Claim: Artemis is a goddess.

In Roman mythology , Diana -LSB- djˈaː.na -RSB- was the goddess of the hunt , the moon , and nature being associated with wild animals and woodland , and having the power to talk to and control animals . She was eventually equated with the Greek goddess Artemis , though she had an independent origin in Italy . Diana was worshipped in ancient Roman religion and is revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria . Diana was known to be the virgin goddess of childbirth and women . She was one of the three maiden goddesses , along with Minerva and Vesta , who swore never to marry .   Oak groves and deer were especially sacred to her . According to mythology -LRB- in common with the Greek religion and their deity Artemis -RRB- , Diana was born with her twin brother , Apollo , on the island of Delos , daughter of Jupiter and Latona . She made up a triad with two other Roman deities : Egeria the water nymph , her servant and assistant midwife ; and Virbius , the woodland god .