Hello, I'm the mighty Artemis, goddess of the hunt. I help women in childbirth but also bring sudden death with my arrows. My father is Zeus, god of the sky, and my mother is Leto. Legends say, I was born before my siblings and helped my mother give birth to my twin brother, Apollo, god of prophecy, music, and healing. Some of my friends are nymphs, pan, hippolytus, and Atalanta. some of my enemies are niobe, actaeon, orion, and Aphrodite. My symbol is my bow and quiver of arrows.
One famous story about me is called artemis and orion.
It all started when i was really little. i wished nothing but to be a great huntress and to live in the mountains or forest. My dad, zeus, granted my wish. he gave 7 nymphs to protect me and a cyclops gave me a silver bow and arrow. i spent all day hunting. one time i was bathing in the sacred pool then, actaeon walked by. i got so mad that i called my hounds. they raced toward me and tore actaeon apart. the story of his death spread everywhere. yet one hunter did not care. he still wanted to hunt in my woods. his name was orion. orion fell in love with one of my nymphs and followed her everywhere she went. one day he and his dogs were hunting, suddenly he saw something white in the bushes. He thought it was just birds but as he got closer he Realized the white was my 7 nymphs dressed in white tunics. the nymphs ran and orion followed. then, i heard a cry for help. quickly, i changed the nymphs into white doves and they flew up into the sky. as they got higher i thought zeus would help protect them, as i watched the 7 little doves turned into 7 bright,shining stars. i turned on orion. but then i noticed how strong and brave he was. soon we were hunting together. my brother was angry. he asked me "How can you love a mere mortal?" i responded "he is heroic." this infuriated Apollo.
when orion was sleeping, he had a dream where a huge Scorpion challenged him in battle. Just before he woke, the Scorpion pierced him in his chest, barely missing his heart. When he awoke he was relieved. But then, he was horrified. standing in front of him was the giant scorpion from his nightmare. He could not break the scorpions shell with his weapon. The beast backed him towards the ocean. Orion dived into the water. Orion swam as far out as he could. Meanwhile, Apollo came to see me. he told me that an evil man named candaeon had attacked one of the forest priestesses and that candaeon was trying to escape by crossing the sea, hoping to escape my fury. I was enraged. i couldn't Believe that someone would attack one of my own. so i raced to the sea and apollo followed. when they reached the water apollo pointed at a tiny body in the water. Artemis shot an arrow and it hit the body. I asked "who have i killed?" soon i learned that i killed my true friend, orion. I frantically swam out to save him. but i was too late. orion's spirit had already departed. i brought his body to shore and placed him in my silver moon chariot. i placed him in the sky as a tribute to our friendship. today he remains with in the sky with his loyal dogs, canis minor and canis major next to him.
It all started when i was really little. i wished nothing but to be a great huntress and to live in the mountains or forest. My dad, zeus, granted my wish. he gave 7 nymphs to protect me and a cyclops gave me a silver bow and arrow. i spent all day hunting. one time i was bathing in the sacred pool then, actaeon walked by. i got so mad that i called my hounds. they raced toward me and tore actaeon apart. the story of his death spread everywhere. yet one hunter did not care. he still wanted to hunt in my woods. his name was orion. orion fell in love with one of my nymphs and followed her everywhere she went. one day he and his dogs were hunting, suddenly he saw something white in the bushes. He thought it was just birds but as he got closer he Realized the white was my 7 nymphs dressed in white tunics. the nymphs ran and orion followed. then, i heard a cry for help. quickly, i changed the nymphs into white doves and they flew up into the sky. as they got higher i thought zeus would help protect them, as i watched the 7 little doves turned into 7 bright,shining stars. i turned on orion. but then i noticed how strong and brave he was. soon we were hunting together. my brother was angry. he asked me "How can you love a mere mortal?" i responded "he is heroic." this infuriated Apollo.
when orion was sleeping, he had a dream where a huge Scorpion challenged him in battle. Just before he woke, the Scorpion pierced him in his chest, barely missing his heart. When he awoke he was relieved. But then, he was horrified. standing in front of him was the giant scorpion from his nightmare. He could not break the scorpions shell with his weapon. The beast backed him towards the ocean. Orion dived into the water. Orion swam as far out as he could. Meanwhile, Apollo came to see me. he told me that an evil man named candaeon had attacked one of the forest priestesses and that candaeon was trying to escape by crossing the sea, hoping to escape my fury. I was enraged. i couldn't Believe that someone would attack one of my own. so i raced to the sea and apollo followed. when they reached the water apollo pointed at a tiny body in the water. Artemis shot an arrow and it hit the body. I asked "who have i killed?" soon i learned that i killed my true friend, orion. I frantically swam out to save him. but i was too late. orion's spirit had already departed. i brought his body to shore and placed him in my silver moon chariot. i placed him in the sky as a tribute to our friendship. today he remains with in the sky with his loyal dogs, canis minor and canis major next to him.
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