Talk:Diana (mythology)

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This entry and Artemis need the hands of a team willing to do some bold editing and step on some sensitive toes. Wetman 05:01, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Indeed. I'm no expert but I've had a go at a polite rewrite. The Singing Badger 12:52, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'm new to Wikipedia. I would like to know the original sourch of information on the Goddess Diana.

This is not easy to answer. More than 20 people worked on it, generally speaking each one adding a sentence or changing some bit. Each one must have used a different "source of information" — many must have simply used their own knowledge.

However, if there is a particular bit that look to you fishy, that's much easier. Go through the page history (use the history button at the top) and see when it was added and by whom. Then ask that person. People usually respond very nicely to such requests. You might want to read the relevant policy, verifiability. Gadykozma 17:45, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Huntress

Isn't Diana refered to as Diana The Huntress? Spyco 22:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced second-hand misinformation removed

A recent edit substituted unsourced "interpretive" assertions, such as:

• Oak groves were especially sacred to her. See Nerni.
• She was praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and her hunting skills. These are modern praises.
• With two other Roman deities she made up a trinity: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god. No such linking in a "trinity".
• Diana was worshipped in a temple... at the city of Ephesus where stood the Temple of Artemis. For the Lady of Ephesus, see Temple of Artemis.
• Diana was regarded with great reverence by lower-class citizens and slaves. Such a specific group of votaries would need a classical reference.
• Slaves could receive asylum in her temples.
• In Freemasonry, she is considered a symbol of imagination, sensibility, and the creative insanity of poets and artists.
• Those who believe that prehistoric peoples lived in matriarchal societies consider Diana to have originated in a mother goddess worshipped at that time, This would be Juno or Ceres. Diana is not a "mother goddess" to a minimally educated person.
• Dianic Wicca

The following flight of fancy was also moved here: Diana appears frequently as a sculptural figure embellishing commercial buildings of the late 19th and early 20th century. In this use she was appropriated as a symbol for commercial activity, which is a perpetual hunt for profit and advantage. (!!) --Wetman (talk) 02:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)