In Greek mythology Artemis (World Book «AHR tuh mihs») (Greek Άρτεμις) is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. In later times she was conflated with the goddess Diana of Roman mythology. In Etruscan mythology, she took the form of Artume. Artemis - Worship. She was the virgin moon goddess of the hunt, wild animals, healing, wilderness, chastity, and childbirth. She was worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess in many places since, according to some myths, s ...

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• Artemis - Artemis in art
• Artemis - Appellations
• Artemis - Birth
• Artemis - Childhood
• Artemis - Men
• Artemis - Actaeon
• Artemis - Adonis
• Artemis - Siproites
• Artemis - Orion
• Artemis - Other stories
• Artemis - Callisto
• Artemis - Agamemnon and Iphigenia
• Artemis - Niobe
• Artemis - Taygete
• Artemis - Otus and Ephialtes
• Artemis - The Meleagrids
• Artemis - Chione
• Artemis - Atalanta and Oeneus
• Artemis - Artemis in Neopaganism

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Artemis:

The Greek Goddess of the hunt and the protector of children (Roman Goddess Diana).

(See also: Artemis, Body Mind and Soul)

ARTEMIS –

1. Greek Goddess of the Forest.

2. symbol of wilderness in women which is not to be lost (Robert Bly) (NAD)

The Greek version of the classical moon-goddess, whom the Romans called Diana. Artemis may mean: Height Source of Water; as the moon was anciently supposed to be the source and ruler of all waters. (ABC)

(See also: ARTEMIS, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

The term Artemis Fowl may refer to several things. See: Artemis Fowl II for the main character of the series. Artemis Fowl (book) for the first book of the series. Artemis Fowl (series) for the series itself. Other related archivesArtemis Fowl (book), Artemis Fowl (series), Artemis Fowl II

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She was the virgin moon goddess of the hunt, wild animals, healing, wilderness, chastity, and childbirth. She was worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess in many places since, according to some myths, she assisted her mother in the delivery of her twin. At some point in the Classical period, she was identified by some with Hecate, the primal, pre-Olympian feral goddess. She much later became more identified with and eventually supplanted Selene as the moon goddess to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of Helios as the sun god. Artemis also assimilated Caryatis (Carya). Her priestesses were addressed with th ...

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Artemis, Artemis - Worship, Artemis - Diana, Artemis - Artemis in art, Artemis - Appellations, Artemis - Birth, Artemis - Childhood, Artemis - Men, Artemis - Actaeon, Artemis - Adonis, Artemis - Siproites, Artemis - Orion, Artemis - Other stories, Artemis - Callisto, Artemis - Agamemnon and Iphigenia, Artemis - Niobe, Artemis - Taygete, Artemis - Otus and Ephialtes, Artemis - The Meleagrids, Artemis - Chione, Artemis - Atalanta and Oeneus, Artemis - Artemis in Neopaganism

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Asclepius, god of medicine Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis Pan, shepherd god Nymphs Anatolian deities In Greek mythology Lētō' (Greek: Λητώ, Lato in Dorian Greek, the "hidden one") is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and in the Olympian scheme of things, Zeus is the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis. Still, Leto is scarcely to be conceived apart from being pregnant and finding a suitab ...

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• Leto - Witnesses at the birth of Apollo

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Artemis, Artemida (Greek, Modern: Αρτεμίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -str) or Loutsa (Greek: Λούτσα) is a suburban town in east Attica, approximately 25 km east of Athens, S of Rafina, NE of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, E of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 65) and N of Lavrio. The population were rural until the 1980s and the 1990s, the population became urban as suburban housing popped up around the Artemis' coastline. Housing developments continues to this day ...

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In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (World Book «HIHR uh») (Greek Ἥρα or Ἥρη) was the wife and sister of Zeus. She also presided as goddess of marriage, the patriarchal bond of her own subordination. (Slater 1968) Hera is portrayed as being majestic and solemn, often enthroned and crowned with the polos, the high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesse ...

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• Hera - Etymology and Pre-History
• Hera - Cult
• Hera - Hera and children
• Hera - Hera the nemesis of Heracles
• Hera - Hera's jealousies
• Hera - Echo
• Hera - Leto and Artemis/Apollo
• Hera - Callisto/Arcas
• Hera - Semele/Dionysus
• Hera - Io
• Hera - Lamia
• Hera - Other Stories Involving Hera
• Hera - Cydippe
• Hera - Tiresias
• Hera - Chelone
• Hera - The Iliad
• Hera - The Golden Fleece
• Hera - The Metamorphoses
• Hera - Hera in Neopaganism

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In Greek mythology, Actaeon (or Aktaion), son of Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a hunter who suffered the wrath of Artemis. Artemis was bathing in the woods near Boeotian Orchomenos when the hunter Actaeon stumbled across her, thus seeing her naked. He stopped and stared, amazed at her ravishing beauty. When she saw him, Artemis punished him by declaring that he must never speak again — if he tried to speak, he would be changed into a stag — for his unlucky profanation of her virgin's mysteries. Upon hearing h ...

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• Actaeon - Actaeon in art

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Aphaea (gr. Aphaia; not dark or vanisher) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively on the island of Aegina. She later came to be identified with the goddesses Athena and Artemis and with the nymph Britomartis. On the Greek island of Aegina there is a ruin of the Temple of Aphaea. Other related archivesAegina, Artemis, Athena, Britomartis, Greek, Greek goddess

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Brauron (Greek, Ancient: Βραυρών, Modern: Βραυρώνα Vravrona or Vravronas) is an early sanctuary site on the east coast of Attica located between Markopoulo Mesogeias and Artemis (Loutsa). It was established during the Neolithic era, 2000-1600 B.C. Iphigeneia, a priestess of the goddess Artemis, was buried at Brauron and was also honored as a goddess of child-birth. The goddess Artemis was the protector of women during child-birth and of the newborn; she was also the goddess of vegetation and hunting. In 1948, Ioannes Papadimitriou, began excavating this site. Professor Ch. Bouras continu ...

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• Brauron - Nearest places
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In Greek mythology, Calchis was an oracle who told Agamemnon that he had angered Artemis and needed to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia in order to leave Aulis for Troy to fight in the Trojan War. Category: Classical oracles Other related archivesAgamemnon, Artemis, Aulis, Classical oracles, Greek mythology, Iphigenia, Trojan War, Troy, oracle

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A dwarf (plural dwarfs or, more recently, dwarves --see under Tolkien below) is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. Dwarves are much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas. Here they have heaped up countless treasures of gold, silver, and precious stones, and pass their time in fabricating costly armor. They are famed miners and smiths although, like humans, they specialize in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, ...

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• Dwarf - Mythology and folklore
• Dwarf - The creation of dwarfs
• Dwarf - Dwarf places
• Dwarf - Fairy tales with dwarfs in them
• Dwarf - Possible origin
• Dwarf - Dwarves in modern fantasy fiction
• Dwarf - Tolkien's dwarves
• Dwarf - Dwarves in Artemis Fowl
• Dwarf - Dwarves in subsequent fantasy fiction
• Dwarf - Female dwarves

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Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the hunt whom the Greeks identified with Artemis, and hence with the other two aspects of the former Minoan Triple Goddess, Hecate and Persephone. She was a huntress, like Artemis, but was accompanied by dancing satyrs and maenads on a 5th Century red-figure stemless cup (at Verona). More than Olympian Artemis, Bendis remained a night-goddess, which linked her with Hecate . Her cult was introduced into Attica by immigrant Thracian residents, and became so popular that in Plato's time (ca. 430 BC ...

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In pre-classical Greek mythology, Caryatis was the goddess of the walnut tree. She was later assimilated into Artemis. Other related archivesArtemis, Greek mythology, goddess, tree, walnut

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There are two characters named Amphion in Greek mythology: Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus). Together they are famous for building Thebes. Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children at the hands of Apollo and Artemis. One of his surviving children was the daughter now renamed as Chloris. Amphion, son of Hyperasius and Hypso, an Argonaut. Category: Greek mythological people

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In Etruscan mythology, Artume or Aritimi was the goddess of night, the moon and death, as well as nature, forests and fertility. She was associated with the Greek Artemis. Other related archivesArtemis, Etruscan mythology, Greek, death, fertility, forests, moon, nature, night

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In Greek mythology, the Ἀμαζόνες, Amazons were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a contemporary land of women at the outer edges of the world. The legends appear to have a nugget of factual basis in warrior women among the Scythians, but classical Greeks never ceased to be astounded at such role-reversals. In early modern usage, the word was often used to refer to strong and independent women, in contrast to conventional stereotypes of women as weak and passive (see "damsel in distress"), but now "amazo ...

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• Amazons - Amazons of Greek mythology
• Amazons - Scythian origins
• Amazons - Amazons in Greek art
• Amazons - Legendary Amazons from Greek myth
• Amazons - Amazon-like figures in history and folklore
• Amazons - Modern depiction of Amazons
• Amazons - Sources

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In Greek mythology, Alpheus, or Alpheios (Greek: Αλφειός, meaning whitish) was a river (present Alfeios River) and river-god, thus like most river-gods a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He fell in love with Arethusa, a nymph, and chased her to Sicily. Artemis changed her into a fountain. He swam underwater to be with her and mingled his waters with hers. Other related archivesAlfeios River, Alphaeus, Arethusa, Artemis, Cleophas, Greek, Greek mythology, Oceanus

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In Greek mythology, Taygete (Greek: Ταϋγέτη, in Modern Greek Taygeti, Taigeti) was a nymph, one of the Pleiades according to Apollodorus (3.10.1) and a companion of Artemis, in her archaic role as potnia theron, "Mistress of the animals." Mount Taygetos in Laconia, dedicated to the Goddess, was her haunt. Olympic Zeus pursued Taygete, who invoked Artemis. The goddess turned Taygete into a doe, and since in this form Zeus raped her, any distinction between the Titaness in her human form and in her doe ...

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• Taygete - External link

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