Mythology Olympics tournament round 1
Which mythological figure is better?
Emilina
Luna
Propaganda!
Born in the 12th century in France, Emilina is a saint in the Catholic church, a devout soul who deeply desired to do God's will. She led a solitary life near the abbey and followed the Cistercian rule as much as she could. She had a deep prayer life, highlighted by extreme fasts and mortification. She was known to predict with accuracy future events, but was most concerned with the visitor's relationship with God. Humility marked her interaction with everyone and she never used her heavenly gifts for selfish gain. Since she neither married nor professed vows with any religious community, Emilina is known as the patron saint of single lay women.
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon. She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess, along with Diana and either Proserpina or Hecate. Luna is not always a distinct goddess, but sometimes rather an epithet that specializes a goddess, since both Diana and Juno are identified as moon goddesses. In Roman art, Luna attributes are the crescent moon plus the two-yoke chariot. In the Carmen Saeculare, performed in 17 BC, Horace invokes her as the "two-horned queen of the stars", bidding her to listen to the girls singing as Apollo listens to the boys.
