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Artemis (1077 words)
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.
Goddess worship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (808 words)
Goddess worship is a general description for the veneration of a female Goddess or goddesses.
Goddess worship is not necessarily feminist, though in Western societies the feminist version is probably the most articulate.
Freya in Norse mythology was worshipped as a fertility goddess.
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