Literature and Mythology
- Io, an alternate spelling of the nereid Ino, later known as Leukothea who in the Odyssey gave Odysseus a veil that allowed him to breathe underwater.
- Io (mythology), daughter of Inachus in Greek mythology, and lover of Zeus
- Io, an unfinished actes de ballet of Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Io Matua Kore, in some Māori traditions the supreme god
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