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Edit Myths and Legends Artemis[1] (Greek: ?ρτεμι?), corresponds to Diana (Latin: Diana) in Roman mythology. She is the goddess of the moon and the symbol of the hunt in Greek mythology. who was the daughter of Zeus and the Titan goddess Leto, and the twin sister or twin sister of the sun god Apollo. Artemis was one of the twelve principal gods on Mount Olympus, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is one of the eight wonders of the ancient world. Artemis is one of the few virgin goddesses in Greek mythology, and is known as one of the three Greek virgin goddesses along with her half-sister Athena and her aunt Hestia. When she was young, Zeus allowed her to remain unmarried for the rest of her life, so she remained valiant and youthful forever. [2] At first she was a great mother goddess, acting as maiden hunter and goddess of purity. As the twin sister of Apollo, she was also known as the goddess of light, especially the light of the bright moon, and for her part, Artemis had a great influence on the archetypal molding of the witch. Hera, the Queen of Heaven, was often abusive to them because she was jealous of their birth mother. Their father Zeus compensated them by awarding the sun to Apollo and the moon to Artemis. While Apollo drove the radiant chariot of the sun and flooded the earth with sunlight, Artemis was hiding in the mountains playing and hunting with the forest nymphs. When, in the evening, she boarded the glittering silver moon chariot to drive out on a tour, Apollo played the lyre and sang for her while Artemis traveled silently through the vastness of space. She shared Apollo's ability to bring about the violent death or plague of mortals (the ancient Greeks believed that Artemis' arrows could cause the sudden death of a healthy woman)[2] but also had the magic touch to heal them. She was a keen hunter, and especially loved to hunt stags. She was also the protector of young children and all mammals. Sometimes she would cover her face with a cloud to kiss the face of a handsome young man, yet anyone kissed by the Moon Goddess would become strangely imaginative, or that person would become a poet or seer. The Moon Goddess of the hunt loved to roam the mountains and forests, and whoever trespassed on her domain or disturbed her peace would be met with her cruel vengeance. Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, was one such example. At the outbreak of the Trojan War, he accidentally offended the goddess by killing a stag that was supposed to be sacrificed to Artemis, and as a result, his fleet was trapped by the headwinds in the harbor of Aulis, and in order to gain the goddess' forgiveness, Agamemnon had to sacrifice his beloved daughter to Artemis, and because of that, he was eventually able to get them out of the trap. The fleet and all the Trojans would have been destroyed by Hera, the queen of the heavens, and Athena, the goddess of wisdom, but under the influence of Artemis, they were trapped in the harbor of Oris and slowed down the demise of Troy, which led to the wrath of Hera, who fought with Artemis and caused a strong dispute, and then Artemis was defeated by Hera and cried out to Zeus about the humiliation she had suffered. Actaeon, a hunter, was hunting in the forest when he happened to see Artemis bathing on the forest floor. As a result, Artemis became angry and turned Actaeon into a deer, after which Actaeon was chased and bitten by his own pack of hounds. It was only after he was torn to pieces by the pack of dogs that Artemis' anger subsided. Artemis was narrow-minded and vindictive, and many who offended her or forgot to worship her were put to death or punished miserably. But she also had a gentle and kind side, and she was also a goddess of music who loved to sing and dance; whenever she returned from a hunt, Artemis would go to Apollo on Mount Banas and sing and dance with the Muses and Carites. Artemis Origin[3]: ① Artemis was the daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and Leto, the goddess of darkness, and was born on the sixth day of the month of Sagittarion, one day before the birth of Apollo. As Apollo's twin sister, she helped her mother, Leto, give birth to Apollo after she was born, so Artemis and Eleuthera are also the two goddesses of midwifery in Greek mythology. ② It is said that when Apollo was born, he took a slender hand that shone with a soft silvery-gray light, and then a slender, delicate body was born, her whole body shining with the holy beauty of the moon, with a dazzling moon embedded in her brow, and a shining bow and arrow in her hand; this goddess was Artemis. Personal Image Moon Goddess - Similar to Apollo's duties, by day Apollo drove a golden chariot across the sky and was admired as the Sun God. At night, Artemis flew across the night sky in a stately manner and was admired as the Moon Goddess. Seated in an aerial chariot driven by cream-colored oxen, this "Queen of the Wide Sky" casts a silvery glow over the sleeping earth. Artemis portrayed the goddess of the hunt - armed with a bow and arrows, wearing a sleeveless, waist-length dress made of animal skins and perfumed with fragrance, she traveled through the jungle to hunt, surrounded by her nymph attendants. At the same time, she was the protector of the weaker animals. The Peloponnesian mountains of Taygetos and Eremasos were her usual haunts. [2] Goddess of Fecundity - In the famous Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of Antiquity, the image of Artemis, the goddess of a hundred breasts, was enshrined. In ancient hunting times, much of the hunting took place at night. The moon played an important role in the hunting production of the first people. In the minds of the ancient ancestors, the cyclical changes of the moon and the menstrual cycle of women would interact with each other, and thus affect the results of hunting. In addition, the strong reproductive ability of women is a symbol of the abundance of the earth. This determines the amount of prey and the outcome of the hunt in the living environment. As a result, a special meaning was added to the female fertility cult in matrilineal societies, and the image of Artemis, a goddess with three images, was created and passed down. She was a combination of the ancient moon worship and female fertility worship. As human society entered an agrarian society, the first two images of Artemis were forgotten due to changes in production methods, but the image of her fertility remained important for worship. So the image of the goddess of a hundred breasts appeared. In fact, this is the continuation and intensification of the ancient female fertility worship. Edit this paragraph other introduction version of the ancient Greek moon goddess Artemis, is the twin sister of the sun god Apollo. As one of the twelve main gods of Mount Olympus, she was in a prominent position, in addition to the title of the moon god, she ruled the moon and hunting priesthood, virginity, as well as the protection of mothers in childbirth success in short, the management of the very wide. She was one of the three goddesses who loved freedom and had a bad relationship with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. During the Renaissance, painters depicted Artemis as fresh, beautiful, tall, sometimes with a veil covering her face, but unfortunately her personality was not in keeping with her serene appearance - she was aggressive and vindictive. She was the most "domineering" god in the pantheon, relying on the favor of her father Zeus, enjoying more sacrifices than the other gods, and for those who do not offer sacrifices or disrespect to her, Artemis will make them unlucky. Once, when the king of the Greek city-state of Caledon offered sacrifices, he accidentally left out the moon god, and his country was trampled by the boar, the "summoned beast" of the moon god; a groom forgot to sacrifice to the moon on his wedding night, and the moon god let loose a serpent to haunt the bridal chamber; before the Greek allies attacked Troy, the king of Mycenae, Agamemnon, boasted that he had sacrificed more than any of the other gods, and that the king of Mycenae, Agamemnon, would not let him down. Before the Greek allies attacked Troy, King Agamemnon of Mycenae boasted that he could shoot better than Artemis, and when he angered her, the allied forces were trapped in the harbor by a storm. In the end, Agamemnon offered her his daughter as a sacrifice to free them. The worship of Artemis spread throughout Greece and even as far away as Sicily. On the feasts of the moon goddesses, a great procession was held, with the priestesses riding at the end of the procession in a deer cart, into which they threw all kinds of living creatures: chickens, wild boars, deer, wolf cubs, etc., to the goddess of the moon. Today, Artemis still affects us once a year. On birthdays, birthday candles are blown out in one breath, a custom that originated in Artemis' birthday celebrations. On the 6th day of each month, the ancient Greeks filled the altar with candles to celebrate Artemis' birthday. When the ceremony culminated, all the candles were to be blown out with a single breath to ensure that the moon god would be kind to the worshippers. Although Artemis wished to remain chaste forever, she was also moved by the sight of desirable men. She had a crush on Endymion, a shepherd, and since mortals will eventually face old age and death, she asked Zeus for eternal youth; but Zeus reminded her that no mortal can live forever except by sleeping forever. So Artemis puts Endymion into a permanent sleep. In the sleep state Endymion still maintains a handsome face, the corner of the mouth seems to hang a smile of gratification, Artemis was Endymion's beauty y impressed, so she would go to the cave every night quietly staring at Endymion for a long time. In addition to her love for Endymion, Artemis also had a passionate love for a young man named Orion. When they decided to get together, Apollo expressed strong opposition. In order to preserve Artemis's chastity, Apollo decided to scheme to use Artemis's hand to get rid of Orion. So once, Apollo saw Orion walking under the bottom of the lake, only the top of Orion's head was showing on the surface of the lake, slowly Orion swam further and further and the top of his head looked like a small black dot, so Apollo lied to Artemis and said that she would definitely not be able to shoot the black dot, Artemis was not convinced and in order to prove her archery skills she picked up the bow and arrow that she had put to the side, and then she shot an arrow to the black dot, until She heard a scream from Orion, and Artemis realized that she had fallen for Apollo's trick, and by then it was too late, and Orion sank to the bottom of the sea. Artemis was in agony, she could never forgive herself for killing her favorite person, in order to punish herself for her mistake, Artemis no longer let any mortal man see her, she made a poisonous curse that if anyone accidentally saw her, then that person would become crazy, stupid, or even death. As a child, Artemis teamed up with her brother Apollo to kill with poisoned arrows the seven sons and seven daughters of Neophyte, who had dishonored their birth mother, Leto, and who had been turned to stone by her grief. Character Appearance The Beautiful Artemis Artemis was extremely beautiful, and was the best of the many goddesses on Olympus. Her figure was delicate, her waist was slender, her legs were long, her skin was fair and smooth, and her body shone with a moonlike splendor, and there was a dazzling moon embedded in her brow, which was the proof that she had inherited the moon priesthood of the goddess of the full moon, Selene. Her curly brown hair fell down to her waist and fluttered in the wind, her eyes were as dreamy and misty as moonlight, clear and soulful, the most beautiful of all the goddesses, and the color was a deep, quiet dark blue. Her eyelashes were thick and long, making her beautiful eyes look bewildering. Her lips are small and red with a condescending smile at the corners of her mouth, she is a moon goddess but a goddess of the hunt just the same, there is a wildness in her smile! Character Clothing Artemis wears a silver-gray dress proportional to her slender figure, with gold sparkling highlights on the dress; she wears a colorful wreath of flowers on her head, symbolizing the color green; a green shawl is draped over Artemis from her left shoulder to under her right arm, representing nature; a silver glittering symbol of the moon is looped around her right arm, to match the gold glittering symbol of the sun on Apollo's left arm; on her left arm she has a silver glittering symbol of the moon, to match the gold glittering symbol of the sun on Apollo's left arm; and on her left arm she has a silver glittering symbol of the moon. sun symbol; on her left hand she wore a ruby ring, said to have been dyed with drops of blood, on which was engraved the hunting symbol; and, lastly, she held a bow in her right hand and arrows in her left, which shone with a brilliant silver light, and Apollo had a bow and arrows, which shone with a golden light. Artemis' attire is atmospheric and civilized, showing the majesty of the goddess of the moon and hunting. Character character Artemis as if the moon as cold, but also has the unique nobility and pride of the goddess of hunting, and inherited the solemnity and majesty of his brother Apollo, giving people a feeling of the moon as high as the moon, not easy to get close to, and therefore favored by Zeus Zeus's pampering, so there is some of her character is cold and lonely, without losing the cruelty. Ancient Greeks to the different forms of the moon to distinguish between the three celestial moon god, usually Phoebe (Phoebe) on behalf of the crescent moon, Selene (Selene) on behalf of the full moon, Artemis (Artemis) on behalf of the curved moon, the medium-term myths after the Hecate (Hecate) is also one of the moon god, she represents the moon of the underworld. In the forests and mountains, she carried a bow and arrows, accompanied by dogs, and hunted for fun with her fairy attendants, sometimes traveling in a chariot drawn by two stags. Artemis was fierce and sometimes cruel. She kept all the rules that had existed from time immemorial, and made them strictly observed by the people. Anyone who violated them was often killed with a bow and arrow. She also punished severely those who offended her. (1) When Onius, king of Calydon, forgot her in his sacrifice to the gods, she was so angry that she drove the fierce boar into Calydon, and it is therefore probable that this goddess also signifies the harvest. ②Because Meleagros called on some people to kill the boar sent by the goddess to punish Calydon (in fact, he prayed to the goddess to bless him to shoot the boar, and the goddess agreed, but he still killed the boar), so she instigated the leader of the hunters, Meleageros, to be at odds with his two uncles, which resulted in the death of Meleageros, the great hero, by the hand of his mother because of the killing of his uncles. (3) Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek coalition on an expedition to Troy, shot her sacred deer and boasted that his shooting skills were superior to those of the goddess of hunting. In a fit of anger, Artemis caused the sea winds to stop suddenly (another story says that a storm was blowing towards the ships), thus preventing the ships of the Greek coalition from sailing. She insisted on offering Iphigenia, Agamemnon's daughter, as a sacrifice for the sacred deer, and relayed this through the seers. Agamemnon was compelled to comply, and, by exchanging the deer on the altar for a human being, she concealed it from the crowd, and carried Iphigenia to Tauris, where she became a priestess in her own temple, specializing in exacting tribute. (3) It is rumored that Heracles had killed the golden-horned deer of Carrionia and was forced to plead his innocence before Artemis and Apollo. Artemis was regarded as the master of beasts and the ruler of beasts in Crete, and was incarnated as Britomartis, the goddess of caracal hunting. Artemis was narrow-minded and vindictive, and many who offended her or forgot to worship her were sentenced to death or punished severely. However, as a protective goddess, she also had a gentle and kind side, and many witches would honor Artemis or Diana as the "Trinity" (goddess of the moon, nurturer, and protector), who encouraged hunting, feminism, and witchcraft traditions. The painting Artemis and Endymion is an 1831 painting by Moritz von Schwind. The painting depicts Artemis, the goddess of the moon, staring at Endymion's cheeks and eyes for a long time as night falls. editThe Temple of the Moon Goddess Artemision ('Aρτεμ?σιον, Artemision), located in Ephesus, Turkey, was completed in 550 BC after 120 years of construction. The construction of the Temple of Artemision was initiated by Croesus of the Kingdom of Lydia and was later completed during the Achaemenid Empire in Persia. The Temple of Artemis, the temple of the Greek goddess Artemis (translated in the Bible as Artemis, or Diana, the moon goddess of Roman mythology), is ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, being 425 feet long and 230 feet wide, with 126 marble columns 60 feet high. It is said to have taken 220 years to build (in comparison, King Herod the Great built the Jerusalem Temple in 46 years). On July 21, 356 BC, the temple was destroyed by fire. [4] Legend has it that Alexander the Great was born on the same day the temple was destroyed. Alias: She was also known as Diana, Diana, and Selene She was sometimes a little short-tempered, and once she was bathing in a cave when a handsome prince mistakenly came in. In a fit of rage, she turned the prince into a fawn and was eventually bitten to death by his hounds. Edit Story Legends The story of Artemis and Olivine[5] is told in different ways. (1) In Greek mythology, Poseidon, the god of the sea, had a son named Olivine. Olivine was born like his father and grew big and strong. But he did not like to live in the sea, but always came to the mountains and fields, rock climbing and hunting. But, after all, he was the son of Poseidon, so he could walk like a fly even on the sea. Artemis and Olivine the whole day to accompany Olivine is a hound named Silius, which is as brave as his master, always rushed to the forefront when hunting, and always blocked in front of Olivine when encountering fierce beasts. As time went on, Olivine often ran into the goddess of the moon, Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, while hunting. The two were soon attracted to each other's elegance and dashing and the skill of hunting, and later, they often walk together in the mountains, climbed the wall, climbed the dangerous peaks, and talk about everything. All this, however, made Artemis' twin brother Apollo angry. He knew that his sister Artemis was a stubborn girl, and persuasion would not move her at all. In a fit of ruthlessness, Apollo came up with a poisonous plan. One day, Olivine was "flying" over the sea as usual, ready to go ashore to hunt. His whole body was immersed in the water, only his head was exposed. Apollo and Artemis "just happened" to be flying over the sea. "Sister, people say that you have the skill of piercing a poplar at a hundred paces, how about we try it today?" Artemis said, "Okay, what did you say to shoot?" "Look, that little black dot, it's a reef, shoot it." Apollo knew his sister couldn't even see what that black dot was. "No problem!" Before the words left her mouth, she heard a whoosh and a sharp arrow hit that little black dot without missing a beat. "Sister, you're really famous, brother I won't dare to compare with you anymore." Having said that, Apollo quietly walked away. Artemis landed on the sea to see the target that had been shot. But what she saw was Olivine with an arrow in his head, lying still on the water, too late to say a word to his beloved to die of gas. Artemis fainted at once when her favorite died by her own arrow. When Silius heard the news of his master's tragic death, he mourned so much that he wailed all night long. Other people feed the food it does not even look at, within a few days with Olivine went away. This tragedy makes Zeus also sigh. He collected the corpse of Ollivan, he ascended to the sky as Orion. Can not always be together in life, after death, he finally and his sweetheart - the moon goddess Artemis forever together. Silius also won the sympathy of Zeus with his loyalty and was elevated to the heavenly realm to continue to accompany his master, which is the constellation of Canis Major. In order not to make Silius lonely, Zeus also found a companion for him, Canis Minor. Knowing that Olivine's favorite hunting activity during his lifetime, Zeus put a small hunting companion by his side - the constellation of the Heavenly Hare. Artemis thus never met Apollo again, and no matter how much Apollo chased his sister to try and apologize to her, Artemis always left moments before he arrived, and from then on the moon and the sun never crossed paths again, which is why Greek mythology tells us that the sun and the moon will not be in the sky together. Here's another version of Scorpio, the one broadcast in the Star Tales of Olympus: in Greek mythology, Poseidon, the god of the sea, had a son named Oraiwin. Oraiwin was born like his father, accompanied by a hound named Silius, which was as brave as his master, always rushed to the front when hunting, and always stood in front of Oraiwin when encountering fierce animals. As time went on, Oraiwin often ran into Artemis, the goddess of the moon and the goddess of the hunt, while hunting. The two were soon attracted to each other's elegance and dashing and the outstanding hunting skills, and later, they often walk together in the mountains, climbed the cliffs, climbed the dangerous peaks, and talked about everything. All this, but the sun god Apollo was angry, he was afraid that his sister Artemis like himself and Daphne. He knew Artemis is a stubborn girl, persuasion will not move her at all. In a fit of ruthlessness, Apollo came up with a poisonous plan. One day, Diana and Olivine went to the beach to play, Olivine proposed to Diana, Diana said yes, but Apollo put the poisonous scorpion and Olivine in the water battle, Apollo let Diana with an arrow to shoot the poisonous scorpion, do not shoot Olivine, so that let the two of them to get married, if the shot Olivine then ...... Diana was very confident and really shot the scorpion, but Olivine was poisoned to death by the scorpion's poison. This tragedy makes Zeus also sigh. He collected Orywyn's corpse and raised him to the sky as Orion. Can not always be together in life, after death, he finally and his sweetheart - Artemis forever together. Silius also won the sympathy of Zeus with his loyalty and was elevated to the heavenly realm to continue to accompany his master, which is the constellation of Canis Major. In order not to make Silius lonely, Zeus also found a companion for it - Canis Minor. Zeus knew that Oraiwin's favorite hunting during his lifetime, so he put a small hunting companion beside him - the constellation of the Hare of Heaven. (2) In the famous Trojan War, before the Greek ships were about to depart, the leader, Agamemnon, in order to take a break, went out hunting with all the heroes to pass the time. On this day, he saw a beautiful plumed deer, so he shot an arrow at it and hit it right on the head. Agamemnon couldn't help but get carried away and boasted, "Even Artemis (Diana) is no better. "This angered Artemis, the proud goddess of the hunt, and she was determined to take revenge. A few days later the army was about to leave, but there was not a breath of wind in the harbor. A few more days passed and it was the same. The impatient Greeks called in the prophets to ask the gods, and one of the prophets, Calcas, told them that it was because Agamemnon had angered the gods. He must therefore atone for his sins by offering his daughter by his wife Clytemnestra as a sacrifice to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. The prophet's words immediately plunged Agamemnon into great agony. Did he not love his daughter? And this daughter was so smart and beautiful. He then publicly announced his resignation as the commander of the allied forces. But could the commander of the allied armies be resigned in such a casual manner? The Greek generals were furious, and Artemis in the anime "Saint Seiya" felt that Agamemnon was too selfish and openly declared that he would rebel. Faced with this situation, Agamemnon had no choice but to agree, and the orders of the gods were not to be disobeyed. He wrote a letter and tricked his wife and daughter, knowing how much she loved this smart and beautiful daughter, and tried to hide the matter from her. Unfortunately the wife found out about it, and she angrily approached her husband and accused him of this beastly behavior. Their daughter, Iphigenia, also fell on her knees and begged her father not to end her youthful life so early; what had the war to do with her? Why should she be the one to pay with her life? Agamemnon, however, had made up his mind, and without hesitation rejected their pleas and walked out. At last Iphigenia calmly made her choice; she was willing to give her life for Greece. For she had seen that if she did not give her life, then Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, would cause all her loved ones to lose their lives. She walked calmly to the altar, and amidst a chorus of grief, the priest's sharp saber swung, and blood splashed everywhere. After all the grief, people were surprised to find that it was not Agamemnon's daughter but a white female deer that fell on the ground, and Artemis was finally kind at that moment, and Iphigenia was taken into the mercy of Artemis and brought to another country to become her priest, and returned to her country with her brother many years later. According to some Italian bibliographies, Diana was later confused with Artemis in Greek mythology, and thus, at the same time, acquired Artemis' functions of hunting and procreation, and became the "god of the forest". Since Artemis was first introduced to Rome by the commoners, Artemis (Diana) became the protector of the commoners and slaves. Her temple was built in the famous jungle called "King of the Jungle" on the shores of Lake Aricianemi in Italy. Weapons and sacred objects Bows and arrows: According to the hymns of Homer, Artemis, who had a silver bow and arrows, was nicknamed Khryselakatos, "Golden Shaft", and Iokheira (Arrowhead of the Sky). Artemis' arrows could also bring sudden illness and death to girls and women. Artemis first received her bow and arrows from her father. Artemis's bow also became the Ioanian oath, testifying to her virginity. In later cults, the bow became a symbol of the waxing moon. Chariot: Artemis's chariot was made of four golden pronghorns (Elaphoi Khrysokeroi) wrapped and drawn in gold, and her chariot had the reins of a horse that glowed with a silver-gray holy light. Fauna Deer: The deer is the only animal regarded as most sacred by Artemis herself. After seeing that deer were shinier than an animal with horns than a cow, she fell in love with these creatures. Deer was the first animal she captured. The five golden-horned deer she caught were called "Elaphoi Khrysokeroi" and she used them to drive her carriage. The third task that Hercules had to accomplish, commanded by Eurystheus, was to capture the golden-horned deer of Cyrene, which Hercules wounded with an arrow, and was discovered by Artemis and Apollo, who severely chastised Hercules, who begged the goddess for forgiveness and promised Artemis that he would return it alive, whereupon Artemis forgave him. Hounds: Artemis was given her hounds in the Arcadian forest. Artemis had two black and white dogs, three slightly reddish ones, and one with a spot - these dogs could hunt, even lions. These were the seven females that Pan gave to Artemis, but of all of Artemis' hunting dogs, she only took these seven with her on any given hunt. Bear: The female bear symbolizes her, and she is said to be associated with the constellation of the Great Bear. Boar: the boar is one of the hunter's favorite animals to hunt and is also very difficult to tame. oineus and aphrodite's lover, adonis, were both killed by Artemis's boar. Pearly Grouse: the pearly grouse, also her favorite animal. Buzzard Hawk: The eagles were birds favored by many of the gods. Plants: the flora of Artemis were - palm trees and cypresses, other sacred plants of Artemis were amaranthus red and narcissus.