Demeter

Also known as Dêmêtêr, Deo

Göttin der Fruchtbarkeit und der Jahreszeiten in der griechischen Mythologie

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Demeter was an ancient Greek goddess primarily associated with harvests, agriculture, and the fertility of the earth, though she also held roles connected to health, birth, marriage, and the Underworld. She mattered to the Greeks because controlling the success of crops and food production was essential to their survival, making her one of their most important deities.

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Demeter
Deity.god_of: Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law
Deity.member_of: the Twelve Olympians
Deity.image: Demeter Altemps Inv8546.jpg
Deity.caption: Ancient marble statue of Demeter with right hand extended. The head is a modern restoration. (National Roman Museum)
Deity.abode: Mount Olympus
Deity.symbol: Cornucopia, wheat, torch, poppy, bread
Deity.consort: Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion, Mecon
Deity.parents: Cronus and Rhea
Deity.siblings: Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
Deity.children: Persephone, Despoina, Eubuleus, Arion, Plutus, Philomelus, Iacchus, Acheron, Hecate
Deity.festivals: Thesmophoria, Eleusinian Mysteries, Lithobolia
Deity.equivalent1_type: Egyptian
Deity.equivalent1: Isis
Deity.animals: Pig, serpent, gecko, turtledove, crane, scops owl
Deity.roman_equivalent: Ceres

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Demeter (altgriechisch Δημήτηρ, Δήμητρα, Δηώ Dēmḗtēr, Dḗmētra, Dēṓ) ist in der griechischen Mythologie eine Muttergöttin aus dem griechisch-kleinasiatischen Raum. Sie gehört zu den zwölf olympischen Gottheiten, den Olympioi, und ist zuständig für die Fruchtbarkeit der Erde, des Getreides und der Saat. Demeters römischer Göttername ist Ceres.

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