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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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What did the Greeks believe caused seasons?
In Greek mythology, winter was caused by Demeter's grief over Persephone's return to the underworld. Her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and ate pomegranate seeds, forcing her to return to the underworld for part of each year. As Demeter grieved over her daughter, she neglected the crops, causing them to wilt.
What did the myth of Demeter getting her daughter back for half of the year explain?
Since Demeter's daughter Persephone, was the Goddess of Spring, it explains the seasons. Specifically, when her 6 month stint in Hades is up, Persephone comes to Earth and brings spring all over, and when she goes back, it becomes winter.
Where did the goddess Persephone live with Demeter before her abduction?
Different people report different places... The Sicilians believed it was Enna, the Cretans thought it was Crete, the Eleusinians believe Boeotia and I've also read Athens, Eleusis and Lerna.
What is the difference between Demeter and Ceres?
There is no difference. Ceres was just the latin name for Demeter.
What happened on board the Demeter ship in 1897 during the voyage to England?
Gypsy's load strange crates of earth onto ship. Ship departs. Several days later crew members start to go missing. The men disappear during the night watch and are never seen again. Crew begins to panic. Tensions rise. One of the men claims to have seen a stranger aboard ship so they search the boat but find nothing. More men go missing. All in all, not a good place to be... When the ship arrived in london, the boat had no living crew left. Only a wolf is found on board. And it runs off before anyone can stop it.
What did Demeter give to the people or help them?
Demeter gave the people the knowledge of how to grow, preserve, and prepare grain. She also gave them fertile land.
Anubis is the god of mummification, embalming, and the dead on their path through the underworld. he was the original god of the dead before osiris "took over" the position, wherein Anubis was changed to be one of the many sons of osiris.
How did Demeter become a Olympian?
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 15. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.)
"The Gigantes about Pallene chose to begin war against the immortals . . . [and] Zeus gave the name of Olympian only to those gods who had fought by his side, in order that the courageous, by being adorned by so honourable a title, might be distinguished by this designation from the coward; and of those who were born of mortal women he considered only Dionysos and Herakles worthy of this name."
Demeter was given the title of Olympian by Zeus for fighting in the Giant War; of her part in it - in ancient Greek vase painting Demeter was sometimes depicted battling one of the Gigantes in their war against the gods.
She is shown wielding either a sword (no doubt the khrysaor or golden sword described in her Homeric epithet Khrysaoros - the Lady of the Golden Sword), or else a spear in one hand and a flaming torch in the other.
How does the myth of Demeter and Persephone explain the change of the seasons?
The aciant Greek explaind th seasons changes by the goddess Persephonie (goddess of the seasons and the wife of death "Hades")
It is said in mythology that Persephonie use to live in Mt. Olympus with the other main god, but one day Hadas (god of death) came to visit his fellow gods at Mt. Olympus. When he kidnapped Persephonie and toke her to his relm to be his wife. When Zeus found out that his own brother kidnapped his duaghter to be his wife, he became furous. But Zeus coulden't bring his duaghter back to Mt. Olympus but made a deal withhis brother Hades that; Six mouths Persephonie will stay with her new hosband and six mounths she will return to her home land. Hades agreed. This cycle of six months is, when Persephonie goes to her home land it's the time of the Spring Exquinox that brings spring, when Persephonie goes back to her hosband is the time OS Autumn Exquinox that brings Autumn.
What clothing did greek Gods and goddesses wear?
They are usually depicted as wearing togas or tunics if anything at all.
The closest thing to Poke gods would be the "Legendary" Pokemon, like the Legendary Birds in Red, Blue, and Yellow, or the Legendary Dogs, of Gold, Silver, and Cystal.
A hairy feline with whiskers
Cats have many symbols that people think they represent such as sin and the devil. The true meaning of the symbolism of cats would include hotness, secretive, devilish and understanding.
Cat's represent the quiet human, the silent but affectionate human. They represent the silent glare of a human who is pissed off but won't yell.
It is a ancient reasoning for the season of summer/spring and winter; that is if you refer to the myth of Demeter going in search of her daughter, Persephone. If not, please rephrase your question.
What was the patron city of Demeter?
It could be Eleusina where the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious event of Ancient Greece, took place in her honor.
Demeter's husbands have been
Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion and Karmanor She was never officially married though. Sadly, only two of her children shared a father. Zeus was the father
What crimes did Demeter commit?
Demeter was worshipped throughout Greece under the title of Thesmophoros (Law-Giver) and was regarded as the goddess who instructed mankind in law.
Demeter was not seen as a commiter of crimes.
Greek myth does not come with dates of birth for goddesses.
Who is the Greek god of November?
novembers greek god is areas for arease is mars they are the god of war
What city was Demeter the patron goddess of?
It could be Eleusina where the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious event of Ancient Greece, took place in her honor.
