Artemis Virgin Archeress Lunar Goddess of the Night

Of the long-winged Moon give utterance, sweet-spoken, Muses, to sing,
Young Maiden daughters of Kronos son Zeus who are skilled in song.
The light that in Heaven is plain to view is whirled to Earth.
From her Deathless Head, and vast is the splendor, rising slow,
Of that light as it shines. Devoid itself of brightness, the air
Takes fire from her crown of gold, and her beams are clear as day
Whenever emerging from ocean, her beautiful flesh washed clean
And clothed in far-seen robes, resplendent Selene has yoked
Her long-necked, dazzling colts and in haste drives forward at dusk.
Those horses with beautiful manes at the midway point of the month,
When her orbit’s huge swathe is full and her rays then from Heaven most bright,
As still she continues her growth, for mortals a token and sign
She once with the son of Kronos was joined on the bed of love
Grew pregnant and bore Pandeia her daughter beauty whose beauty of form
Stands out beyond compare amongst the immortal Gods.
Farewell to you, Queenly Goddess Selene the pale-armed and bright
Whose heart is full of goodwill whose tresses are fair From you
I begin I will now sing the glories of men of the half-Gods whose feats
Gain fame from the lovely lips of the Muses Attendants, the Bards!

Nepherieri!

Come to me, O beloved Mistress Three-faced
Selene, kindly hear my sacred chants;
Night’s ornament, young, bringing light to mortals.
O child of Morn who ride upon fierce bulls.
O queen who drive your car on equal course
With Helios who with the forms
Of Triple Graces dance in revel with.
The stars you’re justice and the Moira’s threads
Klotho and Lachesis and Atropos
Three-headed, you’re Persephone, Megaira
Allekto, many-formed who arm your hands
With dreaded, murky lamps, who shake your locks
Of fearful serpents on your brow, who sound
The roar of bulls out from your mouths, whose womb
Is decked out with scales of creeping things,
With poisonous rows of serpents down the back.
Bound down your backs with horrifying chains,
Night-crier, bull-faced, loving solitude,
Bull-headed, you have eyes of bulls, the voice
Of dogs. You hide your forms in shanks of lions.
Your ankle is wolf-shaped. Fierce dogs are dear
To you. Wherefore they call you Hekate!
Many named, Mene cleaving air just like
Dart-shooter Artemis, Persephone,
Shooter of deer, night shining triple sounding.
Triple-headed, triple-voiced Selene
Triple-pointed, triple-faced and triple-necked
And Goddess of triple ways who hold
Untiring Flaming Fire in triple baskets
And you who oft frequent the triple way
And rule the triple decades unto me
Who’m calling you be gracious and with kindness
Give heed, you who protect the spacious world
At night before whom Daimons quake in fear
And Gods immortal tremble Goddess who
Exalt men, you of many names who bear
Fair offspring, bull-eyed horned mother of Gods
And men and Nature. Mother of all things,
For you frequent Olympos and the broad
And boundless chasm you traverse. Beginning
And end are you and you alone rule all,
For all things are from you and in you do
All things Eternal One came to their end.
As everlasting band around your temples
You wear great Kronos chains unbreakable
And unremovable and you hold in
Your hands a golden scepter letter’s round
Your scepter Kronos wrote himself and gave
To you to wear that all things stay steadfast
Subduer and subdued, mankind’s subduer
And force-subduer Chaos, too, you rule!

Ararachara Ra! EPHTHISKERE
Hail Goddess and attend your ephithets
I burn for you this spice, O child of Zeus,
Dart-shooter, Heavenly one, Goddess of harbors
Who roam the mountains Goddess of crossroads.
O nether and nocturnal and infernal
Goddess of dark quiet and frightful one!
O you have your meal amid the graves
Night Darkness broad chaos, Necessity;
Hard to escape are you! You-re Moira and
Erinys torment justice and Destroyer!
And you keep Kerberos in chains with scales
Of serpents are you dark O you with hair
Of serpents, serpent-girded who drink blood
Who bring death and destruction and who feast
On hearts, flesh eater who devour those dead
Untimely and you who make grief resound
And spread madness come to my sacrifices!
And now for me do you fulfill this matter!

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