Transcript Demeter

Demeter
By,
Rebecca
&
Ashley
Goddess of the Bountiful Harvest
and the Nurturing Spirit
• Demeter is the
goddess of fertility
grain and agriculture.
Although she is the
goddess who taught
mankind about
agriculture, she is also
the goddess for
responsible for
creating winter and a
mystery religious cult.
Sacred Items
• Snakes were symbols of this
Goddess as her chariot was
pulled by two winged
serpents.
• Lions, snakes, cranes, and
lizards were also her sacred
animals.
• Pearls, star sapphire, silver,
ivory, emerald, sardonyx,
carnelian, amber, mercury,
and copper were her sacred
rocks.
Demeter’s Family
• The Roman name for Demeter is Ceres.
• Demeter as the sister of Zeus and the mother
of Persephone.
Demeter’s Story
• In Greek mythology the goddess Demeter was
the most generous of the great Olympian
goddesses. The Greek goddess Demeter was
beloved for her service to mankind in giving them
the gift of the harvest, the reward for cultivation
of the soil. Also known as the Roman goddess
Ceres, Demeter was the goddess of the harvest
and was credited with teaching humans how to
grow, preserve, and prepare grain. Demeter was
thought to be responsible for the fertility of the
land.
Sacred Symbols, Cities, Plants
• Wheat-ears; Wingedserpent; Cornucopia
(horn-of-plenty)
• She carries her horn
and her wheat
around.
• She Rules Attika in
Greece; Messenia in
Greece; Enna in Sicily
• Wheat, Barley, Mint
and the Poppy were
sacred to Demeter.