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Demeter- goddess of agriculture and fertility  



Demeter is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and a sister of Zeus & she became the mother of Persephone. When Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, lord of the underworld, Demeter wandered the earth in search of her lost child. During this time the earth brought forth no grain.

 Finally Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld, ordering Hades to return Persephone to her mother. However, before she left, Hades gave her a pomegranate (a fertility symbol). When she ate from it, she was bound to spend a third of the year with her husband in the infernal regions.

 Only when her daughter is with her, Demeter lets things grow (summer & spring). The dying of leaves is caused by Demeter when she is without her beloved daughter (fall & winter). theblossoming of connected with Demeter. 

Basically, she is like what others would perfer to call, Mother Nature, giving life to all natural things around her.  Teaching mankind the art of sowing and ploughing so they could survive is only a few of her contributions to us all. She is often compared or identified as Rhea and Gaia. 