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In Roman mythology, Diana ((:djana)) was the goddess of the hunt, the moon and childbirth, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis,〔''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215.〕 though she had an independent origin in Italy. Diana was worshipped in ancient Roman religion and is revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria. Dianic Wicca, a largely feminist form of the practice, is named for her. Diana was known to be the virgin goddess of childbirth and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry. Oak groves were especially sacred to her. According to mythology (in common with the Greek religion and their deity Artemis), Diana was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. Diana made up a triad with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god. ==Etymology== Diana (pronounced with long 'ī' and 'ā') is an adjectival form developed from an ancient *''divios'', corresponding to later 'divus', 'dius', as in Dius Fidius, Dea Dia and in the neuter form ''dium'' meaning the sky.〔G.Dumézil ''La religion Romaine archaique'' Paris, 1974, part 3, chap. 1.〕 It is rooted in Indoeuropean *d(e)y(e)w, meaning bright sky or daylight, from which also derived the name of Vedic god Dyaus and the Latin deus, (god), ''dies'', (day, daylight), and " diurnal", (daytime). On the Tablets of Pylos a theonym διϝια (''diwia'') is supposed as referring to a deity precursor of Artemis. Modern scholars mostly accept the identification.〔H. F. Pairault below cites three. Contrary G. Rousseau.〕 The ancient Latin writers Varro and Cicero considered the etymology of Dīāna as allied to that of ''dies'' and connected to the shine of the Moon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diana (mythology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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