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Demeter The Goddess Of Harvest By: Arwyn Shoemaker Period # 4 March 23,2012

Demeter The Goddess Of Harvest By: Arwyn Shoemaker Period # 4 March 23,2012. Demeter’s Children. Demeter, also known as Ceres has seven children all together. Zeus is the father of Kore . Poseidon is the father of Desponia and Arion .

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Demeter The Goddess Of Harvest By: Arwyn Shoemaker Period # 4 March 23,2012

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  1. Demeter The Goddess Of Harvest By: Arwyn ShoemakerPeriod # 4 March 23,2012

  2. Demeter’s Children • Demeter, also known as Ceres has seven children all together. • Zeus is the father of Kore. • Poseidon is the father of Desponia and Arion. • Plutos and Philomelus are the sons of Iasion. • Carmanor is the father of Eubolus. • The picture to the right is Persephone.

  3. Continued • Triptolemus is the father of Amphitheus. • Carmanor is the father of Eubolus. • Demeter’s one and only daughter Kore was taken by Hades. • Kore changed her name to Persephone after she was taken. • Only two out of the seven children shared a father.

  4. Family Daughter of the Titans Kronus and Rhea.Demeter was a sister to Hestia, Hera, Poseidon. Hades and Zeus. This is Demeter's’ parents Kronus and Rhea.

  5. What People Picture her Like • When people think of Demeter they think of a matured motherly figure. • The reason why Demeter is pictured that way is because she taught mankind about agriculture, she also has to make winter happen. • People call Demeter the Goddess of Harvest because she watches over the grains and bread of the Earth.

  6. Demeter’s Clothing • Demeter wears a cone shaped headdress. • She also carries a sheaf of grain(a sheaf of grain is how you stack it so that all of the water inside of it falls out and stays fresh until you need it) and a torch.

  7. Demeter’s Childhood • Demeter did not have a long life. Her father swallowed her when she was young. • When Zeus poisoned Kronus, which is Demeter’s father she came out as a fully grown woman.

  8. Demeter’s Power • Greeks worshiped her in order to make sure they would have a reap season( a reap season is when they make sure they will be able to collect what they need).

  9. The Bad News • When Demeter noticed that her daughter Kore was missing, she went to Earth in search of her. Demeter went searching for nine days and nights. • While Demeter was searching for Kore which became Persephone, Hades took Persephone as his wife.

  10. Persephone • Kore also know as Persephone was the Goddess of vegetation. • It is said that when she was abducted all of the vegetation died. • Persephone-Greece. • Proserpina-Italy. • While she was in the Underworld with Hades she became Queen of the Underworld.

  11. The End Of Demeter

  12. Sources • www.wiki.answers.com • www.google.com • www.theoi.com • www.mlahanas.com • www.wikipedia.com

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