Archetype:Hunting Deity

Hunting Deity
Artemis/Diana (Greco-Roman Mythology) Goddess of the Hunt, Moonlight, the Forests, the Wilderness, Animals, Fertility, Birth, Chastity, Protection and Disease
Archetype 0f:	a Hunting Deity.

The character is a hunting deity. Variation of Deity.

Also Called

• Gods of the Hunt, Hunting, Tracking and Trapping
• Hunter Deity/God/Goddess
• The Hunter, The Huntsman or The Huntress

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into a hunting deity, a god or goddess in mythology associated with the hunting of animals and the skills and equipment involved. They are a common feature of polytheistic religions.

Applications

• Enhanced Tracking
• Hunting Intuition
• Hunting Manipulation
• Marking
• Meta Searching
• Meta Trapping
• Net Creation
• Omnislayer
  • Old God/New God-Patron God
• Predator Instinct
• Supernatural/Absolute Accuracy
• Supernatural Stealth
• Supernatural Tracking\Absolute Tracking
• Supernatural/Absolute Weapon Proficiency
• Tactical Analysis/Genius
• Transcendent Physiology (Varies between Deities)
  • Transcendent Angel
  • Transcendent Animal
  • Transcendent Demon
  • Transcendent Genie
  • Transcendent Human
  • Transcendent Hybrid
    • Anthrocephalic (A human head on an animal body)
    • Anthrozoic (Human form of an animal physiology)
    • Zoocephalic (A human body with an animal head)
  • Transcendent Plant
• Trap Manipulation
• Weapon Manipulation

Variation

• Fishermen Deity

Associations

• Animal Deity
• Beast Lordship
• Divine Lord
• Environment Manipulation
• Forest Lordship
• Lunar Embodiment
• Mother Goddess
• Nature Lordship
• Sky Father

Limitations

• Users of Transcendent Negation can nullify their godhood.
• Can be slain by users of Transcendent Weaponry, Divine Slayer and Omnislayer.
• May have specific limitations to the concept of their existence and universe.
• May be vulnerable to Divine Power Absorption, Divine Power Negation, Divine Energy Absorption and Divinity Nullification.

Known Users

Also see: Deities of Hunt

Cartoons/Comics

• Artemis (Blood of Zeus); implied

Folklore/Mythology

• Cernunnos (Celtic Mythology)
• Andrew The Apostle (Christian Mythology); Fishing (same category/concept)
• Brendan (Christian Mythology); Fishing (same category/concept)
• Saint Bartholomew (Christian Mythology); partially
• Anhur (Egyptian Mythology)
• Neith (Egyptian Mythology)
• Satet/Satis (Egyptian Mythology)
• Wepwawet (Egyptain Mythology)
• Artemis/Diana (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Britomartis (Greek Mythology)
• Gration (Greek Mythology)
• Orion (Greek Mythology)
• Zagreus (Greek Mythology)
• Banka-Mundi (Hindu Mythology)
• Rudra (Hindu Mythology)
• The Horned God (Neopaganism/Wicca Mythology)
• Njörðr (Norse Mythology); Fishing (same/similar category)
• Skaði (Norse Mythology)
• Odin (Norse Mythology)
• Ullr (Norse Mythology)
• Bendis (Thracian Mythology)

Literature

• Artemis (Riordanverse)
• Britomartis (Riordanverse)
• Orion (Riordanverse)

Tabletop

• Erastil (Pathfinder)
• Kurnous (Warhammer Fantasy)
• Kurnous (Warhammer 40,000)

Video Games

• Habbakuk (Dragonlance)
• Hircine (The Elder Scrolls)
• Neith (SMITE)

Gallery

Anhur (Egyptian Mythology)

Neith (Egyptian Mythology) primordial goddess of hunting and the loom.

Satet/Satis (Egyptian Mythology)

Wepwawet (Egyptian Mythology)

Hircine (The Elder Scrolls)

Odin (Norse Mythology) leading the Wild Hunt.

Ullr (Norse Mythology)

Erastil (Pathfinder)

Artemis (Riordanverse)

Britomartis (Riordanverse)

Neith (SMITE)

Kurnoua (Warhammer), the elder god of hunting.

Artemisa (supernatural)

Orion (Greek Mythology) is well-known throughout Greece for his impressive hunting/tracking skills that can rival his hunting companion/lover, Artemis...

…Orion would travel around the world by walking on water to track down the most ferocious animals & beasts he can find and bring them down with either his club, bow & arrows, hunting knife, or even his bare hands...

…Orion has been known throughout the world as The Greatest Hunter of All Time because of his passion for hunting down the most wild creatures he has ever faced.

Gramore, Witch of the Wild Hunt (Worlds Beyond Number)

Videos

Oromë, Huntsman of the Valar - Tolkien Explained