Diana

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names:

Roman name: Diana, Diane (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Italian name: Diana, Diane (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Ephesian name: Dia Anna (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Greek name: Artemis (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Etruscan name: Artumes (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) name: Bast (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

Phoenician name: Astarte (N.B. In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

basic information:

Diana: Roman Goddess of Light, Moon Goddess, Queen of Heaven, Lunar Virgin (note that to the Romans, “virgin” meant a woman who had never been married or pregnant, not a woman who had never had sex), Goddess of Wildwood, Divine Huntress, Protector of Animals, Lady of Beasts

Diana: Greek Goddess of the Amazons

Diana’s relations:

Considered by the Greeks and Romans to be the same Goddess as the Greek Artemis.

Considered by the Greeks to be the same Goddess as the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Bast.

Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Isis.

Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Phoenician Astarte.

Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Babylonian Ishtar.

Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Babylonian Inanna.

Derived in part and influenced by early worship of Ariadne, High Fruitful Mother Goddess of Crete.

magickal information:

candle colors: white

Diana at Ephesus — Goddess of the Amazons. Ancient worship focused on the nature goddesses Isis - Ishtar - Inanna and called Her Queen of Heaven. By Roman times she is called Diana; yet at Ephesus in Anatolia Her worship was most profound under the names Mother of Animals, Many-Breasted Artemis. Columnar, wearing a unique ritual garment adorned with animals, her crown and staring gaze incorporate Astarte, while Her moon disc and horned beasts evoke Diana. Her temple built by Amazons (undoubtedly matrilineal priestesses), was one of the wonders of the ancient world,a goal of devout pilgrimage. In AD 380 her shrine was rededicated to Mary, whose old age and death Church legend placed at Ephesus. Note the similarity of posture, palms bestowing blessing, with countless images of Mary. — JBL Statues

holy days

Monday: Diana is associated with Monday.

Friday: Diana is associated with Friday.

Festival of Diana: Roman holy day. The Festival of Diana in Rome honored Diana. Celebrated on February 12, 1999.

November: Diana is associated with November.

Sagittarius Festival: Greek holy day. Sagittarius Festival, dedicated to Artemis/Diana, whom the Greeks considered to be the same Goddess as Bast. Celebrated on November 22, 1999.

pictures and links:

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Diana at Ephesus (PICTURE)
Aurora Lights Circle Aurora Lights Cirlce is a coven founded in the arctic of Canada. Although still tiny, the ALC site was created to inform the public the Wiccans can and do exist everywhere in the world. Although ALC is Eclectic, we do dedicate ourselves to Diana and Pan. The site, among other things, includes a Book of Shadows (spells), recipes, crafts, information on the sabbats, Pagan postcards, and a forum for all to share their wisdom. (OUTSIDE LINK)

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Book of Shadows (OUTSIDE LINK)

Air Magick (OUTSIDE LINK)
Blues Eradicator Drink, Charm to Dispel Depression, Depression Relief Spell (OUTSIDE LINK)
Cleansing the Physical Body, Dieting Thought-Form Ritual (OUTSIDE LINK)
Consecration Ritual, Symbolism of Colours (OUTSIDE LINK)
Death Rite (OUTSIDE LINK)
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Feast of the Dead — A Samhain Ritual (OUTSIDE LINK)
Fire Magick (OUTSIDE LINK)
Home & Personal Protection Spell for a Renter (OUTSIDE LINK)
Honoring the Deities (OUTSIDE LINK)
Job Seeking Spell (OUTSIDE LINK)
Love Potion No. 9 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Prayer for One Who has Died Violently or in Great Distress (OUTSIDE LINK)
Request for Religious Freedom (OUTSIDE LINK)
Stone Magick (OUTSIDE LINK)
Summer Solstice Ritual (OUTSIDE LINK)
Water Magick (OUTSIDE LINK)

Charge of the Goddess from Charles Godfrey Leland’s 1899 “Aradia: Gospel of the Witches” via DJ Conway’s “Moon Magick” (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE)
Crafts (OUTSIDE LINK)

Apple Roses (OUTSIDE LINK)
Cornucopias and Cornets (OUTSIDE LINK)
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Hallowe’en/Samhain Wish Rings (OUTSIDE LINK)
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Moon Phases (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE)
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Sabbats (OUTSIDE LINK)

Samhain — October 31 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Yule — December 21 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Imbolc — February 1 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Ostara — March 21 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Beltane — May 1 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Litha — June 21 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Lammas — August 1 (OUTSIDE LINK)
Mabon — September 21 (OUTSIDE LINK)

Wiccan Rede (OUTSIDE LINK)

Artemis in Western Art NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library

Alone with attributes: bow and arrows
Melian amphora (detail) (625 B.C.) For full, see APOLLO IV (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Pan Painter (detail of VII), Death of Aktaion (c. 470 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Athens, Parthenon. east frieze. Artemis (447-432 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Hellenistic relief (Krannon). Artemis as patron of animals (c. 350 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Pompeian wall painting. Artemis (1st cent. A.D.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Artemis as Potnia Theron
Boeotian vase. Artemis (c. 680 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Kleitias. (Francois vase). Artemis (c. 570-560) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Artemis as Selene
Poussin Nicolas. Diana and Endymion (c. 1650) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
With Apollo and/or Leto (see under APOLLO IV)
Pan Painter. Apollo and Artemis (c. 490 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Silver tetradrachma. Quadriga driven by Artemis (c. 460-409 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Villa Giulia Painter. Apollo and Artemis (460 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Barclay Painter. Apollo and Artemis (c. 450-440) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Artemis as huntress
Attic pelike. Artemis as deer hunter (c. 380 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Penni, Luca. Diana as huntress (c. 1550) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Goujon, Jean. Diana of Anet (c. 1554) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Renoir, Auguste. Diana (1867) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
In the Bath
Coypel, Antoine. The bath of Diana (c. 1695) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Watteau, Jean Antoine. Diana at her bath (c. 1715-1716) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Boucher, Francois. Bath of Diana (1742) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Death of Actaeon
Pan Painter. Death of Actaeon (c. 470 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Selinus. Temple e metope. Death of Actaeon (c. 460 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Choephoroi Painter. Death of Actaeon (c. 350-340 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Titian. Actaeon and Diana (1559) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Galloche, Louis. Diana and Actaeon (c. 1725) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Nymph Kallisto
Black Fury Group. Kallisto changing into a bear (370 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Apulian fragment. Kallisto with bear’s ears and paw (370 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
Vermeer, Johannes. Diana and her nymphs (c. 1654) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)

What Goddess Are You? astrology (OUTSIDE LINK)
Lilith, Hecate and Diana are witches astrology (OUTSIDE LINK)

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Francois Boucher,1703-1770. “Diana Leaving the Bath Painting” (1742).

Francois Boucher, 1703-1770. “Jupiter in the Guise of Diana and the Nymph Callisto”. Painting (1759).

School of Fontainebleau. “Diane Chasseresse”. Painting. Penni, Luca. Diana as huntress (c. 1550)

“Mars, Venus, and Diana” Andrea Mantegna

“Diana of Ephesus” Statue of Diana of Ephesus in Villa d’Este. Italy.

“Symposium of the Gods” Left section of the east frieze of the Siphnian Treasure (c. 525 B.C.) depicting from left to right Venus, Diana, and Apollo.

“Diana the Huntress” Statue of Diana the Huntress used as garden ornament in Versailles, France.

books

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Aradia: Gospel of the Witches Expanded Edition; by Charles Godfrey Leland, with additional commentary by Mario Pazzaglini and others; Phoenix Publishing, Inc.; January 1999; ISBN 0919345344; paperback; 480 pages; $21.50

Aradia: Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Phoenix Publishing, Inc.; 1899; ISBN 0919345107; paperback; $6.95

Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Technology Group; 1899; ISBN 0939856549; paperback; $18.00

Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Holmes Publishing Group; 1899; ISBN 1872189156; paperback; $8.95 + $0.85 special surcharge

Aradia: Gospel of the Witches [ABRIDGED]; by Charles Godfrey Leland, Barbara Marciniak (Narrator); Ten Speed Pr Audio; April 1998; ISBN 1574530399; audio cassette; $9.56

Moon Magick: Myth & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick); by D. J. Conway; Llewellyn Publications; August 1995; ISBN 1567181678; paperback; 320 pages; $13.56

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witch certificate

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Pr Ntr Kmt is a church for witches and other pagans based on ancient practices, especially ancient Egypt. Pr Ntr Kmt offers a beautiful certificate that you can frame and display to show that you are a real witch.

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updated February 14, 2006

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