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Pakhet, a lioness huntress deity, whom the Greeks associated with Artemis; Wepwawet, god of hunting and war, along with funerary practices; Bastet, a cat goddess and natural hunter of reptiles and rodents. Greeks often associated her with Artemis, giving her the name Ailuros.
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 ...
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 ...
Callista is a feminine given name with different origins. It is a Greek name derived from the word καλλίστη or kallístē, meaning “fairest, most beautiful.” In Greek mythology, Callisto was a huntress, who was loved by the god Zeus. Calista is a variant English spelling of the Greek Callista.
Based on analysis of church documents and parishioner confessions, it is likely that the spirit identified by the Church as Diana or Herodias was called by names of pre-Christian figures like Holda (a Germanic goddess of the winter solstice), or with names referencing her bringing of prosperity, like the Latin Abundia (meaning "plenty"), Satia ...
Huntress, also known as Mockingbird, a Marvel Comics character that first appeared in 1971; Huntress (DC Comics), the name of several DC Comics characters, including: Huntress, an identity of Paula Brooks, a Golden Age supervillain character; Huntress (Helena Wayne), a superhero character that first appeared in 1977
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Anat (/ ˈ ɑː n ɑː t /, / ˈ æ n æ t /), Anatu, classically Anath (/ ˈ eɪ n ə θ, ˈ eɪ ˌ n æ θ /; Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎐𐎚 ʿnt; Hebrew: עֲנָת ʿĂnāṯ; Phoenician: 𐤏𐤍𐤕, romanized: ʿNT; Greek: Αναθ, romanized: Anath; Egyptian: ꜥntjt) was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts.