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DEMETER & KORE

Fragmentation of Magna Mater FUNCTION DEITY agricultural fertility (Gaea), Demeter/Persephone, (Hera) animal fertility/hunt Artemis, (Aphrodite) sexuality Aphrodite, Hera marriage Hera childbirth Hera, (Artemis)

Regeneration Myth 1. Absence of deity 2. Disruption of natural order 3. Search for absent deity 4. Restoration of deity 5. Limitation/Fault/Failure 6. Absence of deity 7. Ritualization

hieros gamos

Regeneration Myth Absence of deity Persephone (Kore) abducted by Hades. Disruption of natural order Plants, animals, humans become sterile. Search for absent deity • Demeter wanders in search of Kore. • Demeter arrives at Eleusis, sits in mourning on Mirthless Rock. • Iambe / Baubo amuses her by telling obscene jokes and exposing her genitals. • Demeter hired as nanny for Demophoön, infant son of king and queen of Ephesus. • Demeter discovered cooking Demophoön in hearth fire at night; procedure halted. • Demeter reveals identity, enjoins Eleusinians to establish a cult in her honor.

Demeter SPECIES PREPARATION LONGEVITY animal raw meat short-lived human cooked meat longer-lived deity incinerated meat (smoke) immortal

Regeneration Myth Restoration of deity Zeus reunites Demeter and Kore Restoration of natural order Demeter teaches agriculture to Triptolemos (=Bouzyges), sent to spread that knowledge through world Limitation/Fault/Failure Kore has eaten pomegranate seeds in underworld. Absence of deity Kore periodically returns to Hades

THESMOPHORIA Pyanopsion (September-October) DAY 1 Anodos (Ascent) Participation limited to wives of Athenian citizens. Pompê to Thesmophorion sanctuary near Pnyx. Celebrants sleep in Thesmophorion overnight.

THESMOPHORIA DAY 2 Nesteia (Fasting) Celebrants sit on the ground and grieve, eating only pomegranate seeds. Ritual insults (aiskhrologia) and whipping with bark strips.

THESMOPHORIA DAY 3 Kalligeneia (She of Beautiful Birth) Night-time torch pompê. Retrieval of thesmoi: snake- and phallus-shaped bread and remains of animals (pigs) left in pits in Demeter sanctuary days (months?) earlier. Remains placed on altars, later mixed with grain and sprinkled over fields.