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Jean Shinoda Bolen

She wrote "Goddess in Everywoman."

Artemis

She is a divine huntress and goddess of the moon.

Hippomenes

He loved a mortal heroine but lost to her in a footrace.

Aphrodite

Her counterpart in Scandinavian pre-Christian theology is the goddess Freya.

Atalanta

She is a fantastic hunter and a superb runner.

Arachne

She is a mortal woman who could compete with a goddess at weaving.

Adonis

He is the subject of strife between two goddesses who both want to keep him and end up being shared by them.

Persephone

She is a young goddess who was abducted, raped, and kept in the Underworld.

Hades

He abducted a goddess and was allowed to keep her for his wife if he agreed to certain conditions.

Eris

She is the goddess of strife and discord.

Dionysius

He is the god of intoxication and of celebration, and had a reputation...

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