The Goddess
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The Goddess Artemis
The Original Copyright of this Goddess image is owned by Hrana Janto.It is one Goddess card from The Goddess Oracle.If you would like to order the set from ELEMENT then the full details including ISBN nunber can be found in my booklist pages.The whole set is warm and friendly and I have never had a questioner show any fear or anxiety as their cards were turned.The book with the cards gives good,clear instructions on how to use the whole set,plus details of each Goddess. The text describing the Goddess on this page is by Cerridwen, and should not be taken as an indication of the style or content of the original book which comes with the set.
Although most well known as the Goddess of the hunt, she is also the Goddess of human rights, childbirth and the protector of children. As a warrior, Artemis is the equal of Ares, the Greek god of war, and her beauty is enough to make even Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, jealous. She is a chaste Goddess and avenges the victims of infidelity. Her steadfastness in this belief in chastity became the cause of undue pain and suffering in the case of Actaeon, which serves as a reminder that any cause may be taken to extremes, and may become as unjust as the evil it is meant to fight against. Actaeon was a huntsman who accidentally came across the Goddess bathing in a pond. When he saw her beauty he could not help himself and hid behind some bushes, watching her in awe. Artemis caught site of him and, at first, was prepared to let him go. Her principles however, would not allow her to do so. She decided that he would go back to his home and brag about seeing the chaste Goddess naked. Rather than kill him, she turned him into a great stag,. Unfortunately, he was immediately ripped apart by his own hunting dogs.
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