Lucifer Italian witch-cult. In Leland's mythology, Diana pursued her brother Lucifer across the sky as a cat pursues a mouse. According to Leland, after dividing herself into light and darkness: Here, the motions of Diana and Lucifer once again mirror the celestial motions of the moon and Venus, respectively. Though Leland's Lucifer is based on the classical personification of the planet Venus, he also incorporates elements from Christian tradition, as in the following passage: In the several modern Wiccan traditions based in part on Leland's work, the figure of Lucifer is usually either omitted or replaced as Diana's consort with either
Feronia (mythology) Feronia (mythology) In ancient Roman religion, Feronia was a goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance. As the goddess who granted freedom to slaves or civil rights to the most humble part of society, she was especially honored among plebeians and freedmen. Her festival, the "Feroniae", was November 13 (the "ides" of November) during the "Ludi Plebeii" ("Plebeian Games"), in conjunction with Fortuna Primigenia; both were goddesses of Praeneste. Feronia's name is derived from a Sabine adjective corresponding to Latin "fĕrus". "Feronia" comes from Etruscan, but with a long vowel, i.e. "Fērōnǐa". The root "fer" has cognate words in