Demeter Research Paper

In spring, the flowers bloom, in summer the sun beats hot, in the fall the leaves fall and flowers die, in the winter it gets colder. In Greek mythology they believed that Demeter was the cause of the seasonal changes. Demeter has an unusual family history, she went through many things that made her how they see her in Ancient Greece today. Demeter has many things that represent her as a goddess and that are considered to be sacred.

Demeter’s family history is very unusual. Demeter’s father is Kronus and his mother is Rhea. Her father, Kronus swallowed her when she was born because he is scared of losing his power. She has multiple siblings, they are Hera, Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus(Greek Gods and Goddesses). All of them are swallowed by their father, Kronus except, Poseidon and Zeus. Demeter may have several children, but she never married. She had children with her brothers, Poseidon and Zeus. Demeter’s kids are named Despoina, Philomelus, Eubuleus, Amphitheus, Chrysothemis, Arion, Plutus, and Persephone(Greek Gods and Goddesses). Arion is a flying and talking horse, but her daughter, Persephone, the only girl she has, is one that is most known by Greek mythology(Greek Mythology). Although, Demeter never married, she did have several progeny members.

Demeter happened to neglect her power as a goddess when her only daughter, Persephone was taken away from her by her brother Hades, god of the underworld.

When she gets taken Demeter went into a grieving state. When she got her daughter taken is when she stopped the harvest and taking care of agriculture. Even though she neglected her power as a goddess, she was still known as the “good goddess” (Greek Gods and Goddesses). People still honored her by having festivals for her (Greek Gods and Goddesses). Demeter started using her power for good when she got her daughter back for 8 months of the year. Demeter felt felicity, when her daughter is returned home. Demeter is a good person that made a

mistake.
Demeter is the god of agriculture and is represented by many things. Such as, agriculture, harvest, and fertility. Demeter has many animals and things that are considered sacred to her. Animals that are sacred to Demeter are the snake and the pig (Greek Gods and Goddesses). There is also a river that is sacred to her, Rheiti was the name of that river. There was an island that was also sacred to Demeter, the island of Sicily (Mythology of Ancient Greece). There are other interesting myths that go along with Demeter, one which is, she turned her daughters maids into sirens to help find her daughter and she sent a snake to kill the king of Thesssalians, his name was Triopas. He angered her and as a result, she took away his food and when he was about to die she sent a snake to kill him. Then she places him in the stars reminding people not to mess with her (Mythology of Ancient Greece). Metaneira helped comfort Demeter. She felt bad about Persephone’s absence or that she had been took so Metaneira tried to help her feel better about her daughter, which was hard, but she let Demeter help her nurse and take care of one of her children until she noticed how attached she was becoming of her child and then she got mad, so they parted ways (Greek Gods and Goddesses). Demeter is a goddess with lots of different things to represent her but they all help make her who she is.
Demeter has unusual family history, She went through some things and that is how people see her now, and she has many things that the Greek people believed were sacred to her. Demeter is a Greek goddess that the Greek people believed in. She has an unusual family history, unique characteristics and stories, and is represented by many things. Demeter is a Greek goddess that did many things for the people.