Demeter
By: Tristen Robertson
Demeters Family Tree
What realm does she preside over?
Grain and the Harvest
Goddess of grain and the harvest. This was very important to the Greeks because agriculture was a popular job and important to society.
Story
Daughter Abducted
Her daughter Persephone was stolen by Hades, god of the underworld
Plead for help
She begged Zeus to return her daughter. When he refused she withheld the harvest from man till he agreed
6 seeds
However, her daughter had ate 6 pomegranate seeds in the underworld. So Zeus decided she would spend 6 months with her mother and 6 with Hades
What does this mean?
This is the Greek origin story of the six months of spring and summer when Persephone walks the earth with her mother and the 6 months of fall and winter when Persephone must return to the underworld
Characteristics
Kind & Gentle
She was seen as one of the more nice and helpful gods and because of this was even seen as a weak goddess
Generous
She repaid people well for even the smallest favors and was a very helpful and giving god
Motherly and Caring
She bares, raises and nurtures both children and families and because of this she was seen a motherly goddess who was involved with families and family values
Description
Long golden hair, A crown made of corn ears, one hand having a bundle of corn and the other a scythe, wearing a stola (traditional dress for roman women) made of golden silk