Diana<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology)#cite_note-2">[a]</a> is a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess">goddess</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome">Roman</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_religion">Hellenistic religion</a>, primarily considered a patroness of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside">countryside</a> and nature, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting">hunters</a>, wildlife, childbirth, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal_deity">crossroads</a>, the night, and the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon">Moon</a>. She is <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism">equated</a> with the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology">Greek goddess</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis">Artemis</a>, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos">Delos</a> to parents <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)">Jupiter</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latona">Latona</a>, and a twin brother, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo">Apollo</a>,<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology)#cite_note-Lar-3">[2]</a> though she had <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Nemorensis">an independent origin in Italy</a>.Diana is considered a virgin goddess and protector of childbirth. Historically, Diana made up a triad with two other Roman deities: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeria_(mythology)">Egeria</a> the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virbius">Virbius</a>, the woodland god.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology)#cite_note-4">[3]</a>Diana is revered in modern <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopagan">neopagan</a> religions including <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_polytheistic_reconstructionism">Roman neopaganism</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stregheria">Stregheria</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca">Wicca</a>. In the ancient, medieval, and modern periods, Diana has been considered a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity">triple deity</a>, merged with a goddess of the moon (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(goddess)">Luna</a>/<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene">Selene</a>) and the underworld (usually <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate">Hecate</a>)

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