(Disclaimer: As ever, I will begin with primary and secondary source material, touch on both official and inferred correspondences and then end this masterpost on a personal note. I am by no means a trained scholar so the linked texts below may be not considered the best translations. This guide has been compiled via the below sources to the best of my ability. Praise Diana!)
Fabulae & Astronomica by Hyginus
Metamorphoses, Fasti & Heriodes by Ovid
De Natura Deorum by Cicero
Natural History by Pliny the Elder
Hercules Furens, Oedipus, Phaedra, & Troades by Seneca
The Argonautica by Valerius Flaccus
Thebaid, Achillied & Silvae by Statius
Carmen Saeculare by Horace
Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia (selected texts)
Daughters as Diana: Mythological Models in Roman Portraiture (article)
From Artemis to Diana: The Goddess of Man and Beast (selected texts)
Nemi - “status Quo”: Recent Research at Nemi and the Sanctuary of Diana (selected texts)
Searching for Diana (webpage, article)
Diana—Goddess of the Moon (webpage)
Teachers’ Notes: Diana and Actaeon in Ancient Mythology (webpage)
Diana—Encyclopedia Mythica (webpage)
The Phases of Diana—Goddess in Flux (webpage)
Diana, Goddess of (Treasure) Hunters (news, webpage)
Diana Cynthia—of Mt. Cynthus
Diana Lucifera—Lightbringer
Diana Orthosia—of Mt. Orthion
Diana Phoebe—Sister of Phoebus
Diana Triformis—the Triple
Diana Tifatina—of Mt. Tifata
Diana Trivia—of Crossroads
Diana Lucina—of Childbirth
[see also: Lucina as goddess]
Nemoralia or the Festival of Torches, is held between August 13—15, or the ides of August. According to C. M. C. Green, this holiday may be appropriate for the celebration of Diana Trivia, as it is possibly a metaphor for Diana’s descent into the underworld on the first day and the subsequent return to take her place in the sky on the third.
“In the Arrician valley, there is a lake surrounded by shady forests, held sacred by a religion from the olden times… On a long fence hang many pieces of woven thread, and many tablets are placed there as grateful gifts to the Goddess. Often does a woman whose prayers Diana answered, with a wreath of flowers crowning her head, walk from Rome carrying a burning torch… There a stream flows down gurgling from its rocky bed..” —Ovid
Pine, Cypress, Myrrh, Wheat, Barley, Wormwood, Common Mugwort, Sagewort, Yarrow, Moonflower, Night Phlox, Night Blooming Cereus, Evening Primrose, Sacred Datura, Nottingham Catchfly
Primarily; Deer, Dogs, Wolves, Ewe, Cats and Lions. All wild animals and feral creatures.
Water, Musk, Passionflower, Wild Strawberry, Teak, Grass, Tulsi Basil, Frankincense, Cardamom, Tea, Sandalwood, Resin, Ambergris, Cedar, Jasmine
Quartz, Celestite, Moonstone, Euclase, Labradorite, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, Selenite, Silver, Opal, Opalite, Marble, Sillimanite, Gypsum, Jet, Serendibite, Blue Lace Agate, Petrified Wood, Tree Agate
Tea, Mushrooms, Beans, Raw Greens, Carrots, Nuts & Seeds, Honeycakes & Honeycomb, Pork, Mutton, Beef, Spring Water, Squash & Zucchini, Asparagus, Spinach, Tomato, Pasta, Fresh Juice, Wine, Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Sky Blue, Navy, Black, White, Gold, Pearl Grey, Slate Grey, Turquoise, Teak, Brown, Forest Green, Leaf Green
Wolves howling & wolves snarling
Branches snapping beneath feet
The placid sound of ocean waves
Gentle footfalls on the forest floor
Water dripping from stalactites
The peace of comfortable silence
Cicadas droning on a summer night
The warm crackle of a campfire
The imperceptible spray of sand
The rushing of a nearby stream
Shower water as it sprays on tile
Birds huffing as they make to fly
The silence and song of the wood
Ambient laughter at a barbecue
The mirth of a newborn child
Diana, Hunting Goddess (8tracks)
Queen & Huntress (8tracks)
Goddess of the Hunt (8tracks)
Princess of Moons (8tracks)
The Moon is Calling (spotify)
The Huntress and the Wolf (spotify)
Wolves and the Moon (spotify)
SHE ~ Diana ~ Goddess of the Hunt (YouTube)
Hunting, negotiation, animal husbandry, psychompompery, archery, hedgecrossing, cleansing & purification, therapy, journaling, secret keeping, healing & lightworking, midwifery, first aid, activism, social advocacy, protection & warding, swimming, bathing, meditation, shadow work, singing, acts of self-care, puns and riddles, baneful magic, sapphism, ecology, conservation & wildlife biology, wilderness survival, camping.
Diana is the soft touch on your shoulder in the wake of grief and heartache. She is the support you need when you feel othered. Her gaze is wisdom and empathy, implacable yet burning with conflagration of the stars. She heals through listening, keeps secrets and supports the descent into darkness. Diana never turns from evil, whether to absolve or condemn. She is the Moon, a vessel of cycle and rebirth, the eye which opens and closes, the thread that weaves between the flesh of secret and truth.
As Queen of the Sky, she is mother-of-pearl and splendor; activity, constancy and rich joy. Diana offers silverlight, rendering the “night as day.” She is the hour just after twilight as the moon crests to its height, where people still traverse the streets, their voices lower and softer somehow. She is laughter over drinks, late night talks with friends and connection. She is a guide, a visceral reliance upon intuition, inciting the special and rarefied moments in life with an unparalleled softness. Diana is magic; her smile is a mirror for us to see what is possible. She is the protection that lends us our strength.
In the woodland she is a glory, a queen amongst nature and her bow is the swift undoing of both animal and man. She does not fight openly, but hunts her prey with relentless focus—and knows these games respect no sovereign power. She abides the rules of nature yet known how to transgress them; enjoys games of wit while knowing them as diversion and not truth. She respects the honorable hunt but exacts a price from the wicked in blood or spirit. There, beyond the boundaries of civilization she rules, turning hunter to hunted—whether with a bow or a mask, a curse or a picket sign.
Diana enforces responsibility for crossroads are liminal. They must always end in choice. She is the dark whisper of midnight and the descent into the underworld. Diana is the shadow over the sun; cold fury, swift retribution and grasping bones, a hundred arms dragging the soul down to meet the frigid waters of justice. She lives on the edge of the known world wrapped in night silk, eyes like obsidian buttons, burning with hearthfire at the core. There, she keeps a solitary cauldron and a book of secrets sub rosa, eclipsed in the new moon and bathed in abyssal water.
Diana is celestial and earthbound, domestic and wild, order and chaos. She is the change of the flesh and the constancy of the soul, showing us that beneath between life and death all remains fixed to an immutable core. She is protection and vengeance. She is sovereign and natural; constructed and crude, a reflection of the poetry of the earth.
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