Motif
divine huntress in wild mountain landscape
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A motif of the Sacred Feminine and Mother Goddess family, within the sub-family Goddess Images with Attendants, Animals, Hunt, or Moon. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO / XXVI. TO DIONYSUS / XXVII. TO ARTEMIS; lines 7308-7327 confidence: high
“I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword.”
Artemis is portrayed as a goddess ranging over hills, peaks, mountains, and woods, armed with bow and arrows and destroying wild beasts.
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