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In Greek mythology Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the virgin goddess of the hunt, chastity, and paradoxically childbirth, since she assisted her mother in the delivery of her twin. Early in her development, she was identified with Hecate, the primal, pre-Olympian feral goddess. She later became more identified with and eventually supplanted Selene as the moon goddess to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of Helios as the sun god.

As Agrotora, she was especially associated as the patron goddess of hunters.