Demeter Research Paper

My Greek Goddess (Demeter)

Demeter is a very important and famous goddess. Demeter is a goddess of the agricultural, fertility, sacred law and the harvest. Demeter symbols that represent her is cornucopia, wheat, torch, and bread. Her father was “Kronos Deposed Titan-King of the Gods, son of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth”. Her mother was “Rhea Former Titan-Queen of the Gods, daughter of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth.” Demeter was unmarried but she had one daughter named Persephone who was abducted by the god of the underworld Hades. Demeter endlessly searched for her, preoccupied with loss and grief. The seasons halted and living stopped growing and died. Zeus had to intervene and send his messenger Hermes to the underworld
So, after this Hades let Persephone leave but he gave her a pomegranate. When she ate the pomegranate seeds, she was bound to him for one third of the year, either the dry Mediterranean summer, when plant life is threatened by drought, or the autumn and winter. “When Persephone returned, Demeter was happy and cheerful, and she paid attention to the crops. It is then summer (or summer and half of spring and fall), and plants thrive. When Persephone, however, returns to the Underworld for four (or six) months each year, Demeter ignores all the crops, doing nothing but mourning Persephone's kidnapping. It is now winter (or winter and the other half of spring and fall). That's what caused the seasons in Greek mythology.” Demeter also has a curse called the “suffering gods.” Because every winter and autumn her daughter, Persephone was taken to the underworld (Queen of the underworld, and Goddess of spring growth). So Demeter would be so depressed and upset that all the crops, seasons halted and living all stopped growing and died. All aside from the said stories Demeter had done many great things It was believed that she made the crops every year. “thus the first loaf of bread made from the