Leto was a Greek Goddess of motherhood and modesty

First of all, one of the most interesting facts about Leto is she was the Goddess of motherhood and modesty. Leto was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, the first generation of Titans. While Coeus is only mentioned as her father by Callimachus, Ovid, and the Homeric hymn to Delian Apollo, no information about her mother is provided. She also had a sister named Asteria, who, according to Apollodorus and Hesiod, was crucial in helping Leto give birth to her children. Her cult was well-known across Greece and Asia Minor since she was the mother of two important Olympians, Artemis and Apollo, and spent the majority of her time there as a Titan.

The Titan goddess of modesty and benevolence was Leto. She is referred to as "gentlest in all Olympus" in Hesiod's Theogony because she is constantly kind and patient with people, both gods, and humans. In particular, when it came to parenthood and child care, she would provide a helping hand to anyone in need. But various authors claim that she had a short fuse and could be wrathful and cruel to people who upset her.

Because most of the goddess' myths center on the birth of her children and her strong relationship with them, the goddess is also frequently linked to childbirth and motherhood. The passage from Aelian's On the Nature of Animals that gives us the first indication that this is the case connects Leto with Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth because they both revere Ichneumons as their sacred animal.