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
Agenoria (mythology) Agenoria (mythology) Agenoria is a Roman goddess of activity "(actus)". Her name is presumably derived from the Latin verb "ago, agere, egi, actum," "to do, drive, go." She is named only by St. Augustine, who places her among the deities who are concerned with childhood. She is thus one of the goddesses who endows the child with a developmental capacity, such as walking, singing, reasoning, and learning to count. W.H. Roscher includes Agenoria among the "indigitamenta", the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals. Despite her obscurity, Agenoria is the