Pyrene (daughter of Bebryx)

Traditionally Pyrene's name was connected to the noun πῦρ, the ancient Greek word for fire,[1][2] sometimes in conjuction with eneos meaning 'speechless', but this has been described as folk etymology for a Celtic name.

[2] Pyrene was a very beautiful princess, daughter of king Bebryx or Bebrycius of the Bebryces, an ancient people living on both sides of the Pyrenees which divided Spain from Gaul.

[15] According to Diodorus Siculus, the princess of the land of Celtice rejected all men in marriage, but was impressed with Heracles' stength and powess so she bore him a son, Galates who became king when of age.

[19] The stories of Pyrene and Celtine have many similarities with the Scythian genealocical myth, in which Heracles returns from the Labour with the flock of Geryon through the land of Scythia, has his horses stolen by a snake-woman and then has to have sex with her in order to retrieve them.

[21] Despite their many similarities, the exact nature of the relationship between the two different myths remains unclear, with several arguments existing both in favour and against the primacy of either tale; the cultural influence either story could had had on the other has been acknowledged, but cannot be determined with absolute certainty.