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Persephone (Proserpina)
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the queen of the Underworld. Her Roman equivalent was Proserpina. She was a goddess of vegetation.
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What was the Roman name for Persephone?
Proserpina (sometimes spelt Proserpine,Prosperine or Prosperina) is an ancient Roman goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of Springtime. Her Greek goddess' equivalent is Persephone. The probable origin of her name comes from the Latin, "proserpere" or "to emerge," in respect to the growing of grain. Proserpina was subsumed by the cult of Libera, an ancient fertility goddess, wife of Liber and is also considered a life-death-rebirth deity.
She was the daughter of Ceres, goddess of agriculture and crops and Jupiter, the god of sky and thunder.
Where did Persephone come from?
She came from Demeter and Zeus's castle in the clouds. believed to be very beautiful.
Why did Hades take Persephone?
Because Zeus promised Persephone to Hades to be his wife. Zeus just neglected to inform Persephone and Demeter of this.
You can say she was strong to the human world but, to the god world, she ranked so little.
Goddesses do not know weakness. In listing a weakness, the label reveals more of the individual then that of a deity.
What special talents did Persephone have?
Persephone was the goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld, so could command anything of those domains - beyond being a goddess born daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
Why does winter happen according to Greek mythology other than the story about Persephone?
There is no other mythological explanation.
What are the names of Persephones sisters?
Demeter had the following divine daughters, half-sisters of Persephone:
Father: Poseidon.
Despoine, goddess of Arkadian Mysteries.
Father: Karmanor
Khrysothemis, demi-goddess of the harvest festival.
Zeus had the following divine (goddess) daughters:
Mother: Themis
Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos; Fates
Eunomia, Eirene, and Dike: Seasons
Mother: Eunomia/Eurynome
Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thaleia: Graces
Mother: Mnemosyne
Kalliope, Kleio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsikhore, Ourania, Thaleia, and Polymnia: Muses
Mother: Leto
Artemis
Mother: Hera
Hebe, Eileithyia, Enyo/Eris
Mother: Metis or None
Athena
Mother: Dione
Aphrodite
Mother: Persephone
Melinoe
Mother: Eris
Ate
Mother: Unknown
Litai (Prayers) - of uncertain number
Mother: Unnamed
Alatheia
Mother: Electra
Harmonia
Mother: Carme
Britomartis
Mother: Selene
Pandeia
Ersa
Nemea
Hades, the god of the underworld did. When she was gone, her mother Demeter who was the goddess of growth mourned and went lookong for Persephone, and nothong could grow. And animals and people starved and complained to the gods. So Zeus persuaded Hades to let Persephone go back to her mother for half the year. That is why plants grow best during one half of the year, but in the winter they do not.
No, she travels between the underworld and earth yearly, which is the reason for the changing seasons in Greek and Roman myth.
What did Persephone look like?
no ne really knows[[User:Joejonas46|Joejonas46]] 01:15, 8 Apr 2009 (UTC)idk
Who were the parents of Persephone?
Zeus and Demeter.
that answer above is wrong ^^
the actual answer is the parents or persephone were Ariadne + Icarus. this got me top marks for an exam, hope it helps x
What was Persephone known to influence?
Persephone was the score of seasons - in winter she was below in the Underworld, in spring she arose to the Earth, in autumn she returned again to the Underworld.
zues is persophones father. Demeter is zues's sister. zues and Demeter had 1 child names persefeny, but he real name greek name is persophone. zues also had 36 children.
As Demeter's daughter she is a Goddess of nature and life. As Hades' wife and Queen she is the Goddess of the Dead and the Underworld.
Did Persephone have a husband?
Yes she did. Hades, the god of the underworld fell in love with Persephone, daughter of the goddess, Demeter. One day, Hades kidnapped Persephone and made her his wife.
What is Persephone's favorite city?
All people who die go to the Underworld, so Persephone need not have a favorite city.
Zeus and Demeter are the parents and Hades/ Pluto was her husband
How is Persephone reunited with her mother?
her mother is very depressed so, as she is goddess of the harvest and plants, plants began to die and there was a famine. Zeus said Persephone was aloud to live with her mother for half the year so when Pesephone is in Hades we have winter and when she is with her mother we have summer.
