Introduction to Artemis
Artemis is the goddess of wilderness, hunting, wild animals, and fertility. She is a Greek goddess, who is one of the 12 deities that lives on Mount Olympia. Her father, Zeus, granted her wish of eternal virginity at a young age, and she is proud of her purity, and is a symbol of chastity. Her twin brother is Apollo, the god of the sun as well as other things. Artemis is often carrying a bow and arrow, and sometimes is depicted with a crescent moon on her forehead (symbolizing many cycles she represents such as the moon, tides, childbirth, puberty, and motherhood.) Followers of Artemis are known as "nymphs" and ceremonies celebrating girls growing up into women honor her.
I understand this is a relatively minor error, but to say Olympia is incorrect. The mountain is Olympus. Olympia was an actual human city where the Olympic games were held on the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. Also, not all nymphs follow Artemis, others are often bound to other gods (ex: Water nymphs to Poseidon), only ones such as select wood nymphs.
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