Diana the hunter and female goddess culture + Hunting courses

August 28, 2025

Diana the hunter and female goddess culture + Hunting courses

What is my strongest memory about Diana, the Hunter goddess?

Capri, that is Italy and not Greece.

In 2001, we visited Italy with the gymnasium and we had several days in the North, then we stayed around Sperlonga, then we went down to the South to Rome, Pompei, and Capri.

Capri was interesting to me for three reasons:

- Diana cultus

- limonchello

- Scandinavian doctor

Read my other blog about it: Do you know the famous Scandinavian snake in Capri?

https://snakeharbour.blogspot.com/2025/05/do-you-know-famous-scandinavian-snake.html

"Diana was the goddess of hunting (and in later times, the moon and chastity) in Roman mythology. Cypress trees were sacred to her. She was the daughter of Jupiter and the Titan Latona (or Leto). In Greek mythology, Diana was called Artemis. She is also associated with fertility and nature. Artemis is her Greek equivalent."

Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_%28mythology%29

The Diana cultus came from the Greek culture, as she was Artemis, and then she became Diana in the Roman culture. The old gods got new names. Later, with the Christianization, the female goddesses were saved under different Saints' names.

Just like Jesus's birthday is 24th of December, like the Sun god in the Ancient Roman culture.

I went to an official hunt in 2009. It was in Hungary, and I did not hunt, just walked with the hunters.

Then, in November 2023, I applied for a haunting course through CBS. The teacher was from Deloitte.

It took several months to finish the program. A lot of studying, reading books about animals, nature, Law, and etiquette. That time, I also went for regular jogging. Plus, I worked in a butchery to make sandwiches.