Her search for Persephone halted for the time being, she was finally able to rest. She asked the king for shelter, and the king agreed but on the condition that she nurses his two sons, Demophon and Triptolemus. She transformed herself into an old woman, hoping that a change in her appearance would change the course of her search.Īs she was searching, she entered the Palace of Celeus, which was governed by the King of Eleusis of the kingdom of Attica. The very embodiment of nature was distressed, and the result was all green, and the natural life around was either dead or dying. The Seasons halted, the crops began to die, and the trees and nature itself were dying. She wandered the ends of the Earth searching for her dear daughter, and as she was grieving, nature around her began to wither. When Demeter found out about the abduction of her dear daughter, the world shattered for her. Hades lured her away, took her to the depths of the Underworld, and abducted her. This happened when Persephone was gathering flowers. The God Zeus gave permission to Hades to take her with him as he had promised one of his daughters to Hades, and this resulted in the abduction of Persephone by Hades. It is said that the God of the Underworld, Hades fell in love with her daughter and wanted to marry her. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, and one of the most famous tales of Greek mythology comes from their relationship.

Plutus/Ploutus (The Bearer of the horn of the plenty) and Philomelus Demeter and Lasion Persephone, Dionysus (Not a popular belief) Poseidon Her children from her consorts include: Zeus The 7th century BC accounts of Hesiod mention that Demeter had three specified consorts: Zeus, Poseidon, and Lasion. The ancient Greek women celebrated a secret festival in her honor called Thesmophoria. She was also referred to as Tesmophorous, which meant the enforcer or the ruler of laws. The cult of Flya revered her as Anesidora, the one who sends up gifts from the Underworld. She was also revered as the Goddess of Earth and also a Goddess of the Underworld. In epic Poetry and Hesiod’s theogony, she was the corn-mother, the provider of grain for bread, and the one who blessed its harvesters. For some of the ancient Greeks, she was the poppy goddess.įrom the origin of Cyprus and its lore, she was the harvester of grains.

Anesidora myth