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Demeter

"In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (/dɪˈmiːtər/; Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr [dɛːmɛ́ːtɛːr]; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (Σιτώ), "she of the Grain", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros (θεσμός, thesmos: divine order, unwritten law; φόρος, phoros: bringer, bearer), "Law-Bringer", as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society.

Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a religious tradition that predated the Olympian pantheon, and which may have its roots in the Mycenaean period c. 1400–1200 BC. Demeter was often considered to be the same figure as the Anatolian goddess Cybele, and in Rome she was identified as the Latin goddess Ceres." - (en.wikipedia.org 25.05.2020)

Relationships with persons or entities via objects

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Was depicted (Actor) Demeter
Was depicted (Actor) Caracalla (188-217) ()

[Relation to person or institution] Demeter
Printing plate produced Horst Zickelbein (1926-) ()
Printing plate produced Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt (1926-) ()
[Relation to person or institution] Persephone ()
[Relation to person or institution] Hesiod ()
[Relation to person or institution] Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) ()
[Relation to person or institution] Hera ()
[Relation to person or institution] Alexander the Great (-0353--0326) ()