Demeter: The Rebirth Of The Human Body

“ Demeter finally figured out that if she go near where people worshiped her and even believed in her, there want be a point that she will have a problem with anyone .”(Koukakis) “ At first Demeter was different from the other gods and goddesses since she was so harsh, but when she saw the manifest of the others she realized she was different and started being nice to people .”(Koukakis) “ Now when we look back in the past, Demeter is one of the oldest and most important gods and goddesses that there was of the ancient Greek pantheon

(AGG)The greek goddess Demeter had a daughter, Persephone, who was kidnapped by Hades, she was brought to the underworld, “Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and brought down to the underworld. Demeter searched desperately everywhere for the maiden but could not find her”(Cartwright), Demeter’s loss of her daughter gave her a goal, but she was impacted and she became sad because she did not have her daughter by her side every day.

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Her worship is actually far older than that of her husband. Demeter is the goddess of the Earth, of agriculture, and of fertility in general. She symbolizes regenerative earth power over all living things. Her symbols are; Bread, Wheat, Cornucopia, and Torch. She had a daughter named Persephone.

Chelsea started the discussion off with a quick summary of Foley’s essay. She mostly wrote about the main points, like “Demeter’s role in the Olympian struggle for cosmological power” and how Demeter’s role differs from Zeus’s role in the hymn. She also addresses the question saying that Demeter’s role in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter was the rebel because, despite Zeus wanting the gods and humans to be separate, Demeter shows that the gods and humans are “permanently connected.” She went on to say that Demeter’s reliance on humans during the hymn mirrored the gods reliance on humans and their sacrifices to the gods.

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter tells the story of Demeter, the goddess of fertility of grain. Demeter has a daughter with Zeus by the name of Persephone. The hymn explains the strong bond between Demeter and Persephone and how distraught Demeter is when her daughter is abducted. This traumatic event causes Demeter to live among mortal men disguised as an old woman and withdraw the fertility of the earth. In this paper, I will examine how the Homeric Hymn to Demeter operates as a charter myth, or narrative that explains modern practices, and how successful the hymn is in conveying the modern practice.

(AGG)The greek goddess Demeter had a daughter,Persephone, who was kidnapped by Hades,she was brought to the underworld, “Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and brought down to the underworld. Demeter searched desperately everywhere for the maiden but could not find her”,Demeter’s loss of her daughter gave her a goal but she was impacted and she became sad because she did not have her daughter by her side everyday.

Demeter is Persephone's mother and wanted her back. Persephone had eaten a pomegranate seed, anyone who ate food in the underworld could not go entirely back to the world of the living. Hades had a interesting family because his wife was his niece, not that he cared.

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.

One of Lawrence’s favorite myths is that of Persephone, Demeter, and Dis. In some of Lawrence’s stories involving this famous Greek myth, the main characters reflect, or even channel the characters and events from the ancient myth itself, frequently giving the story a strange dark depth and a ritualistic feel—as if the modern characters themselves are unconsciously playing out ancient archetypes within their own psyches. Persephone is daughter of Demeter (god of agriculture) Oone day she is gathering flowers. Pluto (underworld) abducts her, keeping her from her mother. Her mother then

     Hades is one of the brothers of Zeus. He is the unlucky one who got to rule the underworld. He is cruel and unforgiving. Only two have ever gone to Hades domain and returned, Hercules and Odysseus. Hades fell in love with Zeus’s daughter and devised a plan to abduct her. With Zeus’s help they succeeded in the capture of Persephone. Her mother Demeter was so enraged she cursed the Earth. She continued the curse even after she was released. It was only after her mother Rhea was allowed to see her that she let the Earth prosper (message).

Demeters search for Peresophone Some time later when her daughter was playng in a meadow Hades noticed her. He noticed how beutiful she was and wanted her for himself. Just as Peresophone was bending down to pick a flower he opened up the doors to the underworld and took her. Demeter herd her daughters screams and went to look for her. when she could not find her she took a torch and searched by day and night looking for her daughter.While continung her Journey she came along a old man whos son had fallen dangerouusly ill woth no hope to live. When Demeter heard of this she went to his house out of respect nd healed him. Later she continued her journey and came across Hacete who saidi she should talk to Helio. This was because since she was the sun god she should have

In this essay we will be studying the Homeric Hymns, including the Hymn to Apollo, to Hermes, and to Aphrodite, with particular emphasis on the Hymn to Demeter. Although he Homeric Hymns are of unknown authorship and differ widely in date, the Hymns that we will be focused on, are generally thought to have been composed between the 7th and 5th centuries BC (citation). The Hymn to Demeter is unlike the other Homeric Hymns in that Demeter refuses to submit to Zeus, and channels her own authority through her gift of fertility; Demeter displays power as a Goddess through her motherhood, not in spite of it, and affronts the

Imagine millions of years ago the world was sent into doom but only one god could save the worlds. Think of your favorite animals and plants sent to death and to never come back. What if someone could save everything and could make the earth new again. That would be me, Demeter. I am the goddess of earth, agriculture, and fertility.

Persephone and Demeter were patrons of an agrarian cult. The cult participated in ancient religious rites that represented the events in Persephone’s abduction, and the descent, search, and ascent were all depicted. The Eleusinian Mysteries were the “most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece,” (Eleusinian Mysteries 1). There were lesser and greater mysteries, with the latter taking place in September through October. The mysteries were very secretive and not well documented. Not much is known about the details of the rites, but initiates of the cult were promised a reward in the afterlife (Eleusinian Mysteries 1). The story of Persephone’s abduction would become the central idea of an entire cult of people, proving its importance to the Greek people.