Many cultures developed deities to watch over and promote fertility, pregnancy, and birth. In some cases these dieties were directly associated with sex, and in others they simply embodied related attributes. Some examples include Aphrodite (greece), Hathor (Egypt), Freyja (Teutonic) and Brigit (Ireland). Fertility gods are also present in many cultures.
One archeological find that has become associated with ancient fertility goddesses in the popular imagination is the Venus of Willendorf. This carved figure was discovered in Austria in 1908 and is believed to be 25, 000 years old.
Artemis is the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility (she became a goddess of fertility and childbirth mainly in cities).
Artemis was one of the Olympians and a virgin goddess.
Being a goddess of contradictions, she was the protectress of women in labor, but it was said that the arrows of Artemis brought them sudden death while giving birth.
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