Greek mythology
Demeter
Goddess of grain, fertility, and grieving motherhood
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Children
- Persephone
- Group
- Divine · Olympians
- Appears in
- Demeter and Persephone · Rise of Zeus
- Places
- Mount Olympus
- Family tree
- See in the family tree
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Demeter is the golden goddess of the harvest and the fruitful earth, whose gifts sustain all mortal life. When Hades carries off her daughter Persephone, her grief withers the world into barren famine until Zeus brokers the girl's partial return. Her sorrow and reunion become the rhythm of the growing year, and her secret rites at Eleusis promise the initiated a blessed life beyond death.
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Demeter and Persephone
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- Who is Demeter?
- Demeter is the golden goddess of the harvest and the fruitful earth, whose gifts sustain all mortal life. When Hades carries off her daughter Persephone, her grief withers the world into barren famine until Zeus brokers the girl's partial return.
- Which mythology does Demeter belong to?
- Demeter belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Demeter appear in?
- Demeter appears in Demeter and Persephone, Rise of Zeus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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