As the Greek moon-goddess of the hunt,
Artemis is often used in
popular culture to symbolise the
Moon or hunting, particularly
archery.
Literature
The
Dark Hunter series
In the
Dark Hunter book
series by
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Artemis is the red-haired
goddess responsible for the creation of the
Dark Hunters.
Upon their death she claims their soul, leaving them marked where
she touched them with a bow and arrow, and permits them one act of
vengeance before they return to serve her. She is particularly
attracted to Acheron, the first of the
Dark Hunters, with
whom she has a love-hate relationship.
Valtiatar
Artemis (Mistress Artemis), a short story
The Finnish
short story
Valtiatar Artemis (Mistress Artemis) was
written in 2003 by
Seppo Telenius.
Valtiatar Artemis is
included in the anthology
Athena-Artemis (Helsinki: Kirja
kerrallaan, 2005 and 2006). Also
Goddesses Artemis and Athene
(Athena), an English article, and the novel
Auringolla
ratsastajat (Riders on the Sun) are included in
Athena-Artemis.
Artemis Fowl series of
novels
In the
Artemis Fowl young
adult novel series, Artemis Fowl is a teenage boy, an
Irish criminal
mastermind who has dealings with the fairy world. In
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity
Code,
antagonist Jon Spiro asks Artemis whether his name isn't
really a girl's name. Later, Artemis tells Spiro that in each
generation, a boy who is an extraordinary hunter (a reference to
the original myth) can be named Artemis.
Percy
Jackson series
In the
Percy Jackson young
adult series by
Rick Riordan, Artemis is one of the twelve
Olympian gods. In the third book,
The
Titan's Curse, she takes the form of a young girl, and leads a
band of immortal girls known as the Hunters of Artemis.
Motion Pictures & Television
Superman II
Artemis was the name of the doomed U.S.-Soviet lunar
lander in the motion picture,
Superman II. It may be the planned name of
the new
Lunar Surface Access Module
(LSAM) NASA has plans to use for the upcoming
Constellation
Program.
Artemis 81
The Artemis mythology
(unsurprisingly) plays a significant role in
David Rudkin's
intentionally impenetrable epic 3-hour TV movie,
Artemis
81.
Hercules - The Animated Series
Reba
McEntire portrays Artemis in Disney's
Hercules: The Animated
Series.
Sailor Moon
The white cat that
belongs to
Minako
Aino in the
Sailor Moon metaseries is named Artemis. As he is male, in
the earlier Codename wa Sailor V, Minako makes
fun of him being named after a female
goddess.
Gundam Seed
A Eurasian Federation asteroid basin is named
"Artemis".
Battlestar Galactica (reimagining)
Starbuck has an Artemis figure in the new
Battlestar Galactica
.
Role Playing & Computer Games
God of War
In the popular Sony videogame God of War, Artemis, voiced
by Claudia
Black, gives Kratos a
massive and potent (though slow) sword, appropriately called the
Blade of Artemis. She was also for some reason depicted
with horns.
Age of Mythology
In the popular
RTS computer game Age of Mythology, Artemis features as
one of the Greek minor deities.
Final Fantasy
Many RPG installments (like
Final
Fantasy) feature high-level bows and arrows named after
Artemis.
Devil May Cry 3
Artemis was the name
given to a laser that the hero of the game Dante could use
(although you had to complete one of the puzzles to obtain it and
it wasn't very useful in comparison to the other guns that Dante
obtained).
Bomberman 64
Artemis was the name
of one of the main characters in the game Bomberman 64
Scion Role-playing game
Artemis is a featured diety in the
Scion role-playing
game.