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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Artemis - Virgin huntress goddess. Seen in tucked up gown with a bow and quiver. Goddess of Chastity. (DM.31) * Cernunnos 'horned one' is a spirit of the sacrificed stag god. Deity - sacrifices were dedicated to Cernunnos in order to maintain wild creatures and the cycles of nature with holy blood (WDS.199) * Dagon - Philistine fish god. worshipped in Gaza and Ashdod. (DM.66) * Diana - Roman goddess of MOON - associated with Artemis - is also a virgin and huntress (DM.72) * Epona - Roman goddess of horses and mules (DM.84) * Faunus - Roman god of herdsmen, forests, and (bucolic?) revelry and merry making. (Identified with greek PAN) - also able to inspire men with overpowering terror (PANic)(DM.96) * Innus - Roman equivilent of Pan (also see Faunus) - But moreso the god of Fertility among the herds. (DM.96) * Mixcoatl - (pre-columbian) - 'cloud serpent' The legendary ruler 'Tolteca-Chichimeca' was deified as the patron of hunting after his death. (Mex. 132) * Pales - Roman deity of Cattle rearing. (Festival of Palia was held on April 21) (DM.201) * PAN (Greek) or Silvanus (italian) god of herds/flocks. Body of man, - horns, ears and legs of a goat. Played the syrinx. haunted caves and lonely rural places. Playful, vigorous, fertile, irritable, dont wake him during an afternoon nap. He can inspire an irrational fear (panic - pan ic) in men and animals. (DM.202) * Poseidon - He was the Greek god of the sea, but he was also the god of horses. (DM.219) * Silvanus (Italian) see Pan. ANIMAL MYTH POPCULTURE! * video game "Zelda", The character Link could call on his magical horse, 'Epona' |