Goddesses in Everywoman

being a double agent, I’m not supposed to be there and it would be dangerous if any of the people around me realized who I am.” ...

whom I can’t place now, but in the dream he is someone I know very well.” The new theory I have elaborated on in this book is ba ...

4. Artemis: Goddess of the Hunt and Moon, Competitor and Sister ARTEMIS THE GODDESS Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana, was G ...

of two Titans; their father was Zeus, chief god of Olympus. When it was time for Leto to give birth to her children, great obsta ...

quickly to her mother’s aid, took deadly aim with her bow and arrow, and slew him. Another time, arrogant and unwise Niobe made ...

the night, roaming her wilderness domain by moonlight or torchlight. In her Moon Goddess aspect, Artemis was related to Selene a ...

Goal focus and perseverence despite obstacles in the way or elusive- ness of the quarry are Artemis qualities that lead to achie ...

mis archetype. Steinem has become a larger-than-life, mythic person- ality to people who project the goddess image onto her. The ...

moon and stars, walk on a deserted beach, or gaze across the desert and feel themselves in spiritual communion with nature. Lynn ...

CULTIVATING ARTEMIS Artemis-idenitified women immediately recognize their affinity with this goddess. Other types of women may a ...

those that combine a group experience with a solo heroic journey. When women go on Outward Bound trips or on vision quests for w ...

“gifts” that will help her do what she wants to do. Perhaps the gifts are intangible: shared interests or similarities with him ...

thought, biding her time until she could be on her own. The con- sequences vary in intensity and severity, but follow a pattern: ...

When an Artemis daughter lacks respect for a mother whose major roles have been the traditional ones, she is in a bind. In rejec ...

nation of goal focus, intensity, competitiveness, and will that is re- quired.) Artemis is also found in women skiers, who chart ...

have been closed to women until just recently. If she were “born too soon” for the women’s movement, she may have been defeated ...

SEXUALITY An Artemis woman may resemble the goddess in maintaining eternal chastity, her sexuality remaining undeveloped and une ...

When she does marry, her mate is often a fellow classmate, col- league, or competitor. Usually her marriage has an egalitarian q ...

with a partner, she may feel that an essential element of relationship is missing. The Artemis-Apollo relationship may result in ...

challenges of any kind that arise between them, from ski racing to a game of gin rummy, are likely to be taken in deadly earnest ...