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sad-stoned-gay · 1 year

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In love, honestly 🍄

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myquestformeestaceesm · 11 months

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The Bear Family are enjoying their first corn harvest

#gardening magic #meesteecal #my photos #photograph #big bears #gardening #gardens #harvestseason

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morimatea · 1 year

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A cup of spring tea is ”fresh“, and it will live up to the March day in the world.

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maenillustrates · 6 months

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Harvest Festival 🍎🍁🌽

Inktober day five ✨ prompts for this piece include harvest, corn, and autumn celebration 🥕

Do you frequent an autumn festival? 🍂

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culturecalypsosblog · 11 months

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🌾 Today’s blog is on Demeter :: Greek Goddess of Agriculture 🌾 check out my Demeter boxset in my shop @ facebook.com/thehealingcabinmichigan I’ll be doing several Goddess inspired box sets get yours today!

Demeter, the middle daughter of Cronus and Rhea, was the Ancient Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, one of the original Twelve Olympians. Her grief over her daughter Persephone – who has to spend one-third of the year with her husband Hades in the Underworld – is the reason why there is winter; her joy when she gets her back coincides with the fertile spring and summer months. Demeter and Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous secret religious festival in Ancient Greece.

Demeter’s Role

Demeter's Name

Demeter’s name consists of two parts, the second of which (-meter) is almost invariably linked with the meaning “mother,” which conveniently fits with Demeter’s role as a mother-goddess. However, there are still debates over the meaning of the first part (De-), which most scholars associate with “Ge,” i.e., Gaea (making Demeter “Mother Earth”); others, however, prefer to link it with “Deo,” which is a surviving epithet of Demeter and may have been, in an earlier form, the name of one of few grains.

Demeter's Portrayal and Symbolism

Demeter is usually portrayed as a fully-clothed and matronly-looking woman, either enthroned and regally seated or proudly standing with an extended hand. Sometimes she is depicted riding a chariot containing her daughter Persephone, who is almost always in her vicinity. The goddesses – as they were endearingly called – even share the same attributes and symbols: scepter, cornucopia, ears of corn, a sheaf of wheat, torch, and occasionally, a crown of flowers.

Demeter's Epithets

Demeter was known mostly as the Giver of Food and Grain, or “She of the Grain,” for short (Sito). However, since she presided over something as vital as the cycles of plants and seasons, the Ancient Greeks also referred to her as Tesmophoros, or “The Bringer of Laws,” and organized a women-only festival called Tesmophoria to celebrate her as such. Other epithets include: “Green,” “The Giver of Gifts,” “The Bearer of Food,” and “Great Mother.”

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Demeter's Family

Demeter was one of the six children of Cronus and Rhea, their middle daughter, and their second child overall – born after Hestia, but before Hera and her brothers: Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Just like all of her siblings, she was swallowed and later, following an intervention by Zeus, regurgitated by her father.

Demeter’s Consorts: Iasion, Poseidon, and Zeus

Demeter didn’t have many partners and was rarely portrayed with a male consort. The mortal Iasion and her brothers Poseidon and Zeus are the most noteworthy – if not the only – exceptions.

Demeter and Iasion

Early in her life, Demeter fell in love with a mortal named Iasion. She seduced him at the marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia and lay with him in a thrice-plowed field. Zeus didn’t think appropriate for such a respected goddess to have a relationship with a mortal, so he struck Iasion with a thunderbolt. But, by then, Demeter was already pregnant with twins: Ploutos and Philomelus, the former the god of wealth, and the latter, the patron of plowing.

Demeter and Poseidon

Next, Demeter’s brother Poseidon forced himself upon her (once transformed into a stallion), and the goddess, once again, became pregnant with two children: Despoena, a nymph, and Arion, a talking horse.

Demeter and Zeus

Finally, Demeter became Zeus’ fourth wife. From their union, Demeter’s most well-known child was born, Persephone.

Demeter and Persephone

The most important myth involving Demeter concerns her daughter Persephone’s abduction by Hades and Demeter’s subsequent wanderings.

The Abduction of Persephone

Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, fell in love with Demeter’s virgin-daughter and decided to take her into marriage. So, one day, as she was gathering flowers with her girlfriends, he lured her aside using a fragrant and inexpressibly beautiful narcissus, and then snatched her up with his chariot, suddenly darting out of a chasm under her feet.

Demeter Finds Out

Inconsolable, Demeter walked the earth far and wide for nine days to find her daughter – but to no avail. And then, on the tenth day, Hecate told her what she had seen and Helios, the All-Seeing God of the Sun, confirmed her story. Demeter wasn’t just brokenhearted anymore. She was now angry as well. And with everybody! Especially with Zeus who, the rumors claimed so, had approved the whole operation and even aided Hades throughout.

The Institution of the Eleusinian Mysteries · Iambe, Demophon, and Metanira

So, Demeter left Mount Olympus and went to grieve her daughter among the mortals, disguised as an old woman. She ended up at the court of King Celeus of Eleusis, where his wife Metanira hired her to be the nurse to her baby son, Demophon. Iambe, the old servant woman of the house, cheered her with her jokes, and Demeter laughed for the first time in many weeks. In gratitude for the kindness, Demeter devised a plan to make Demophon immortal, so she started bathing him in fire each night, thus, burning away his mortality.

However, one day, Metanira witnessed the ritual and, not realizing what was happening, started screaming in panic and alarm. This disturbed Demeter’s strategy, so she revealed herself at once and told Metanira that the only way that the Eleusinians will ever win her kindness back is by building a temple and establishing a festival in her glory.

The Return of Persephone and the Establishment of the Cycles

King Celeus did just that, and Demeter spent a whole year living in her newly built temple, grieving, and, in her grief, neglecting all her duties as a goddess of fertility and agriculture. As a consequence, the earth turned barren, and people started dying out of hunger. After unsuccessfully sending all the gods, one by one, to Demeter with gifts and pleas, Zeus realized that he would have to bring Persephone back to her mother if he didn’t want to see humanity wiped out from the planet.

So, he sent Hermes to Hades, and the divine messenger fetched back Persephone to her mother. However, the gods soon realized that Demeter’s daughter had already eaten one seed of pomegranate in the Underworld, which obliged her to remain in the Underworld. Knowing that Demeter wouldn’t allow such thing to happen, Zeus proposed a compromise: Persephone would spend one-third of the year with Hades and the other two-thirds with Demeter.

The former, the period during which Demeter is grieving, corresponds to the winter months of the year when the earth is infertile and bare; the latter, when she rejoices, overlaps with the abundant months of our springs and summers. The myth likewise explains the growth cycle of the plants. The grain, just like Persephone, must die and be buried under the earth in order to bear much fruit above it.

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pink-dino · 2 years

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Last weekend, I baked a simple plum pie for visiting my parents with my partner. ☺️💝 The outcome was pretty good and I'm looking forward to harvest season so I can bake more pies. ✨ (maybe I just baked an apple pie with apples from my parent's garden today) - Do you have a favorite fruit pie? 🥺 - https://www.instagram.com/p/Chze8hMLp2o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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livetechservice · 11 days

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Wishing you all a very Happy Baisakhi

Wishing you all a very Happy Baisakhi! May your life be filled with a bountiful harvest of love, happiness, peace, joy, and prosperity. Celebrate this joyous occasion with great enthusiasm!

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myfirstcollege · 11 days

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Happy Baisakhi! May this #Baisakhi bring you joy, prosperity, and fulfillment in abundance! #Baisakhi2024

#HarvestSeason #HappyBaisakhi #myfirstcollege

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acarelogistics · 11 days

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Happy Baisakhi

Happy Baisakhi! May this festival of Harvest bring you lots of love and joy. Acare Logistics wishes you abundant blessings and a wonderful celebration! Enjoy the festivities to the fullest!

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spinemasters · 11 days

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Happy Baisakhi.

On this beautiful festival of Baisakhi, We are wishing you all the love and Prosperity.

#spinemasters #HappyBaisakhi #baisakhi2024 #festivalofharvest #happyfaces #joys #Prosperity #harvestseason #jalandhar #punjab

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membranedecors · 12 days

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🌾 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐢! 🌾✨ May your celebrations be as vibrant as the fields and your blessings as plentiful as the harvest. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐢! 🎉

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raghumahostel · 12 days

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Happy Baisakhi!

Happy Baisakhi! May this festival of Harvest bring you lots of love and joy. Raghuma Hostel wishes you abundant blessings and a wonderful celebration! Enjoy the festivities to the fullest!

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treesandtreats · 12 days

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Happy Baisakhi!

Wishing you all a very Happy Baisakhi! May your life be filled with a bountiful harvest of love, happiness, peace, joy, and prosperity. Celebrate this joyous occasion with great enthusiasm!

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morimatea · 1 year

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A cup of refreshing and flavorful Mingqian green tea is the best work companion and leisure drink.

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prahimofficial · 12 days

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Happy Baishakhi

Wishing you all a happy Baishakhi! May this harvest season fill your lives with strength, good health and security. Prahim Investments is here to help you achieve financial stability!

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newboundsimmigration · 12 days

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Happy Vaisakhi! May the spirit of this festival ignite your path with positivity and success in all your pursuits. 🌟🙏

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