Goddess of the Hunt · Guardian of the Wild · Lady of the Silver Bow
Artemis — called Artemisia in the old tongues of the herbalists and the moon-watchers — was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin to Apollo. Where her brother claimed the sun, she chose the moon; where he sang of reason, she moved in silence through the ancient forests.
She asked her father for eternal maidenhood, a silver bow, a quiver that never emptied, and dominion over all wild places. He granted every wish. From that hour, the wilderness belonged to her.
Each night she rode her silver chariot across the heavens, trailing pale fire through the constellations. The ancients watched her waxing and waning and read in her phases the rhythms of planting, of birth, of the sea's restless pulse.
She was Selene in the sky, Artemis on the earth, and Hecate at the crossroads below. Three faces of one luminous mystery — maiden, huntress, and keeper of thresholds between worlds.