Sunday, May 3, 2009

Demeter

Inspired by the "Cry of The Tiger" writing process

Wikipedia Page
Who's Who in Classical Mythology By Michael Grant and John Hazel

Demeter (pronounced /dɨˈmiːtər/; Greek: Δημήτηρ, lit. translates into Mother Earth. She was identified with her own mother Rhea, Ceres in the Roman Empire, Isis in Egypt and Cybele in Phrygian myth.

Demeter is the Earth Goddess, and patroness of fertility, the bringer of the seasons and patroness of the Eleusinian Mysteries. She is one of the twelve main Olympic Gods and on of the six Children of Rhea and Cronos. Zeus was both her brother and the father of her daughter Persephone (Proserpina in Rome).

In Greek mythology, is the Goddess of grain and fertility, the pure. She nourishes the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

He life and worship is heavily associated with the story of her daughter Persephone and the resulting marriage.

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