Artemis

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Greek goddess Olympian deity goddess of childbirth goddess of the hunt goddess of the wilderness goddess of young women virgin goddess

Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth, often depicted as a virgin huntress and protector of young women and animals.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Artemis Orthia (indirectly via Laconian myths) 1
Artemis Pergaia 1
Chryselakatos (through association with Artemis) 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
Olympian deity ⓘ
goddess of childbirth ⓘ
goddess of the hunt ⓘ
goddess of the wilderness ⓘ
goddess of young women ⓘ
virgin goddess ⓘ
associatedConcept female purity ⓘ
liminal spaces ⓘ
protection in childbirth ⓘ
associatedWith archery ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
childbirth ⓘ
hunt ⓘ
moon ⓘ
transitions to womanhood ⓘ
wild animals ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
young girls ⓘ
birthplace Delos ⓘ
companionAnimals deer ⓘ
hunting dogs ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain childbirth ⓘ
female initiation rites ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
epithet Agrotera ⓘ
Kourotrophos ⓘ
Orthia ⓘ
Phoebe ⓘ
Potnia Theron ⓘ
equivalentInRomanMythology Diana ⓘ
father Zeus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
majorSanctuary Brauron ⓘ
Delos ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
mother Leto ⓘ
mythologicalEra Mythic age of Greek mythology ⓘ
notableMyth birth on Delos with Apollo ⓘ
punishment of Actaeon ⓘ
rescue of Iphigenia ⓘ
slaying of Niobe’s children with Apollo ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs accompanied by deer or hunting dogs ⓘ
young huntress with bow and arrows ⓘ
parentage daughter of Zeus and Leto ⓘ
protectorOf children ⓘ
wild animals ⓘ
young women ⓘ
sacredAnimal bear ⓘ
boar ⓘ
deer ⓘ
sacredPlant cypress ⓘ
palm tree ⓘ
sibling Apollo ⓘ
twinBrother Apollo ⓘ
vow lifelong virginity ⓘ
weapon bow and arrows ⓘ
worshippedIn Attica ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eileithyia → associatedDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Cynthia → associatedWith → Artemis ⓘ
Diana → associatedWith → Artemis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman goddess Diana
Daphne → associatedWithDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Ephesus → associatedWithDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Perge → associatedWithDeity → Artemis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artemis Pergaia
Zeus → child → Artemis ⓘ
subject surface form: Arethusa
Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Artemis ⓘ
Taygete → cultAssociation → Artemis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artemis Orthia (indirectly via Laconian myths)
Aetolians → cultOf → Artemis ⓘ
Magnetes → cultOf → Artemis ⓘ
Leto → epithet → Artemis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chryselakatos (through association with Artemis)
Cronus → grandfather → Artemis ⓘ
Coeus → grandparentOf → Artemis ⓘ
Rhea → grandparentOf → Artemis ⓘ
Rhegium → hadCultOf → Artemis ⓘ
Troezen → hadTempleOf → Artemis ⓘ
Claros → hasDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Lycia → hasDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Delos → hasSanctuaryOf → Artemis ⓘ
Thargelia → honoredDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Gigantomachy → involvesDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Rhegion → mainDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Twelve Olympians → member → Artemis ⓘ
Leto → motherOf → Artemis ⓘ
Artemis program → namedAfter → Artemis ⓘ
Epidaurus → otherDeity → Artemis ⓘ
Leto → parentOf → Artemis ⓘ
subject surface form: Arethusa
Tarentum → religiousCult → Artemis ⓘ
Delos → sacredTo → Artemis ⓘ
Ares → sibling → Artemis ⓘ
Apollo → twinSibling → Artemis ⓘ
Cynthia → usedAsEpithetFor → Artemis ⓘ