[nee-mos-uh-nee, -moz-] 
| the ancient Greek goddess of memory, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea and the mother by Zeus of the Muses. |
mōn mindful
| Mne·mos·y·ne (nĭ-mŏs'ə-nē, -mŏz'-) n. Greek Mythology The goddess of memory, mother of the Muses. [Greek Mnēmosunē, from mnēmosunē, memory, from mnēmē; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
Mnemosyne
in Greek mythology, the goddess of memory. A Titaness, she was the daughter of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth), and, according to Hesiod, the mother (by Zeus) of the nine Muses. She gave birth to the Muses after Zeus went to Pieria and stayed with her nine consecutive nights
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