Moon_Goddesses

ARIANRHOD

The Welsh Goddess of the Moon. A magician Goddess, who like Artemis lived in orgiastic maidenhood surrounded entirely by women, although it is also said she lived a wanton life, mating with mermen. She was the most powerful of the children of the Mother Goddess Don. Her Palace is the Corona Borealis.

EUROPA

The Cretan Moon Goddess who was adopted into Greek myth as a virgin Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull, raped by him, and subsequently abandoned. She later married Asterias, King of Crete. She was mother of Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthus three famous kings. The continent of Europe was named after her.

ARTEMIS

Twin sister to Apollo, she was Goddess of Chastity, Virginity, The Hunt, the Moon, and the Natural World. She was Chief Hunter to the Gods and Goddesses of Hunting and of Wild Animals, especially bears. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto. Even though she is a Virgin Goddess, she also presides over Childbirth. Sacred to her are the Laurel, Fir Tree, Fish, Stag, Boar, Bear, Dog, Goat, Bee, and other Animals. Although traditionally the friend and protector of youth, especially young women, Artemis prevented the Greeks from sailing to Troy during the Trojan war until they sacraificed a maiden to her. According to some accounts, just before the sacrifice, she rescued the victim, Iphigenia.