Demeter

Also known as Dêmêtêr, Deo

godin van de landbouw in de Griekse 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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Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Part of: Twelve Olympians
Gender: female
Child: Hecate
Father: Cronus
Mother: Rhea
Sibling: Poseidon
Image: (Venice) Demeter in the Museo archeologico nazionale.jpg
Work location: Ancient Greece
Said to be same as: Ceres

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unmarried partner: Poseidon
Commons category: Demeter
topic's main category: Category:Demeter
worshipped by: Greek mythology
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
domain of saint or deity: agriculture
present in work: Hades
name in native language: Δημήτρα
different from: Demeter
native label: Δημήτρα

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Demeter (Oudgrieks: Δημήτηρ, Dêmếtêr) is een figuur uit de Griekse mythologie. Zij was de dochter van Kronos en Rhea en dus een zus van Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera en Hestia. Demeter was de godin van de landbouw en de gewassen (op de eerste plaats van het graan). Ze wordt vaak afgebeeld met een korenaar in de hand. Het Romeinse equivalent van Demeter is Ceres.

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