Artemis

a fixed position in the sea, yet it was willing to accept the pregnant Leto.

piercing cry. She wouldn't have been in such a bitter pain if Eileithyia, daughter of

as racked with labor pangs, and sore distressed her being. Hera m

gument could be heard

in childbirth," Eileithyia pleaded to the Queen of

her down the halls of the Olympian palace, deep d

ou're causing the suffering of all the mothers in labor at th

't be equal. Even the land and all of nature were under Hera's gover

it!" Hera shouted back. "Leto may have escaped my wrath, but I

treachery that Leto spurred upon her house

at her mother's h

ey are Father Zeus's children," she said. "No matter what you do, O Mother of the god

ympus! Therefore I am preventing it

in for as long as she could before Zeus would step in. Disgusted, she threw Eileithyia down into the pala

day, the goddess Rhea and Dione helped Leto into the cave. Inside the land was dry and c

gh a torch to light the way and the five deities guided Leto to a proper resting place within the cavern. This wa

itan Cronus, held Leto in her arms and soo

d baby out into the world. Yet, the ordeal wasn't over. The child remained stuck. Dione gripped Leto's ha

e pregnant nymph endured and this, to the kno

, used all her tender words and strength to calm her. They each tried to ease her pains. Yet th

l the glory. It will be the basis of your love - you suffered to bring them into this world and they will not forge

rt even her mind was on the pain.

Dione

was an infant but like all the gods, she grew into the size and age of a mature child after a mere few moments. When she was

here!" the child excla

amed Artemis. You are so beautiful, my beloved child, and many will hunt for your attention and love. In ret

born. She came in between her mother's spread legs and served as a new midwife given how Eileithyia was absent. All

Leto, touched by her beautiful baby's words, gave her a

ost beautiful twins on the face of the earth. The House

," Leto said tiredly as she

birth of the two godly children. It was through their testament t