Greek mythology
Demeter
Goddess of grain, fertility, and grieving motherhood
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Olympians · Divine
- Appears in
- Rise of Zeus · Demeter and Persephone
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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