Diana - princess or goddess?

"In the case of Diana, Princess of Wales this was an obvious culmination. As her brother pointed out at her funeral, Diana — or Artemis, if we are going to stick to the Greeks — was the goddess of hunting, herself hunted to death.

Or you could say that, pursued by the Furies for much of her public life, those foul harpies finally got their girl. She could be Prometheus, stealing fire (or fame) from the gods (or the royal firm), and giving it to mortals for their own use; or Cassandra, predicting her own fate in a series of tapes and telephone calls; a female Narcissus, gazing doomed and entranced upon her own reflection in magazines."

India Knight makes some observations about the use of mythic imagery in discussing Princess Diana, insults Catholics, uses the strange construct half-Muslim, and gets the readers quite irate.


Diana

Artemis and Santa

"There are several humorous cameos in this film, including an uncredited actress who plays the Greek Goddess Artemis working undercover on Earth as a gym teacher. This actress is gut-bustingly funny in a role that is far too brief when compared to the time spent on Heat-miser and Snowmiser. In fact, her role is part of the underlying, richer story about the role that myth and story plays in cultures, even modern ones."

Belinda Acosta reviews The Year Without Santa Claus

Spirituality in a handbag

Some things are so silly that I simply cannot resist commenting.

Psychotherapeutic counselor Teresa Dane Marcel teaches women how to make handbags and understand their own feminine selves using exemples from Greek mythology.

“The Greek goddesses are fascinating, not as idols, but as aspects of ourselves. You can see characteristics of the goddesses in yourself and others. For instance, if you are a direct person, you may identify with Artemis, known for her ability to get straight to the point while remaining true to herself,” said Marcel.

"The myths and stories will inspire the group to ask what particular resources they always carry with them in their handbags," she continued.

Actually, Artemis is known for her ability to get straight to the point with her arrows, killing men who offend her - though using that fact as a source of inspiration when you decide what to carry in your handbag is probably not what Marcel has in mind.


Artemis and Actaeon