ALL ABOUT DEMETER Demeter means “barley mother.” Another name for her is Ceres. Zeus was very fond of her. Demeter is the goddess of plants and harvest.

PERSEPHONE’S STORY  Persephone is Demeter's daughter.  Persephone was tending to her gardens. While tending to her gardens she was abducted by H ades. She was held in the underworld. I f you eat in the underworld you have to stay there forever. I n the underworld Persephone only ate six pomegranate seeds. Zeus decreed that she should stay there six months of the year. That is where we get seasons.

MORE ABOUT DEMETER  Demeter’s children were Persephone, Dionysus, Despoena, Arion, Plutus, Philomelus, and Eubulus.  Demeter is pictured as a mature motherly figure.  Demeter is the goddess who taught mankind about agriculture.  Demeter’s emblem is the poppy, a bright red flower that grows among the barley.

DEMETER  Demeter was the “Corn Mother” who blessed the harvest.  The attributes of Demeter are a bundle of grain, a scepter, a torch, and a sacrificial bowl.  Demeter was the goddess of fertility, grain, and agriculture.