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Demeter (Ceres)

In Greek mythology, Demeter was an Olympian goddess. Her Roman equivalent was Ceres. She was the goddess of harvest.

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Who was Demeter and Zeus' baby?

There is no such thing. But if you read percy Jackson books, you may learn more Greek mythology.

Does Demeter hAve eight children?

Yes, Demeter is mother of eight children.

Persephone (with Zeus)

Ploutos (with Iasion)

Bootes/ Philomelus (with Iasion)

Korybas (with Iasion)

Eubouleus (with Karmanor)

Khrysothemis (with Karmanor)

Despoine (with Poseidon)

Areion (with Poseidon)

Artemis is also at times called a daughter of Demeter.

Who is the Demeter married to?

Demeter never married, she had consorts and lovers incuding Zeus and Poseidon, but did not marry.

Was Demeter with Zeus?

No bacause Zeus only had childran with Hera and mortals.

Why did Demeter follow Persephone?

Persephone was Demeter's daghter, so when hades kidnapped her, of course Demeter wanted her back. Eventually, the time Persephone spent with Demeter and the time with Hades was divided. When Persephone was with Hades, it was Winter. When she was with Demeter, it was Summer.

What does Hades steal from Demeter?

Hades fell in love with Demeter's daughter, Persephone. So while Demeter wasn't looking, he kidnapped Persephone and took her down to the Underworld. There, he made her his queen.

What are 4 words too describe Demeter the goddeses?

caring (she cared for her daughter) Faithful (she sticks to what she says) Enduring (enduring pain of the loss of her daughter) and powerful (goddess of life, death, harvest, agriculture, marriage, etc.)

Is Demeter a constellation?

No, Demeter is a Greek goddess, not a constellation.

What happened when Persephone ate the pomegranate?

She had to stay in the Underworld for six monthes of the year every time because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. For each seed, she ate, she had to stay for a month.

What is the title or duty of Demeter?

Demeter cult titles includes Sito (she of the Grain, the giver of grain) and Thesmophoros (bearer, giver of divine order, law-bringer). As a goddess did not have duties. She was the goddess of grain, the harvest, who presided and the fertility of the earth.

Who did marry Demeter?

She was not married. She got her daughter Persephone and another boy through a love affair with Zeus, her brother. Persephone is more well known because of her incident with Hades. :)

Did Demeter dauhter return to her?

Yes, Demeter's daughter Persephone returns to her for a part of the year.

Did Demeter have 6 children?

The children of Demeter were : Persephone, Ploutos, Philomelus, Eubouleus, Khrysothemis, Despoine, Areion.

Why does Demeter ask Apollo for information about her daughter?

Apollo is connected to Helios, the god of the sun. Thus, he is all-seeing and Helios saw Hades abduct Persephone.

What is the relationship between Demeter and Persephone?

If you are talking about Mythology then Demeter was Persephone's mother. Zeus was her father.

How many children did Demeter?

demeter has only one child persephone

What symbols are associated with Demeter?

Corn, Grain, Marriage, Life, Death, Honey, Bread, Acorn, Motherhood, Nurturing, Wheat

Who are the siblings of Demeter married to?

Hera, Demeter's sister, is married to Zeus.

Zeus, Demeter's brother, is married to Hera - but has had affairs with many immortal and mortal women, including having Persephone with Demeter.

Hades, Demeter's brother, is married to Persephone - the daughter of Demeter and Zeus.

Poseidon, Demeter's brother, is married to Amphitritê; but has affairs, including with Demeter which produced the immortal horse Areion and the goddess Despoine.

Hestia, Demeter's sister, is a self-vowed virgin goddess who was courted by both Apollo and Poseidon.

Chiron, half-brother of Demeter and son of Cronus and Philyra, is married to Chariclo; they have daughters and a son named Karystos.

Aphros and Bythos, half-brother to Demeter and son of Cronus and Philyra, are Ichthyocentaurs (upper bodies of men, the lower fore-parts of horses, ending in the serpentine tails of fish. Their brows were adorned with a pair of lobster-claw horns) they do not have any known lovers but do appear in mosaics at the birth of Aphrodite, carrying Seilen (Silen) companions of the god Dionysus and with the Nereid Thetis, in the company of two other Nereides: Doris and Galateia.

Aphros is said to have fathered the Aphroi (Africans). Which is a name of a people; the Karthaginians (Carthaginians).

Dolops was also said to be a son of Philyra and Cronus.

Picus, a first king of Latium in Roman myth was the son of Saturn (Cronus) or Mars (Ares). Canens was his wife, his son being Faunus (Pan).

There also existed a myth in which the Corybantes are sons of Cronus.

Who was Demeter's foe?

Her foe was Mother Nature because she lets the Winter come. Winter makes the crops freeze.