What are some myths/parables/legends about two entities coming together or joining forces?

Uhh, the first one that comes to my mind is: the monkey god Hanuman did numerous physical feats to help Rama in the Hindu Epic Ramayana.

Thanks @bookish1 !

“With fire and steel did the gods forge the Klingon heart. So fiercely did it beat, so loud was the sound, that the gods cried out, ’On this day we have brought forth the strongest heart in all the heavens. None can stand before it without trembling at its strength.’ But then the Klingon heart weakened, its steady rhythm faltered and the gods said, ’Why do you weaken so? We have made you the strongest in all of creation.’

And the heart said… ’I am alone.’

And the gods knew that they had erred. So they went back to their forge and brought forth another heart.

But the second heart beat stronger than the first, and the first was jealous of its power. Fortunately, the second heart was tempered by wisdom.

’If we join together, no force can stop us.’

And when the two hearts began to beat together, they filled the heavens with a terrible sound. For the first time, the gods knew fear. They tried to flee, but it was too late. The Klingon hearts destroyed the gods who created them and turned the heavens to ashes. To this very day, no one can oppose the beating of two Klingon hearts.”

Cool. Anyone know anything Greek or Roman? Gods who worked synergistically, folklore about cooperation between two entities. etc.

Michael Jackson marrying Lisa Marie Presley?

Theseus wouldn’t have slain the minotaur without the help of Ariadne.

@LeavesNoTrace : You’re welcome. And may I ask why you are looking for such stories? :)

@bookish1 I’m thinking this has homework written all over it

@gambitking Not quite. I’m a junior copywriter at an ad agency and we’re trying to tell a brand story about 2 components of a product working together.

Unfortunately, I can’t think of any examples. It seems like such a good paradigm, but there are so many more examples of the lone hero saving the day, whether it is Achilles, David or Beowulf.

German ground forces steamrolling over the French with the help of close air support.
Or Archer and Kestrel in Splinter Cell Conviction CoOp, but that is a copyrighted work.

Adam and Eve.

then of course there is Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Or Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Or Jean Luc Picard and Dathon on El-Adrel.

@flutherother
Not really. Eva is made completely subordinate to Adam, not equal. Lilith would be more fitting, but she has been purged from the record.

Lovely! Do any of you know of any quaint (and very old) fables/parables that relate to this? I’m trying to move away from epic mythology (even though I love it) and more toward a really lovely story, preferably from Ancient Greece, Rome, Israel or Japan.

In the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Psyche has been separated from her husband Cupid and is seeking him. She asks help from Venus (mother of Cupid); Venus opposes their union, and sets an impossible task for Psyche. She is given a big basket of seeds to sort out before the day ends. Ants come to her aid and do the sorting. Apparently this is an actual ability of ants, sorting things. Poor Psyche must undergo other trials but all comes right in the end.
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from wikipedia,

The Dove and the Ant is a story about the reward of compassionate behaviour. Included among Aesop’s Fables, it is numbered 235 in the Perry Index.[1]
[edit]The fable

There has been little variation in the fable since it was first recorded in Greek sources. An ant falls into a stream and a dove comes to the rescue by holding out a blade of grass to allow it to climb out. Then, noticing that a fowler was about to catch the dove, the ant bit his foot and his sudden movement caused the bird to fly away.
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