Artemis is the Greek Goddess of the wild things, the deep forests and the chase. She is sometimes, though not invariably, connected with the moon, as Her brother Apollo is sometimes associated with the sun. She is a solitary virgin Goddess, bearing bow and arrows to hunt animals, and said to cause disease and sudden death with them. She is the guardian of wild spaces and new life, such as bear cubs and fawns. She is the special protectress of children, and was invoked by women in childbirth as a midwife, for it was said She helped to deliver Her twin Apollo, though She was only a day old Herself.