Demeter
Greek · deity · primordial · deity
Greek goddess of grain and agriculture; mother of Persephone. Defined by the Eleusinian Mysteries — the most important mystery cult of the ancient Mediterranean, attended for roughly 1,500 years until closure by Theodosius I in 392 CE. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter narrates her search for the abducted Persephone, the founding of the Mysteries at Eleusis, and the seasonal cycle.
Children
Domains
- agriculture grain
- mysteries
Powers
- Grant or withhold the grain harvest
- Bestow the art of agriculture
Epithets
- Θεσμοφόρος
- Ἐλευσινία
- Καρποφόρος
- Χλόη
- ἐϋστέφανος
- Χθονία
- Ἀνησιδώρα
- Σιτώ
Relations
- lover: Iasion
- equated with: Žēmāt
- equated with: Ceres
- sibling: Zeus
- interpretatio: Ceres
- equated with: Isis
- interpretatio: Isis