Exploring the Story of Artemis: Goddess of the Wilderness

Throughout many different sources, Artemis/Diana is considered to be a strong goddess who presides over the “crucial aspects of life.”1 This involves, watching over women’s transitions and transformations, and the activities of men; war and hunting. This paper will discuss the methods and results of different sources which present this information to readers in different ways.

Artemis and Athena had different views on several topics. Athena was depicted as a lover of many heroes. She was said to favor Odysseus, Jason, Perseus, and Heracles. In Greek mythology, there are several accounts of Athena helping these heroes on their long quests. This is an important concept in mythology because it represents the idea that immortal gods do care for mortals and demigods and do not want all the heroes to fail. Athena cared for many heroes but she also cared for all mortal women who worshipped her. On the other hand, Artemis was not a fan of heroes. Also in Greek mythology, Artemis was expressed as a killer of heroes. She was depicted has hateful to most heroes and rarely ever opted to help someone on a quest. If a hero was on Artemis’s bad side, she typically chose to get rid of them, the complete opposite of

She was the great Olympian goddess of wise counsel, war, and was heroic. She is known as Athena, she is the daughter of Zeus and when she was born she did not have a mother, because from stories they say she was born from Zeus’s head. Athena since she was the goddess of wisdom and war she never lost a battle ever, she always made her own decisions to everything. After her battle strategies and being not so friendly on the field she did have compassion. By teaching woman to weave and pottery she was very nice. Athena has a very interesting history when it comes to everything she does such as how she was born, battle skills, and compassion.

Zeus’s sister and like Athena and artemis, a virgin goddess. No distinct personality. Goddess of the hearth, the symbol of the home.

She is also called Diana and Cynthia primarily in Roman mythology. Her free spirit is truly captivating. “Artemis, lover of woods and the wild chase over the mountains.” Artemis was carefree and graceful. Many adored her but, she had no desire to marry.

Once upon a time there was a Goddess of the Wilderness whose name was Artemis. She loved looking after the animals upon the earth. She often traveled down to the earth to interact and offer her help to the animals. They enjoyed her company; however, she occasionally got moody and scared them away. In the end she had a gigantic heart for the animals and cared for them passionately.

Gender inequality has been a controversial topic for numerous religions and cultures throughout history. Women were commonly regarded as the subservient gender, an idea that was no different in Ancient Greece. Throughout Greek mythology, women were considered inferior and troublesome symbols, while men were known for courage, leadership, and strength. While there is no argument of the flagrant sexism that is illustrated in Greek mythology, it can also be claimed that women were given a situated position of freedom, necessity, and power as well. Many popular Greek plays and myths contain several complexes and well described female characters. These goddesses themselves, partook the role of victim, heroine, and villain as it illustrated the diversity of characters in which women were portrayed and seen in both Ancient Greek society and mythology, allowing us to question “Were the women of Ancient Greek mythology equally represented as free and superior?” The creation of the Greek mythological universe, the creation of multi-gendered goddesses or deities, and the free and superior personalities accredited to women in Ancient Greek mythology to answer the question that women were fairly represented as powerful in Ancient Greek mythology.

Artemis, goddess of hunting, nature, childbirth, and virginity did not make an appearance in the story The Odysseys, so I shall make my own story, and see what I can come up with.

It is I, Artemis! Who fills my days hunting with silver bows throughout the forests. Goddess of the hunt and wild animals is my title.

She also asked Zeus to grant her eternal chastity and virginity. Artemis focussed on hunting and nature that’s why her symbols are bows, arrows, stags, hunting dog, and the moon. She was is the protector of wild and tame animals, agriculture,and animal herding. But just as she was the protector of all this things she also could cause sudden death and diseases with her twin brother Apollo.

Artemis' mother Leto was hounded throughout her pregnancy by the jealous goddess Hera but eventually found refuge on the floating island of Delos. There she gave birth to Artemis who assisted her mother as midwife with the birth of her younger twin-brother Apollon.<>

Selene was the goddess of the moon. She was the daughter of Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). She was one of the Titans. She was the immortal sister of Helios (God of the sun) and they were responsible for the movements of the sun and moon across the sky.

     The first things we will look at to show women’s roles reflected in Classical mythology

She is widely known as the goddess of the moon and hunt (McCafferty “10 Facts…”) while being connected to dawn as the “bringer of light” (Atsma “Artemis”). Artemis is also associated with childbirth having assisted her mother with the birth of Apollo, her twin brother (Evans 28). This experience led her to become a “patron saint of childbirth” (Turnbull “The Greek…”). Moreover, she is known as “protector of girls” (Atsma “Artemis”) and their innocence (Evans 27).

Greek mythology contains a variety of heroes of different shapes, sizes, and personalities; many of which happen to be men. Artemis, a Goddess found within the mythology and religion, is the daughter of the renowned ruler of Gods, *Zeus, and his lover * Leto, as well as the twin sister of the Sun God, *Apollo. While she, like the rest of the Gods, has her flaws, the complex woman stands out among others with her bold personality and independence. Artemis is worshipped as the Goddess of the Moon, the Hunt, Nature, Chastity, and Protector of Childbirth.