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ID: 901000118
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000118
Record Type: Character/Person

Diana (Roman deity)

Note: In Roman religion, goddess of wild animals and the hunt, identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. Patroness of domestic animals. As a fertility deity she was invoked by women to aid conception and delivery.

Names:
Diana (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Dijana (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
Diʼanah (Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Diana (Roman deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Diana and Actaeon
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman narratives, Diana and Actaeon (Roman narrative)) [901002194]
counterpart is .... Artemis
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Artemis (Greek deity)) [901000323]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... hunter (people)
.....(people in agriculture or natural resource occupations, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Roman, Ancient
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... fertility
.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... domestic animals
.....(animals by location or context, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... moon
.....(extraterrestrial bodies, natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Diana (Roman deity)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014110163
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 92C3 (story of) Diana (Artemis)
Dijana (Roman deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Diʼanah (Roman deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Diana," accessed 4 July 2017
................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-) https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46680.html
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10171
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology)#/media/File:Diane_de_Versailles_Leochares_2.jpg

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