Ceres
The Roman goddess of the hearth was Vesta. The Roman goddess of grain was Ceres.
Ceres is the roman goddess of grain and agriculture Her Greek name is Demeter.
Ceres. Her Greek name was Demeter.
Demeter in Greek. Ceres in Roman.
Demeter was the Greek goddess of grain & fertility. Her Roman counterpart was Ceres.
Ceres is the name for the Roman goddess of agriculture, farms, fertility, and motherly relationships. She is the mother of Proserpina and we get the word "cereal" (because she was a goddess of grain as well) from her Roman name. Her Greek name is Demeter and her daughter's name is Persephone.
The Roman Goddess of crops and grain was Ceres.Hence cereals.
Goddess Demeter was associated especially with grain. We now partially use her Roman name as what we would call cereal. (The resemblance Ceres her roman name Cereal the name we use for a grain food)
There was no Roman god named after cereal. Instead, 'cereal' is derived from the name of a Roman goddess, Ceres, who was the goddess of grain and the harvest. Her Greek equivalent was Demeter.
Actually, I believe it is Roman, not Greek. Ceres, Goddess of grain.
The Greek goddess of grain is Demeter.
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.