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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).

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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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Email Limoges Spiegelrückseite Minos und Britomaris makffm WMH8.jpg
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Britomartis (nymph)
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9 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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