Luna Apollo Are they all considered the Moon Goddess?
I read that the Greek goddess Artemis, the sister of Apollo, was often identified with Selene, a Titaness who was the Greek moon goddess. But I also read that Artemis was also identified with the Roman goddess Diana, and the Etruscan goddess Artume. I looked them all up, and in most cases it said that Selene was also known as Luna, the moon goddess. It also said Diana was the moon goddess.
Are they all the same basic person, but with different names? Could Selene be another version of Artemis? And is Diana another version, in the Greek lore? Im confused.
Artemis is not specifically the moon goddess. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth/virginity/fertility, etc. It seems only right for Artemis to be the moon and the twin, Apollo, to be the sun.
Selene was purely a lunar deity. Yes, the two are still identified with one another.
You see, the Etruscans were the first to rule Rome. As Rome progresses, they adopted Etruscan gods. As many Roman deities have Greek equivalents, it's thought that the Etruscans had Greek customs. Diana is an example of this. Her equivalent is Artemis. Artume... Artemis... see the spelling similarity? There's several others.
Technically... Artemis, Artume, and Diana are the same goddess. You see what I'm talking 'bout? As for Selene... there's an Etruscan one for her named Losna. Selene and Artemis are sorta mixed into Diana, for she's also called Luna.
There's some other Greek godd(esse)s that were associated with the moon as well, such as Hecate with the dark side of the moon.
I hope I've explained it well enough. (:
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