WHOAM I

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WHOAM I?

• By Lauren Richards

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• I am the goddess of agriculture or of harvest.

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• One day my daughter Persephone was gathering
  flowers in a meadow when a huge crack opened up
  in the earth. Hades, the king of the dead, came
  out from the underworld. He captured my daughter
  and carried her off in his chariot, to his realm,
  where she became his queen. I was heart broken. I
  wondered the earth in search of her. In the mean
  time all the crops died that I was supposed to be
  taking care of and there came a harsh winter. At
  length Hades was persuaded to surrender
  Persephone for one half of every year, the spring
  and summer seasons when flowers bloom and the
  earth bears fruit once more. The half year that
  Persephone spends in the Underworld as Hades'
  queen coincides with winter. I can relate to
  human because of this event. I have truly dealt
  with grief and suffering. I am best known for
  this journey to find my daughter.

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• I am very generous.
• I give man-kind the gift of the harvest and the
  cultivation of the soil.
• I teach humans how to grow, preserve, and prepare
  grain.
• I am responsible for the fertility of the earth.
• I am the only Greek goddess who is involved on a
  day to day basis in the lives of common folk.
• Seldom am I mean to anyone who doesnt honor me
  like other gods and goddesses.

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• While I was in search for my daughter I was
  followed by the god Poseidon. I tried to hide
  from him. I turned myself into a mare and hid in
  the middle of a heard of horses, but he found me.
  He turned himself into a stallion and captured
  her to be his.
• I also had many other mates as well.
• But I have never been married.

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Interesting Facts

• My parents are Kronos and Rhea.
• I often carry wheat or a horn.
• I am the second eldest of the Gods.

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I am Demeter!
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THE END