Diana - London, England, UK - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This Secret London website (visit link) has this to say about the sculpture which also serves as a fountain:

"Diana

This 1952 work by EJ Clack, paid for by the Constance Fund, has drinking bowls for both humans and for dogs. The base is a stylised tree with Diana unleashing her hunting dog on top. In Ancient Rome, Diana - known to the Greeks as Artemis - was the goddess of the hunt, as well as an emblem of chastity.

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Diana was the Greek goddess of hunting...as well as the moon and birthing. She is almost always depicted with a hunting dog. Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy. Diana was worshiped in ancient Roman religion and is revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria. Dianic Wicca, a largely feminist form of the practice, is named for her. Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.

Oak groves were especially sacred to her. According to mythology, Diana was born with her twin brother Apollo on the island of Delos, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. Diana made up a triad with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 900 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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