. The evolution of the dragon. V- to •^^*^^^^^h ^^i>. Fig. 25. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE 185 travelling through the air in a car drawn by two serpents seeking themost pious oi kings in order that she might establish her cult with himand bless him with renewed youth. Artemis was a moon-goddess closely related to Britomartis andDiktynna, the Cretan prototype of Aphrodite. These goddessesafforded help to women in childbirth and were regarded as guardiansof the portal. The goddess of streams and marshes was identified withthe mugwort [Arteniisia), which was hung above the door in the placeoccupied
. The evolution of the dragon. V- to •^^*^^^^^h ^^i>. Fig. 25. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE 185 travelling through the air in a car drawn by two serpents seeking themost pious oi kings in order that she might establish her cult with himand bless him with renewed youth. Artemis was a moon-goddess closely related to Britomartis andDiktynna, the Cretan prototype of Aphrodite. These goddessesafforded help to women in childbirth and were regarded as guardiansof the portal. The goddess of streams and marshes was identified withthe mugwort [Arteniisia), which was hung above the door in the placeoccupied at other times by the winged disk, the thunder-stone, or acrocodile (dragon). As the guardian of portals Artemiss magic plantcould open locks and doors. As the giver of life she could also with-hold the vital essence and so cause disease or death ; but she pos-sessed the means of curing the ills she inflicted. Artemis, in fact, likeall the other goddesses, was a witch. In former lectures 1 have often discussed the remarkable featureof Egyptian archite
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