Corn, being the generalized term for the most readily available grain in a population, is actually wheat or barley in ancient Greece.
That being said, the goddess of grain was Demeter, the Great Mother.
Demeter was the Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, agriculture. Corn, in England, is a generic term that could refer to wheat or oats or any other grain. In that sense, Demeter was the Greek goddess of corn. However, Z. mays, the plant usually referred to as corn, did not exist in ancient Europe. It was developed in the Americas and only arrived in the rest of the world after Columbus.
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the greek goddess of AGRICULTURE was demeter. She harvested the crops each year, blossomed the flowers, grew grass and had a daughter names Persephone, wife of hades, ruler of the underworld.
Homer's Iliad contains the Greek Gods. Apollo and Athena seem to appear at more crucial times, but most of the main twelve are in it at some point.
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In ancient Greece the Goddess of corn was Demeter ___________________________________________________ There isn't really a greek goddess of corn. Demeter is the greek god of the Harvest which includes corn.
The goddess who was most likely to be the goddess of corn is Demeter because she was the goddess of harvest and the godess of grain so corn has something to do with it.
Demeter was the Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, agriculture. Corn, in England, is a generic term that could refer to wheat or oats or any other grain. In that sense, Demeter was the Greek goddess of corn. However, Z. mays, the plant usually referred to as corn, did not exist in ancient Europe. It was developed in the Americas and only arrived in the rest of the world after Columbus.
The Greek goddess Demeter was worshiped in ancient Greece; at that time corn meant grain or wheat or barley, not the American maize.
The Greek goddess of corn is Demeter, the harvest goddess.
Hestia is the goddess of the home and hearth. She was originally part of the 12 major Olympians, but gave up her seat to Dionysos.
Demeter, or Ceres, is the goddess of corn in Greek Mythology.
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Hestia is the goddess of the hearth.
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