All things were born of Great Diana: the spirits of the stars, the elements, the fata, the giants which were of old, the folletti who dwelt in the stones, and all manner of plants and animals.
Yet the Goddess was lonely without the company of her brother, Apollo, known as Lucetius. She longed for her mountains in spring, and the company of her many children. Thus Great Diana went on earth.
She donned a short saffron tunic and ran barefoot as a girl among the shadowy trees of the deep woods. She became Artini, maiden of the wild things.
Then like a young doe, like a fawn that gambols in the spring, she ran among the beasts. She ran among the bears and rolled with their cubs. In autumn, she took up her bow and knife, and all of nature trembled at her passing.
In winter, the bears slept in their dens and the cold wind whispered through the still trees.
She saw her other children, human beings, shivering in the chill air and saw that people were without fur or feathers to keep them warm. So she made for them a hearth of stones, and gathered dead wood from beneath the trees. She kindled for them a fire. She taught the women the mysteries of the hearth, and set the girls to keep vigil over it.
The women praised her, "Hail hearthmother, Goddess of fire."
Having taught the magic of fire-making, the maiden set aside her tunic and knife; she set aside her silver bow and arrows. She daubed her face with white mud gypsum, and bid the women to do likewise. Then the goddess of the slim ankles taught the women the magic of dance. Wearing her elegant body ornaments, she raised her white arms. Thus the silver footed maiden started the dance, and the young girls and the old followed.
She instructed her people in many things, including how to divine through augury, how to gather plants, and how to bake cakes. She taught them what manner of worship is proper.