Aegina is a Nymph of the island, Aegina according to Greek Mythology.
Genealogy and Family[]
Aegina was born to Asopus, a river god and Metope, a Naiad Nymph. Her siblings are Salamis, Thebe, Corcyra, Tanagra, Thespia, Cleone, Peirene, Asopis, Ornea, Chalcis, Harpina, Ismene, Pelagon (or Pelasgus) and Ismenus. Aegina was loved by Zeus with whom she had Aeacus, the future king of Aegina. Aegina later married Actor, the King of Phthia, with whom she had a son named Menoetius.
Story[]
Aegina was a Naiad-nymph loved by the god Zeus. He carried her off in the guise of an eagle to the island of Aigina which was named after her.