Roman statue of Demeter (2nd century CE) British Museum, London / Orangeaurochs CC BY 2.0 Who were Demeter’s children?ĭemeter had relatively few consorts, and thus relatively few children. Other times, Demeter was depicted with her favorite animals, especially piglets and bullocks. In art and literature, Demeter was often shown alongside her daughter Persephone, or, occasionally, with other gods such as Poseidon. She was generally represented as a modestly robed woman wearing a headdress. 340 BCE) Altes Museum, Berlin / Bibi Saint-Pol Public Domain Key Factsĭemeter was easily recognized by her attributes of wheat (or corn), a torch, and sometimes a sickle. Her most important cult center was at Eleusis in Attica, though she had many sanctuaries throughout the Greek world.Īpulian red-figure hydria showing Demeter (right) with Metanira (left) by the Varrese Painter (ca. Rarely meddling in others’ affairs, Demeter was among the most beloved and least controversial of all Greek deities. Her most famous daughter was Persephone-the bride of Hades and the mistress of the Underworld. One of the children of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, Demeter was the sister of Zeus, Hestia, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. She was also a goddess of women, family, law, and the Mysteries (secret religious rites).
Demeter, Persephone, and the Eleusinian Mysteriesĭemeter was one of the Twelve Olympians and the goddess of fertility and agriculture.As a teacher, I do not see much value in this book because to me, this is the type of book I hated to read as a child. It was very boring and hard to follow sometimes, especially for people who may not be familiar with Greek mythology. I did not like the way that this story was written. However, during fall and winter when Persephone must return during to the underworld, she does not give her blessing and everything begins to shrivel up and hibernate. When she is home during spring and summer, Persephone's mother Demeter grants her blessing on earth and plants grow and are plentiful. Zeus decides that she ate the fruit against her will, she must only return during parts of the year. She returns to Earth but when Demeter finds out she has eaten the pomegranate,she knows that her daughter will have to return to the underworld because she has eaten the fruit of the dead.
However, before he sends her back, Hades makes Persephone eat a pomegranate. Zeus realizes that if everyone on Earth dies, there will be no one left to worship them so he orders Hades to send back Persephone. Demeter, Goddess of the harvest, is in so much grief, she refuses to bless the crops so everything on earth begins to die and people begin starving. When she gets close enough to look at it, he kidnaps her and takes her to the underworld. Hades knows that Demeter will not let Persephone be his bride in the underworld so he tricks Persephone by planting a mysterious flower by her home. The story tells about the day Eros and Aphrodite shot an arrow at Hades, lord or the underworld, that caused him to fall in love with Persephone, daughter of Demeter. This is a Greek myth that explains the cause of the seasons.
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