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Aspalis

Aspalis was a Western Semitic hunting goddess. Melite only scantly mentions her in Phthia, and she is probably a local version of Artemis. As in various Artemis mythologies she hanged herself and the body disappeared. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993, p. 29