Twins in Mythology

Miranda Madden is a senior at Slippery Rock University and spent the past summer as an intern at the Herald. This is the first in a series of articles about twins that Miranda was hounded by a certain co-worker to write because she is a twin. Enjoy!

Twins in mythology seem to be a phenomenon that brings about conflicting views. They can never be just normal people; they are either providers of great success or providers of mass destruction–no in between!

Most mythological tales depict twins as beings who bring great fortune and prosperity. Greek mythology’s Castor and Pollux are two who repres...