December 27th- Artemis

Twin to Apollo, Artemis was a daughter of Zeus, born as a result of an extramarital affair with Leto. Hera was so offended that she forbade Leto to give birth on solid land, but in the end the island of Delos gave refuge to Leto. Artemis is described as being born first, and then assisting in the birth of her twin brother Apollo. She goes on to become the goddess of nature, childbirth, wildlife, healing, the hunt, sudden death, animals, virginity, young women, and archery. In Roman mythology she's known as Diana. 

One of the three virgin goddesses, alongside Athena and Hestia. She's usually described as a hunting goddess of the woods, accomanied by a chaste gang of nymphs. In her role as goddess of the hunt and childbirth she was one of the most widely venerated deities in ancient Greece. 
Artemis's companions weren't expmpt from the attentions of Zeus. Callisto was one of Artemis's nymphs, and Zeus seduced her by disguising himself as Artemis during a hunting session. Callisto became pregnant, and when Artemis found out she was so furious that Artemis transformed her and her son Arcas in to bears, ad=nd then placed them in the heavens forming the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. In some versions of the myth it's Hera that does the transforming, but either way it's Callisto that pays the price.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (in modern day Turkey) was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. At it's largest it was 137 m (450 ft) long by 69 m (225 ft) wide and 18 m (60 ft) high, with more than 127 columns.

This is the limited edition shade of Superfine Merino & Silk for today. You can find it in the online shop until stocks run out, and as always it forms part of the Buy 2 Get a third half price offer available on this fibre blend. I am happy to combine orders, but will need you to add a note when you purchase each day. I usually have a lot of orders to process on the first day back and without a note it's highly likely I will miss that you have multiple orders.