{"id":2294,"date":"2009-08-01T01:01:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2009-08-11T00:56:12","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T05:56:12","slug":"gems-of-the-goddess-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2009\/08\/01\/gems-of-the-goddess-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Gems of the Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diana \u2013 Roman Goddess of the Hunt<\/strong>
\nDiana (\u201cthe maiden goddess\u201d)\u00a0 is the Roman Goddess of the Hunt.\u00a0\u00a0 Diana is the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Latona and Jupiter.\u00a0 She is also associated with nature, the wilderness and wild animals.\u00a0\u00a0 The Oak is especially sacred to her.\u00a0\u00a0 She is worshipped in the Stregheria religion and Religo Romana Neopaganism.<\/p>\n

Her mother, Latona, gave birth to her and immediately Diana helped her birth Apollo.\u00a0 Based on this story, Diana is the guardian of young children and the patron of women in childbirth.<\/p>\n

Diana rules over the phases of the moon, which relays to women\u2019s cycles and sexuality.<\/p>\n

Diana was originally associated as the protector of the harvest against storms, wild animals, the forest as well as the light.\u00a0 It was only after she was associated with the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, \u201cArtemis\u201d, that she took on the qualities of her.<\/p>\n

She also used bows and arrows and relates to adventure.\u00a0 The hunt is more for sport than providing food.\u00a0 Her symbol is more of the crescent moon than the full moon.\u00a0 If you look at the shape of her bow when drawn, it is her most common association.
\nDiana is very protective of women and is associated with chastity.\u00a0 She could be very possessive and got angry when anyone disobeyed her wishes, especially against her sacred animals.\u00a0 They would then feel her wrath.<\/p>\n

She asked her father to grant her eternal virginity when she was a small child, which Jupiter did.\u00a0 There are several stories of punishment Diana doled out to men who dared dishonor her purity and modesty.<\/p>\n

For example, Diana traveled with women, all who were virgins.\u00a0 One day, she was with her nymphs, bathing in a secluded poll.\u00a0 Actaeon, the Greek Hunter, stumbled upon them and stopped to gaze upon them.\u00a0 Diana caught him, turned him into a stag and then set his own hounds on him.\u00a0 Because they did not recognize their master, they killed him.<\/p>\n

Some of Diana\u2019s symbols are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Animals:\u00a0\u00a0 wild animals in general, horses, dogs, bears, wolves , lions, birds, deer, snakes, fish, boar, goats, and bees
\n* Plants:\u00a0 cypress, cedar, hazel, myrtle, willow, daisy, mugwort, laurel, silver fir, walnut tree, oak tree, almond, mandrake
\n* Stones:\u00a0 Silver \u2013 Diana is known to wear silver shoes and use silver tipped arrows.
\n* Festival Date:\u00a0 August 13th<\/p>\n

How can you bring Diana into your life?\u00a0\u00a0 You can work with Diana to help your relationship to women, to keep beliefs strong and not to waiver and when pregnant or need help with children.\u00a0 Diana provides women strength \u2013 but make sure it\u2019s not too much to alienate those in your life.\u00a0 Diana struggled with trust of others and showed no mercy when betrayed.\u00a0\u00a0 Temper that strength with softness when necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diana \u2013 Roman Goddess of the Hunt Diana (\u201cthe maiden goddess\u201d)\u00a0 is the Roman Goddess of the Hunt.\u00a0\u00a0 Diana is the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Latona and Jupiter.\u00a0 She is also associated with nature, the wilderness and wild animals.\u00a0\u00a0 The Oak is especially sacred to her.\u00a0\u00a0 She is worshipped in the Stregheria religion and Religo Romana Neopaganism. Her mother, Latona, gave birth to her and immediately Diana helped her birth Apollo.\u00a0 Based on this story, Diana is the guardian of young children and the patron of women in childbirth. Diana rules over the phases of the moon, which relays to women\u2019s cycles and sexuality. Diana was originally associated as the protector of the harvest against storms, wild animals, the forest as well as the light.\u00a0 It was only after she was associated with the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, \u201cArtemis\u201d, that she took on the qualities of her. She also used bows and arrows and relates to adventure.\u00a0 The hunt is more for sport than providing food.\u00a0 Her symbol is more of the crescent moon than the full moon.\u00a0 If you look at the shape of her bow when drawn, it is her most common association. Diana is very protective of women and is associated with chastity.\u00a0 She could be very possessive and got angry when anyone disobeyed her wishes, especially against her sacred animals.\u00a0 They would then feel her wrath. She asked her father to grant her eternal virginity when she was a small child, which Jupiter did.\u00a0 There are several stories of punishment Diana doled out to men who dared dishonor her purity and modesty. For example, Diana traveled with women, all who were virgins.\u00a0 One day, she was with her nymphs, bathing in a secluded poll.\u00a0 Actaeon, the Greek Hunter, stumbled upon them and stopped to gaze upon them.\u00a0 Diana caught him, turned him into a stag and then set his own hounds on him.\u00a0 Because they did not recognize their master, they killed him. Some of Diana\u2019s symbols are: * Animals:\u00a0\u00a0 wild animals in general, horses, dogs, bears, wolves , lions, birds, deer, snakes, fish, boar, goats, and bees * Plants:\u00a0 cypress, cedar, hazel, myrtle, willow, daisy, mugwort, laurel, silver fir, walnut tree, oak tree, almond, mandrake * Stones:\u00a0 Silver \u2013 Diana is known to wear silver shoes and use silver tipped arrows. * Festival Date:\u00a0 August 13th How can you bring Diana into your life?\u00a0\u00a0 You can work with Diana to help your relationship to women, to keep beliefs strong and not to waiver and when pregnant or need help with children.\u00a0 Diana provides women strength \u2013 but make sure it\u2019s not too much to alienate those in your life.\u00a0 Diana struggled with trust of others and showed no mercy when betrayed.\u00a0\u00a0 Temper that strength with softness when necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}