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Demeter was an ancient Greek goddess primarily associated with harvests, agriculture, and the fertility of the earth, though she also held roles connected to health, birth, marriage, and the Underworld. She mattered to the Greeks because controlling the success of crops and food production was essential to their survival, making her one of their most important deities.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Demeter
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law
- Deity.member_of
- the Twelve Olympians
- Deity.image
- Demeter Altemps Inv8546.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Ancient marble statue of Demeter with right hand extended. The head is a modern restoration. (National Roman Museum)
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus
- Deity.symbol
- Cornucopia, wheat, torch, poppy, bread
- Deity.consort
- Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion, Mecon
- Deity.parents
- Cronus and Rhea
- Deity.siblings
- Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
- Deity.children