My Greek Deities

Δημήτηρ DēmētērTalejah Da’Nice Watts

Demeter

Demeter, the goddess of agriculture Because of the similarity

between the female womb and the earth (both nurture a seed until it is ready to emerge into its earthly life), Demeter, apart from her function as goddess of earth, was also the goddess of marriage who blessed children. Because of the similarity between the female womb and the earth (both nurture a seed until it is ready to emerge into its earthly life), Demeter, apart from her function as goddess of earth, was also the goddess of marriage who blessed children. en.

Demeter The goddess offering wheat to Eleusinian hero Triptolemus , to initiate humans to agriculture.

The goddess offering wheat to Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, to initiate humans to agriculture

Demeter’s Personality Traits

Demeter is one of the main goddess. She was born from the titan Kronos. She is the goddess of agriculture and fertility. She is not as liberal as Artemis and she keeps to herself, she is very reserved.

Demeter's Parents and Siblings Demeter’s parents were Cronus and Rhea her siblings were Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Hera.

Myth of Demeter:

Myth of Demeter:Demeter was the Greek goddess of grain, the harvest, and possibly the grape and hence wine. Hades, god of the underworld, abducted her daughter Persephone. Demeter asked Zeus, a brother of Hades, to return Persephone. When Zeus refused, Demeter withheld the harvest from man until Zeus relented. He agreed to allow Persephone’s return if she had not eaten while with Hades. However, since Persephone had eaten 6 pomegranate seeds in the underworld, Zeus determined that she would spend 6 months with her mother and 6 months with Hades. This is the mythic origin of the six months of spring and summer when Persephone walks the earth with her mother and the 6 months of fall and winter when Persephone must return to the underworld. The pomegranate is still for many a potent symbol of death and renewal. The Elysian Mysteries were public celebrations of the myth of Demeter and Persephone

Photos of Demeter:

Demeter’s sign

Demeter’s sign

Giving flowers to someone

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