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Britomartis
Sign in to saveBritomartis (;) was a Greek goddess of mountains, nets, and hunting who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes described as a nymph, but she was more commonly conflated or syncretized with the goddesses Artemis, Athena, and Aphaea. She was also known as Dictynna, Dicte, Dictymna, or as a daughter of Dictynna (Δίκτυννα).
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- The Drowning of Britomartis, 1547–59.jpg
- Deity.name
- Britomartis
- Deity.caption
- The Drowning of Britomartis tapestry, probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of mountains, fishing nets, and hunting
- Deity.other_names
- Dictynna, Dictymna, Dicte
- Deity.cult_centre
- Crete
- Deity.symbols
- Mountains, fishing nets, the moon
- Deity.temple
- Diktynnaion
- Deity.festivals
- Britomarpeia
- Deity.equivalent1
- Aphaea
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Aeginian
- Deity.father
- Zeus
- Deity.mother
- Carme
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Mythology
- As Diktynna
- As Aphaea
- Spenser's "Britomart"
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Britomartis (;) was a Greek goddess of mountains, nets, and hunting who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes described as a nymph, but she was more commonly conflated or syncretized with the goddesses Artemis, Athena, and Aphaea. She was also known as Dictynna, Dicte, Dictymna, or as a daughter of Dictynna (Δίκτυννα).
In the 16th century, Edmund Spenser named a character identified with English military prowess as "Britomart" in his knightly epic The Faerie Queene. This subsequently led to a number of appearances of "Britomart" figures in British art and literature.