She protects women in childbirth, girl children until they are married, and as well as being the cause of sickness for women (while Apollo is the same for men) she is also the healer of these ills.
Some myths say that the goddess Artemis was in love with Orion, a giant companion of Artemis, but even that is debatable. Whether she loved him or not, Artemis remained a virgin.
Cerynitian Hind; a golden-horned deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. Some say the deer was a gift from the Nymph Taygete and was one of five, the other four drawing the chariot of the goddess.
Some of the epithets that were given to Artemis the goddesss are: Lady of Wild Things, Mistress of Wild Animals (or Potnia Theron), Kourotrophos (or nurse of youths), Locheia (or helper in childbirth), Agrotera (or huntress), Cynthia (taken from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos), and Mistress of the Wild.
Some quote nets, but this is likely identification with Britomartis or Diktynna.
Artemis the goddess only likes some mortals: the ones who honor her. Ones who insulted her were faced with her wrath. Artemis also tends to favor maidens over men.
Artemis is the sister of Apollo. She used to hunt alot.
Artemis was not a goddess of crime, neither was she associated with criminals.
Hebe- Goddess of Youth Hera- Goddess of Marriage Artemis- Goddess of the Hunt/of All wild things Athena- Goddess of Wisdom Demeter- Goddess of Harvest Aphrodite- Goddess of Love and Sex Hestia- Goddess of the Hearth and Family
A good one is "My Mother's Daughter." It has some other goddesses in it, but it's mostly about Leto and Artemis. I don't know who it's by, but it's not hard to find in the library.
Orion, according to some, but others say he was only a hunting companion of the goddess.
Immortal Ageless Goddess
Artemis is the goddess of the moon. But in some stories Selene is also the goddess of the moon.
Artemis was the Huntress goddess, and goddess of the Wild she roamed within and the animals therein were both hunted by her, and some special cases, protected by her.
Since Artemis is a goddess herself, she wouldn't worship anyone. Any god would be her equal. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the moon, fertility, and the hunt. In addition to being the goddess of the Hunt, she is also, to some degree, worshiped for being the Goddess of the bow and arrow (She was usually depicted with her bow and arrow while being bathed in moonlight).
Some myths say that the goddess Artemis was in love with Orion, a giant companion of Artemis, but even that is debatable. Whether she loved him or not, Artemis remained a virgin.
Cerynitian Hind; a golden-horned deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. Some say the deer was a gift from the Nymph Taygete and was one of five, the other four drawing the chariot of the goddess.
Artemis was a hunter goddess, so she would have had a bow and arrow.