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Kedes: the Aeta god of the hunt [11] Okot: the Bicolano forest god whose whistle would lead hunters to their prey [12] Paglingniyalan: the Tagalog god of hunters [2] Sugudun: also called Sugujun; the Manobo god of hunters and trappers [1] True: the Mamanwa deity of the forest and herder of hunting animals [13]
Atalanta (/ ˌ æ t ə ˈ l æ n t ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀταλάντη, romanized: Atalántē, lit. 'equal in weight') is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, [1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene [2] [3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; [4] and the other from Boeotia, who ...
Artémis (Diane), the huntress. Roman copy of a Greek statue, 2nd century. Galleria dei Candelabri - Vatican Museums. The name "Artemis" (n., f.) is of unknown or uncertain etymology, [7] [8] although various sources have been proposed. R.S.P. Beekes suggested that the e/i interchange points to a Pre-Greek origin. [9] Artemis was venerated in ...
Actaeon (/ æ k ˈ t iː ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀκταίων Aktaiōn), [1] in Greek mythology, was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, and a famous Theban hero. Through his mother he was a member of the ruling House of Cadmus. Like Achilles, in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron.
Bendis (Ancient Greek: Βένδις) was a Thracian goddess associated with hunting and the moon. Worship of the goddess seems to have been introduced into Attica around 430 BC. [ 1 ] In Athens, Bendis was identified with the goddess Artemis, but she had a separate temple at Piraeus, near the temple of Artemis, and was a distinct goddess. [ 1 ]
Artemis (seated and wearing a radiate crown), the beautiful nymph Callisto (left), Eros and other nymphs. Antique fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Ancient Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details.
The statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane à la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. It is a partially restored Roman copy (1st or 2nd century CE) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares , c. 325 BCE .
Artemis (7 C, 21 P) Astarte (2 C, 50 P) D. Diana (mythology) (4 C, 41 P) Pages in category "Hunting goddesses" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 ...