DEMETER

WHO IS DEMETER RELATED TO?

• Parents- Crunous and Rhea
• Children- Persephone and Lacchus
• Siblings- Zeus, Poseidon, hades, Hera and Hestia

GODDESS OF?

• Demeter is the goddess of fertile earth

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SOME CHARACTERISTICS

• Kind
• Sad/lonely (because of the loss of daughter)
• Patient
• Sometimes called "Mother Nature"
• Dark hair
• Green eyes

THE MYTH

• Hades stole Demeter's daughter
• Demeter's very sad and Zeus helps her out
• Makes deal with Hades
• One third of the year Demeter can see her daughter and the other half is spent in the underworld
• Also explains the seasons

CONNECTIONS?

• Mythic oracles
• Tarot readings
• Mother Nature

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COOL FACTS

• In the mythic oracles, cards harvest and the mother
• Meaning behind this tarot card
• Refusing to let go can hurt you just as much and letting go
• Time to take bad things out of your life and bring in the good
• Time for imagination and creativity to grow
• A new day and time for your life

QUIZ!!!!

• What's another name for Demeter?
• Who is her daughter?
• Why do they sometimes call her that other name?
• What's her reason for the seasons changing?
• What colour of hair and eyes does she have?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Mythic oracle
• Blue angel publishing

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