Name: Bendis (Greek Spelling- Βένδις)

Other Names: None/Unknown

Goddess Equivalents from other Mythologies: Unknown/None

Titles: Goddess of Moon and Hunt

Associated Animals: None/Unknown

Associated Symbols: Thracian Cap

Sacred Plants: Unknown/None

Abode/Resistance: Mount Olympus (Possibly), Attica, Thrace

Group: Seven Daughters of Zeus 

Astrological Symbol: None/Unknown

Planet: Unknown/None

Sacred Day: None/Unknown

(Personal Info)

Parents: Zeus (Father), Mother (Unknown/None) or Not stated.

Siblings: None/Unknown

Children/Offspring: None/Unknown

Consort: Unknown/None

God/Goddess Counterpart: Artemis (Goddess of The Moon and Hunt)
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Bendis is said to be a Greek Thracian Goddess of Moon and Hunting similar to Artemis, she seems to be a Minor Goddess and this can be seen since she has similar titles to Artemis making her overshadowed from the other."

"She's a Goddess from Thrace; a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe she was introduced in the region of Attica, in some cases due to her titles she is associated with Artemis however instead of being accompanied by Nymphs and Hunters, she was seen with Satyrs and Maenads which can be seen on a fifth-century red-figure stemless cup in Verona, Italy."

"Some Greek Writers say she was a Daughter of Zeus, and part of these Seven Daughters of Zeus, who were turned into Swans and reappear in Human form driving golden carriages and teaching the crowds."

(Worship for Bendis)

"It was a decree by this Oracle of Dodona, that required Athenians to give land for a Shrine or Temple for Bendis, her cult was introduced in Attica by the immigrant thracian residents, but the Worships between the Thracians and Athenians were separate but they did had festivities which became Popular during Plato's Time."

"Her Festival was Called Bendideia, the events of this Festival had night-time torch races on horseback as mentioned by Plato in his Republic 328;

"You haven't heard that there is to be a torchlight race this evening on horseback in honour of the Goddess?" "On horseback?" said I. "That is a new idea. Will they carry torches and pass them along to one another as they race with the horses, or what do you mean?" "That's the way of it," said Polemarchus, "and, besides, there is to be a night festival which will be worth seeing."

"So as you can see this torch race had two or more people on a horse throwing Torches to one another."

In a Greek port City; Piraeus, which is still around today although I can't really say much about this temple called Bendideion which was a place of Worship for Bendis."

There's a red-figure skyphos which is now at Tübingen University in Germany, that could be from 440 to 430 BC, that seems to show a new authorized Cult with those Themis the Goddess of Law and Order, who is seen representing the Athenian Traditional Customs and Bendis is also in this was shown in a boots and a cloak also wearing a Thracian fox-skin cap."
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"And that's all I'll be going on for Bendis."