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Diana was the equivalent in Roman mythology of the Greek Artemis (see Roman/Greek equivalency in mythology for more details). She was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and the twin sister of Apollo.

Diana was the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and forests. She was also a moon goddess, and an emblem of chastity. Oak groves were especially sacred to her. She was praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and her hunting skills. With two other Roman deities she made up a trinity: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god.

Diana was worshipped in a temple on the Aventine HillThe Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills that ancient Rome was built on. During Fascism, many deputies of the opposition retired on this hill after the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, here ending by the so-called "Aventinian secession" their presence at t by mainly lower-class citizens and slaves. Slaves could receive asylum in her temples. She was worshipped at a festival on August 13August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1521 Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernan Cortes 1704 War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of.

Diana remains an important figure in some modern mythologies. In FreemasonryFreemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. Its members are joined together by shared ideals, of both a moral and metaphysical nature, and, in most of its branches, by a common belief in a Supreme Being. Freemasonry is an esoteric art, in that cert, she is considered a symbol of imagination, sensibility, and the creative insanity of poets and artists. Those who believe that prehistoric peoples lived in matriarchal societiesA matriarchy is a tradition (and by extension a form of government) in which community power lies with the eldest mother of a community. The word matriarchy derives from the latin words matri meaning mother and arch meaning chief or prime. It refers to th consider Diana to have originated in a mother goddess worshipped at that time, and she is still worshiped today by women practicing the religion known as Dianic WiccaWicca Dianic Wicca also known as Women's Spirituality Feminist Spirituality Feminist Witchcraft and Feminist Wicca . Beliefs and practices Several different flavors of Wicca are self-named "Dianic. This article describes the most widespread, that is, the.