progenitor-of-a-royal-dynasty

Venus · salience 0.85

“That last thread gave her a distinctly Roman civic role beyond eroticism: as ancestress of the Julian family through Aeneas, she received state cult as Venus Genetrix, and other epithets such as Venus Verticordia cast her as guardian of marital harmony rather than only a figure of desire. Several of this entry's own attestations reach Venus only sideways — cited in works on Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Philippine, Aztec, or Celtic material as a comparison point for 'the love goddess' or 'the planet' rather than as a subject of Roman cult in its own right, which reflects how often compilers use her name as a general reference rather than describing specifically Roman practice.”

Aine · salience 0.8

“Aine is an Irish fairy goddess of Munster, tied to the hill of Knock Aine beside Lough Gur, remembered both as a bride taken by force and as the fairy ancestress of the Earls of Desmond.”

Quinotaur

“According to the myth, the creature emerged from the sea to mate with the wife of a Frankish king, resulting in the birth of Merovech, the legendary founder of the Merovingian line.”

Ryujin

“this line, through Toyotama's son, is presented in tradition as the ancestry of Japan's early emperors.”