Demeter The Greek God

While reading online about the Greek Gods and Goddesses I found several things on Demeter Goddess of the harvest agriculture, and fertility. I found several things about her daughter Persephone also. I found all of the infkormation that I am about to mention on Greek Gods & Goddesses, Greek Mythology Pantheon, Goddessgift.com. In this Essay I am hoping to Enlighten you to what has happened to Demeter and Persephone.

Demeter was much sought-after by mortals, as her title made her extremely important to them. So she lived on Earth, not on Mt. Olympus, and she frequently appeared to mortals, who were not afraid of her like they were of some of the gods.

“Go in peace” she replied, “and be happy in your daughter; I have lost mine.” (Bulfinch’s Mythology, pg 54, para 1). The farmer and his daughter sat with Demeter and cried with her. They invited her to stay for the night and introduced her to the sick son of the farmer. Demeter healed the boy and tried to make him immortal, but was stopped by the farmer’s wife. Demeter left the farm still searching for Persephone. Demeter came across a river nymph that knew what happened to Persephone. She dared not to tell, because she fears Hades. The nymph did give Demeter the girdle that Persephone dropped. Demeter sure her daughter was dead blamed the earth. Blaming the earth Demeter stopped fertilizing the land. The cattle died, the crops weren’t growing, there was too much sun and rain. Seeing this the nymph told the goddess what she saw. The goddess Demeter heard this and rode her chariot to meet Zeus. Zeus agreed to help,

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter addresses the fate of Persephone is in the hands of others and is removed from freedom of choice as she is portrayed as a minor. In effect, it is symbolic of the power family holds as the actions of her mother, her father Zeus and her husband Hades determine her path. The text accustoms nickname Persephone throughout the passage as the ‘Core’, the ‘Girl’, or ‘Virgin’. These nicknames assume her role as an underage girl not responsible for her life decisions. The Hymn begins with highlighting the role of the patriarch in a family Zeus as both the head of the family and the other gods who must defer to him as he arranges Hades to take Persephone against her will. As Demeter struggles with the mourn and loss of her child she begins to abandon her reproduction responsibilities and Persephone is ordered to go to the side of your dark robed mother. However, Hades persuades Persephone to eat pomegranate seeds, representing the loss of her innocence as it spiritually bounds her to Hades. Zeus accustomed to be acknowledges as the father of justice and good government rectifies the issue with the arrangement that Persephone remains with Hades however returns to her mother and the Gods for 2 thirds of the year. The Fate of Persephone portrays the common marriage cycle that pertained in Ancient Greece whereby it held the connotation of death for the maiden and submission and adaptation into their Fathers orders.

Hades was a bitter middle-aged man whose heart softened once he saw Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. So he kidnapped her and brought her down into the Underworld. Demeter had become infuriated with Hades and released her anger on the earth in the form of a time where no crops should grow. Meanwhile, Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds which made her want

She symbolized corn, grain and the harvest. Some myths have it that demeter made the corn grow each year. Since she could do that people associated her with the seasons. Persephone ,her daughter was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld. And due to Demeter being angry she put a curse on the world that caused plants to wither and die.

As Greece was an agriculturally based society, the goddess of this very important part of the culture, would play a significant role in everyday life. Demeter is the goddess of this realm, as she was the goddess of earth and agriculture. The first loaf of bread harvested was offered to Demeter (www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Demeter/demeter.html.). Demeter symbolizes regenerative earth over all things. Demeter was one of the more important gods of Greece. A sheaf of ripe wheat was her primary symbol. Demeter is associated with many sacred animals and colors as well.

Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is the Goddess of the underworld. Her mother, however, is the Goddess of corn, grain, and harvest, and her father Zeus is the supreme God of Olympians. She became the Goddess of the Underworld because of Hades, the God of the underworld. Even though he was living in the dark, Persephone was astonished by his youth and beauty. But when he asked Demeter to marry her daughter, she was raging and said there wasn't the slightest chance that would happen. He was heartbroken and decided to get Persephone no matter what.

Demeter Persephone mother was sadden when she could not find Persephone she looked all over the place and finally found out what Zeus had done Demeter was so angry she swear that the earth would be cold and would not fruit until Persephone came home the earth was empty and there were not warmth and not food that grew so Zeus finally agreed to let Persephone come back up he sent down Hecate to get her and bring her back but before she came back she ate a handful of pomegranate seeds which ties her to the underworld for half the year and while she is in the

There are different gods that represent different things. One of them is Persephone, and she is the goddess of spring growth. She finds joy in creation.One very lonely and dull day Persephone decides to take a stroll on Earth, and heres an extremly

The god that I chose was Hades, which is the god of the underworld. He is known as the oldest son of Cronus and Rhea. His siblings are Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, and Zeus. He is often portrayed as his three headed guard dog Cerberus. He also becomes Pluton after merging with Pluto. He was married to Persephone. His father swallowed him and his siblings except Zeus, which he wasn’t able too in fear that they would try to overthrow him, which they did do, when Zeus freed them. Hades also had a chariot drawn by four horses to travel around. An animal to symbol him is a black sheep, his plant Narcissus and Cypress, his city was the underworld.

The great historian Herodotus once said, “Of old the Hellenic race was marked off from the barbarian as more keen-witted and more free from nonsense,” pg 13, when describing the Greeks, this statement also applies to their mythology. The Greek deities, as Edith Hamilton eloquently details in her book, Mythology, are astoundingly different than other gods of the ancient world. They are made in the image of man, completely humanized, barely a trace of the primitive left in them. Because of this anthropomorphism, they are remarkable. Plainly, many interesting gods are recounted in Hamilton’s Mythology, but Dionysus, Hermes, and Demeter are the best and greatest.

The sacred home of Demeter, Level 07 of the enormous Space Station Olympus, was dedicated almost solely to farming. Vast fields of wheat and vegetables stretched as far as the eye could see, large orchards of fruit trees filled the Southern section, and tall silos towered over each field. As vast as it was, this level was not the only place growing food for the ever-expanding population of the space station. There were two more levels between the inhabited cities and Hades that produced grain, fruits, and vegetables, and personal farms could be found on nearly all other levels.

In the Hymn to Demeter, power structures decide whose actions are considered just or unjust. The Goddess Demeter, the “giver of seasons,” mother of Persephone, becomes enraged when Persephone is kidnapped by Aidonous/Hades, God of the Underworld, with the help of Zeus, God of Mount Olympus. Demeter not being included in the discussion to give away her daughter is the source of the main conflict in the Hymn, which ultimately led to a mass famine.

The next goddesses i'm going to be talking about is Aphrodite, she is the goddesses of love, desire and beauty; even though she had natural beauty, she had a magical girdle that compelled everyone to desire her. There are two stories to her birth;one of them being that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the other being that she arose from the sea on a giant scallop. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus; however, cheated on him with Ares, god of war. After he found out he formulated a plan to humiliate his wife and her lover to all of the other Olympians (he succeeded).