Diana
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #89 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 55 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Identified with Holda in old church documents.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Doñas de fuera, Quene of Elfame, seely wights, Abundia, Richella, Frau Hulda, Werra, Dame Hulde, Thetis, Guendoloena, Ganieda, Viviane, Dea Latis, Xana, Zeus/Jupiter, Nemausus, Fons, Silvanus, Victoria, Baal-Hadad, Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Plotina, Hermes, Hestia, Aphrodite, Vesta, Persephone, Liber, Fides, Feronia, Mater Matuta, Juno Lucina, Salus, Marica, Fortuna Muliebris, Hera, Astarte, Śiva, Leto, Arethusa, Aradia, Hygieia, Cain, Mother of the Gods, Core, Mars Sagatus, Laverna, Rex Nemorensis, Augustus, Proserpine, the Fates, Ilithyia, Parcae, Tellus, Hades, satyr, Sirius, Hecatean, Juno Regina, Mars, Fortuna, Latona, Saturnus, Great Mother of the gods, Virbius, Hippolytus, Dis Pater, Moerae, Ilythiae, Terra Mater, Ceres, Neptune, the Graces, the Three Fates, Lilith, Bastet, Set, Baphomet, Valkyrie, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Dyaus, Heimdallr, Triptolemus, Selene, Sol, Serapis, Isis, Castor, Pollux, Luna, Juno Dolichena, Helios, Poseidon, Pluto/Hades, Mithra, Asclepius, Ahura Mazda, Perkūnas, Ilmarinen, Teliavelis, Andajus, Nonadievis, Diviriks, Bacchus, Janus, Portunus, Cardea, Terminus, Forculus, Lima, Limentinus, Gallia, Bavaria, Tellus Bavarica, Ištar, Minerva, Juno, Proserpina, Jupiter, Mercury, Pluto, Flora, Cupid, Ariadne, Hebe, Aurora, Ganymede, Aquilon, Zéphyr, Chiron, Aristaeus, Autonoë, Semele, Lyssa, Eos, Aura, Athena, Heracles, Pan, Erechtheus, nymphs, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Jesus, Mary, Mother Earth, demons, Satan, Venus, Vulcan, Zeus
- syncretized with
- Herodias, Abundia, Bensozia, Richella, Satia, Doamna Zînelor, Wanne Thekla, Perchta, Bertha, Herodias, Signora Oriente, Arada, Holda, Gwragedd Annwn, Covianna, Sânziană, Trivia, Gefjon, Proserpina, Great Mother, Hecate, Selene, Phoebe, Luna, Hekate, Anāhitā, Žvoruna, Artemis (Diana), Titania, Hulda, Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, Epona, Arduinna, Demeter, Iana, Hëna, Hana, Zână, Medeina, Artume, Sianna, Cynthia, Artemis
- cognate of
- Bé Finn
- allied with
- Minerva, Vesta, Amethyste, Grannus, Sirona, Orestes, Iphigenia, Hercules, Apollo, Hecate, Luna, Jupiter Dolichenus, Hecate Trivia
- parent of
- Aradia
- aspect of
- Great Mother
- manifests as
- Tauric Diana, allegory of Bavaria, Artemis (Diana)
- creator of
- Amethyste
- manifested by
- Great Mother, Tauric Diana, Artemis (Diana)
- has aspect
- Lucina, Trivia, Diana Nemorensis, Luna
Mentioned by
- Jesus
- Mary
- Mother Earth
- demons
- Satan
- Venus
- Vulcan
- Zeus
- Titania
- Hulda
- Artio
- the Matres of Engyon
- the Matronae
- Epona
- Arduinna
- Demeter
and 23 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Likewise, Holda was often identified with Diana in old church documents. Later canonical and church documents make her synonymous with Diana, Herodias, Bertha, Richella, and Abundia.”
#6375 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Another possibility involves Diana, the Roman goddess of hunt and nature, a direct or spiritual descent from whom is actually explicitly attributed to Viviane within some French prose narratives, in which she is arguably even serving as Diana's avatar. It has also been speculated that the name Viviane may be a derivative form of Diana (French Diane).”
#6754 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Etymologically, the name comes from the Latin Sancta Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt and moon, also celebrated in Roman Dacia (ancient Romania). Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and looked after virgins and women.”
#7414 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The word zână comes from the Roman goddess Diana (as does Astur-Leonese xana). She is the one who has all the beauty, and is the one that gives it away.”
#8852 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Diana/Artemis then, the goddess of chastity, pitied the girl and transformed her into a pure white stone. Bacchus relented, and seeing the stone, regretted his behaviour.”
#8905 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001