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Artemis

Artemis

Roman name: Diana.

She was the goddess of the hunt, protector of wild animals; goddess of the moon under the title Selene (Luna in Rome).

According to some accounts, she's also associated with a goddess of the underworld, witch-like because she's skilled in black magic, named Hecate. So one could say there are three forms of this one goddess, associated with the three realms: Selene (the sky), Artemis (the earth), and Hecate (the underworld).

Artemis is sometimes called Phoebe (which is the feminine version of Apollo's other name, Phoebus, which means "the shining one"). When she's called Phoebe, it's another instance of her association with the moon.

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her children there.

Artemis is also a goddess of childbirth, having assisted her mother in giving birth to Apollo (labor for him lasted nine days). So even though she's a virgin, she's a goddess of childbirth (more like a midwife).

Artemis's faithful follower was Callisto.

The deer or stag was her favorite animal.

In art, she wears a short dress or tunic (so she can run through the forest easily).

At Ephesus (which was in Asia Minor), Artemis was identified with the Near-Eastern fertility goddess named Cybele, and there's a reference to this temple in Acts 19.

The major myths associated with Artemis:

Niobe: Daughter of Tantalus; she bore 7 sons and 7 daughters and boasted that she was superior to Leto because she had more children; she also bragged that she, too, had divinity in her family: Atlas and Zeus were her grandfathers, and Zeus was her husband's father, too. Leto (Latona in Ovid) whipped Apollo and Artemis up into rage, so they killed the children ...

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Added: 10/15/2013 12:40:24 PM
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Category: Mythology
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