Note that Selene was a Titan, and her position as Moon Goddess was eventually replaced by Artemis, much like how Helios as God of the Sun was eventually supplanted by Apollo. The myth of Selene is split between Queen Serenity and her daughter. At some point, knowing that she is immortal and her lover is not, Selene asks Zeus to grant her wish that Endymion would be put in an eternal sleep and would never leave her (the specific reason why differs on the poet chronicling the myth). In Greek Mythology, Selene fell in love with a mortal man named Endymion, who is alternately described as either a shepherd or astronomer. Miss Dream’s translation has her saying that the people of Earth refer to her using the name “Selene.” The “Serenity” name is a pun combining both “Selene” and the “Sea of Serenity,” alternately known as “Mare Serenitatis,” a significant lunar landmark. Queen Serenity describes herself in the manga as an incarnation of the Greek Goddess of the Moon, Selene. We get a bit more information in the manga than we do in the anime, but there are still more questions than answers. But we don’t know if Endymion was the Crown Prince or the ruler or what. All we know about the Earth Kingdom is that Prince Endymion was their Prince, and that the citizens of the Earth Kingdom were not long-lived like the Moon Kingdom’s residents were. We don’t know if Queen Serenity was the first of the Moon Matriarchy, how long she’d been reigning for, when Princess Serenity was expected to take her place as ruler, etc. There are a lot of things about both kingdoms that we never know about. Small Lady appears to be unusual in that we know who both her parents are, but we also know for sure that she is the first to be the heir to both the Moon Kingdom and Earth Kingdom. We know that because of the powers of the Silver Crystal, the Silver Millennium’s citizens have extended lifespans of around 1,000 years. The traditional rules of life and death don’t apply to the citizens of the Silver Millennium, and that includes reproduction. And yes, he’s her actual biological father. Note that Usagi Tsukino (who is not the same person as Princess Serenity, remember, just her reincarnation) does have a father – Kenji Tsukino. Or at least, there’s very little information about the Moon Kingdom in general, and I suspect it is deliberate that Princess Serenity does not have a father.
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