	list	mythological Greek character	2
Clio	list	mythological Greek character	2
Salmacis	list	naiad	2
Priam	list	mythological Greek character	2
Omphale	list	mythological Greek character	2
Hercules and Antaeus	list	artistic theme	2
Dido	list	mythological Greek character	2
Vertumnus	list	Roman deity	2
Diogenes of Sinope	list	human	2
Meleager	list	mythological Greek character	2
Glaucus and Scylla	list	artistic theme episode in Greek mythology	2
Leda	list	mythological Greek character	2
Romulus	list	legendary human figure legendary founder	2
Athena	list	goddess Greek deity Olympian god	2
spring	list	recurring event	1
vision	list		1
Caravaggio	list	human	1
Stymphalian birds	list	group of mythical creatures	1
Odysseus and Polyphemus	list	Odyssey episode	1
Riddle of the Sphinx	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	1
Voyage of the Argonauts	list	episode in Greek mythology travel	1
Thalia	list	mythological Greek character	1
Jacek Malczewski	list	human	1
Fountain of Youth	list	artistic theme literary topos narrative motif folklore motif source type	1
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange	list	human	1
Sappho	list	human	1
animal	list	taxon first-order class	1
man	list		1
couple	list		1
Pyramus	list	mythological Greek character	1
feast of the gods	list	artistic theme	1
Princess Marie Adélaïde of France	list	human	1
Prometheus Bound	list	dramatic work	1
King Arthur	list	mythical character human whose existence is disputed legendary human figure	1
Elizabeth Hartley	list	human	1
Cymon and Iphigenia	list	novella in the Decameron	1
washing	list	method	1
Endymion	list	mythological Greek character	1
suicide of Lucretia	list	suicide in fiction, legend or myth legend artistic theme	1
Galatea	list	set of mythological Greek characters	1
triumph of Venus	list	artistic theme	1
Hesperides	list	group of Greek mythical characters	1
voyeurism	list	sexual preference class of disease	1
Ariel	list	theatrical character sprite in a work of fiction	1
immortality	list	superpower	1
Samian Sibyl	list	sibyl	1
Spaens Heydinnetje	list	literary work	1
Orion	list	Greek deity	1
Semiramis	list	human whose existence is disputed	1
Eros	list	Greek primordial deity fertility deity Greek deity personification	1
Artemisia II of Caria	list	human	1
charity	list	theological virtue Seven virtues artistic theme personification	1
triumph of Galatea	list	artistic theme	1
Anthony van Dyck	list	human	1
Calypso	list	Okeanid Greek nymph	1
wild man	list		1
Admetus	list	mythological Greek character	1
Alcestis	list	mythological Greek character	1
Pygmalion	list	mythological Greek character	1
Aeolus	list	Greek deity mythological Greek character	1
Rinaldo	list	fictional human literary character	1
Thor	list	Norse deity thunder deity	1
Aristaeus	list	Greek deity	1
Nephele	list	Greek nymph	1
Euterpe	list	mythological Greek character	1
Erigone	list	mythological Greek character	1
Heracles and the Nemean Lion	list	episode in Greek mythology artistic theme	1
Semele	list	mythological Greek character	1
Neptune	list	water deity Roman deity	1
Nausicaa	list	mythological Greek character	1
Bellerophon	list	mythological Greek character	1
Urania	list	mythological Greek character	1
Orestes and Pylades	list	couple of mythological Greek characters artistic theme same-sex relationship	1
Parcae	list	group of mythical characters	1
Louis IX of France	list	human	1
Apollo and the Muses	list	artistic theme	1
Selene and Endymion	list	artistic theme myth	1
Trojan horse	list		1
Jupiter and Semele	list	artistic theme	1
Salome	list	human human biblical figure	1
Juno	list	Roman deity goddess	1
Pirene	list	naiad	1
Cenchrias	list	mythological Greek character	1
horse	list	taxon	1
chariot	list	vehicle weapon functional class	1
Icarus	list	mythological Greek character	1
Milky Way	list		1
Ganymede	list	mythological Greek character	1
titan	list	mythical humanoid race	1
Hippolytus	list	mythological Greek character	1
Erichthonius	list	mythological Greek character	1
Olympus	list	mythological mountain	1
centaur	list	fictional taxon	1
Cumaean Sibyl	list	sibyl	1
Ceyx and Alcyone	list	couple of mythological Greek characters	1
Arachne	list	mythological Greek character	1
Leander	list	mythological Greek character	1
Aeneas	list	mythological Greek character fictional human	1
Midas	list	mythological Greek character	1
Marsyas	list	satyr	1
Pomona	list	nymph in Roman mythology	1
Oedipus	list	mythological Greek character	1
Amazons	list	group of Greek mythical characters mythical ethnic group	1
Noah	list	human biblical figure	1
grief	list	negative emotion health problem	1
Vulcan	list	Roman deity god	1
Tereus	list	mythological Greek character	1
Deianira	list	mythological Greek character	1
Latona	list	mythological Roman character	1
Andromeda	list	constellation	1
Demeter	list	Greek deity agricultural deity goddess mythological Greek character Olympian god	1
Perseus	list	demigod of Greek mythology Greek heroes	1
Zephyrus	list	Anemoi	1
Adonis	list	Greek deity	1
Bacchant	list		1
Metabus	list	human whose existence is disputed mythological Roman character	1
witch ride	list		1
Daphnis and Chloe	list	literary work Sophist novel	1
Kora of Sicyon	list	human whose existence is disputed	1
Hesperia	list	Greek nymph	1
Aos Sí	list	mythical people mythical ethnic group	1
The Fox and the Stork	list	fable Latin phrase tale type	1
Pluto	list	Roman deity	1
Zeus	list	thunder deity Greek deity King of the Gods Olympian god	1
Orestes	list	mythological Greek character	1
The Bride of Abydos	list	literary work	1
Hermes	list	Olympian god	1
Maenad	list	group of Greek mythical characters	1
Amphitrite	list	Greek deity sea deity Okeanid	1
Muse	list	group of Greek mythical characters	1

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