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Title: Demeter and Persephone


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Demeter and Persephone
  • When Hades abducts her daughter, Demeter (the
    goddess of agriculture) makes the earth turn cold
    and barren, until Persephone returns from the
    underworld each spring.

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DEMETER
  • In Greek mythology, the goddess of
    agriculture, of harvest, and of grain a type of
    the earth goddess and the mother goddess. Her
    roman cognate is CERES, the roman goddess of
    grain, from whose name we derive the word
    cereal.

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Persephone
  • The daughter of Zeus and Demeter the Maiden
    of Spring. Her Roman cognate is Proserpina.

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HADES
  • The Greek god of the underworld, who rules
    over the abode of the dead. His Roman cognate is
    PLUTO, also known as DIS

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Myths try to explain the world
  • Example Why do we have the seasons?
  • According to Greek mythology, the goddess
    responsible for the earths bounty was Demeter.
    Her sweet daughter Persephone gladdened Demeters
    heart, and Demeters love and happiness kept the
    earth in bloom.

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  • For an entire year Demeter refused to allow
    the earth to bloom when Persephone was stolen
    from her. All over the world people starved.

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  • Concerned that the mortals would all die out,
    leaving no one to worship them, the other gods
    begged Zeus to talk to Demeter and recall her to
    her duties.

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Zeus Pity
  • Zeus took pity on the mother and daughter. Since
    Persephone had only eaten one seed, and had done
    so unwillingly , he decreed that she would not
    have to stay in the underworld for an entire
    year.

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  • Instead , she would stay there for only half
    of each year, and then in the other half of the
    year she would be allowed to return to her
    mother.

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  • Each year, during the months when Persephone
    returns to her, Demeter makes the earth green and
    blesses the harvest.

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  • But during the months when Persephone has to
    stay in the underworld, Demeter mourns, and in
    her grief and loneliness she makes the earth turn
    barren and cold.

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  • Thus the seasons are explained.
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