Bendis

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Bendis is a Thracian goddess associated with the moon, hunting, and the wild, later identified with the Greek Artemis.

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Bendis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Thracian deity
goddess
associatedWith hunting
moon
the wild
celestialAssociation moon
cultIntroducedInAthensBy Thracian immigrants
cultType mystery-influenced cult
culture Thracians
surface form: Thracian
domain nature
night
wilderness
equatedWith Artemis of Bana-Mighdall
surface form: Artemis

Hecate
Selene
festival Bendideia
festivalFeature horseback torch-race
torchlight procession
festivalLocation Athens
Piraeus
gender female
iconography fox-skin cap
high boots
short chiton
identifiedWith Artemis of Bana-Mighdall
surface form: Artemis

Artemis
surface form: Greek Artemis
laterIntegration Greek religion
mentionedIn Plato's Republic
natureOfCult orgiastic elements
pantheon Thracian pantheon
religiousRole protector of hunters
protector of the countryside
symbol animal skin garment
hunting spear
torch
templeLocation Piraeus sanctuary
typeOfDeity hunt goddess
lunar goddess
worshipers Athenians
Thracians
worshipIntroducedTo Athens
worshipPeriod Classical Greece
worshipRegion Attica
Thrace
worshipSyncretism Thracian-Greek religious syncretism
worshipType state-recognized cult in Athens

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Thracians worshippedDeity Bendis