Artemis (Diana)

Artemis is still worshiped by pagan Hellenic Pagan groups and some Wiccans: because of the popularity of Greek culture in America, Artemis is a well known name, if not worshiped by most modern people.

Artemis - goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.

Apollo -variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; medicine, healing, and plague; music, poetry, and the arts; more.

There is no ideal equivalent because they seem to be goddesses fom different eras. Artemis is the goddess of the Hunt, virginity, childbirth, wildlife, animals, forests and hills.

The closest Egyptian goddesses are:

1. Hathor also known as Hethert who was a cow-goddess, sky-goddess and tree-goddess

2. Heget also known as Heqet who is the goddess of childbirth and fertility

3. Meskhenet who is the goddess of childbirth

4. Taweret also known as Tawret who is the goddess of pregnant women and protector at childbirth

5. Wadj-wer who was the fertility god and personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile delta

Artemis was one of the children of Zeus and Leto. According to Greek mythology, she was born after her twin brother Apollo. She is known as the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth.

The Roman goddess Diana is associated with the moon and the hunt. She is often depicted as a protector of women and children and as a goddess of the wilderness and wildlife. Diana is believed to live in the forest, particularly in the woods of Mount Algidus in Italy.

Artemis turned Actaeon into a stag because he saw the goddess bathing. He was then torn apart by his own hounds.

In some myths, Artemis is depicted as having feelings for Orion, a skilled hunter. However, their love story ends tragically, with Orion's death. Ultimately, the extent of Artemis's love for Orion varies depending on the version of the myth.

The Greek goddesses didn't have middle names. Artemis was the goddess's full name.

Artemis the goddess has many symbols. They are a she-bear, her silver bow and arrow, a crescent moon, a stag, a cypress tree, and a falcon.

Artemis is typically depicted as a young woman with a bow and arrow, wearing a short tunic or hunting attire. She is often accompanied by a deer or other forest animals. Artemis is known for her beauty, youthfulness, and connection to the natural world.

The symbols of Artemis were in connection with the myths told of her, so the people would have a physical reminder when trying to recall the lore.

There are some ideas of how she got her name; the main are that it is based on the Greek word meaning safe and sound, and others assert it is derived from an older culture.

Luna, or Selene (Se-lee-nee), preceded the Olympic Pantheon of Gods. She was later referred to or replaced by Artemis, in the Greek Olympic Pantheon, and Diana in the Roman Pantheon. Selene was the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia and the lover of Endymion, a prince shepherd in Asia Minor. She is said to be a woman of pale beauty depicted riding a chariot pulled by oxen, horses, or dragons. She is usually found wearing flowing robes with a crescent moon balanced on her forehead. Selene and Endymion had fifty daughters, one being Naxos.

-Daughter of Leto and Zeus

-Older twin sister of Apollo

-Was her mother's midwife during the birth of Apollo

-Huntress

-Hunted with a silver bow and silver arrows that could bring painless death

-Despised men

-Took a vow of chastity and forced her followers to take a similar vow

-Associated with the moon and silver

-Greek goddess of the Hunt, childbirth, virginity, wildlife, and the moon

-Protector of maidens and animals

-Lady of Wild Things

-Mistress of the Wild

-Mistress of Animals

-Born on Delos

-Enemies are Aphrodite and Hera

-Protected her virginity at any cost

-Her early worship identified her as the Earth goddess.

-Even though she couldn't stand men, young boys were allowed to study in her temple and statues have even been found at the temple of young men and women

- Her symbols are stags, bears, the crescent moon, cypress trees, bow and arrows

- Her temple is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

-Patron goddess of Sparta

-Artemis was never married or never had any children. She opposed marriage and was a virgin goddess.

-She was very independent.

Virgin

Hunter

Killed both women and men.

Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and wildlife.

Her twin brother is Apollo.

Her parents are Zeus and Leto.

She is an archer (as is Apollo) and a huntress.

She is a virgin goddess.

Diana was a Roman moon goddess and also patron goddess of hunters, wild animals and woodlands. She is equivalent to Artemis in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Apollo and Artemis were siblings and had a close bond as they were children of Zeus and Leto. There is no indication in mythology that they had a romantic relationship with each other. Their relationship was characterized more as supportive and protective of one another.

The mother of Apollo and Artemis was Leto. Their father was Zeus.

Artemis as the Olympian goddess (rather then a Titan as the two previous were) with a tie to Apollo, a widely regarded sun god - or god of light of the sun; she was then associated with the moon because such deities as sun and moon were often siblings, though Artemis and Apollo were the only twins of such nature. Mythology makes sense of this as it's in her bloodline, for her grandmother was Phoebe, the first Titan moon goddess.

Yes, they are half siblings. Zeus is the father of all of them, but Athena has a different mother than Apollo and Artemis. Athena's mother is Metis, while the mother of Apollo and Artemis is Leto.

At age three she asked her father for the freedom of dress, so she usually dresses in a comfortable way and sometimes like a man in those days would, in a short tunic that allows her legs to be free to run.

What should be the most recognized symbol of Artemis: the bow and arrow, as she was the goddess of the Hunt.

However, by modern mistake, she is taken to be a moon goddess ("hunter's moon"), so a symbol of a crescent has become popular with her appearance.

Apollo's twin sister, who is the Goddess of the Hunt's name is Artemis.

Artemis' Roman name is Diana. She is the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth in Roman mythology.

The symbol of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, is often depicted as a bow and arrow or a crescent moon. She is also associated with wild animals, particularly deer.

There are two versions to the myth. One is where Artemis was born first and helped Leto (her mother) with the birth of Apollo on the island of Delos. Leto had to give birth on Delos because Hera had forbidden her from giving birth on the mainland or on any island. Delos was neither because it was a floating island. The second version of the myth is that Leto was forced to give birth to Artemis on Ortygia going against Hera in the process.