Artemis
Both a hunter and a protector of animals, Artemis was a virgin (whole and complete unto herself) Goddess. When her father Zeus offered to give Artemis anything that her heart desired, she claimed the right to run free in the forests forever, never marrying. You can still find her in wild, hidden places and in yourself when you act from your own truest core. Encyclopedia Mythica calls Artemis a Goddess of contradictions, recalling Walt Whitman's truth about all of our truest cores:
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
Encuclopedia Mythica also relates that: Among the epithets given to Artemis are: Potnia Theron (mistress of wild animals) this title was mentioned by the great poet Homer; Kourotrophos (nurse of youths); Locheia (helper in childbirth); Agrotera (huntress); and Cynthia (taken from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos). When young girls reached puberty they were initiated into her cult, but when they decided to marry, which Artemis was not against, they were asked to lay in front of the altar all the paraphernalia of their virginity, toys, dolls and locks of their hair, they then left the domain of the virgin goddess.
Amy Sohphia Marashinsky says: Artemis has shot her arrow of selfhood into your life to help you [to] focus on yourself. Have you been too much at the service of others without makins sure [that] you get what you need for yourself? . . . Now is the time to take yourself back and celebrate and strengthen who you are. Artemis says that wholeness is nutured when you honor, respect, and give time to yourself.
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We at "The Gods Are Bored" salute the awesome goddess Artemis, a.k.a. Diana, which sounds suspiciously like Dana, doesn't it?
Hey, thanks!
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Artemis
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