Greek Gods: Demeter

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito as the giver of food or corn/grain and Thesmophoros 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 sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that predated the Olympian pantheon. Her Roman equivalent is Ceres.
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[@SuperGreatSphinx]

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Demeter (Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the goddess of the harvest, who presided 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; "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 that predated the Olympian pantheon. In the Linear B Mycenean Greek tablets of circa 1400-1200 BC found at Pylos, the "two mistresses and the king" may be related with Demeter, Persephone and Poseidon. Her Roman equivalent is Ceres.

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Serious presentation for serious Lore, well done!

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[@MsNobody]

5:45 amazing

[@ericv.bakker245]

Just kidding, now that I watch it fully, I think I'm going to get an A on my history test

[@frostbitefrozensnow1998]

Pluto is Hades in case you don't know

[@jesseward568]

Sometimes they are different. There is a play about Plutus by Aristophanes when he is god of wealth

[@jesseward568]

But in this case, yes

[@lobotomylayla]

Pluto is Hades' roman name

[@henboker3]

You only really appreciate here when you have lost her. And only when you are at the end of the cycle of life, do you see her everywhere.

[@ArianneWeaver1]

It's Had es, not Pluto, if you're giving the Greek names.!

[@rociowolf5439]

ArianneWeaver1 i was thinking the same thing

[@robinbreeds9217]

oh dear

[@spirithunters7396]

exactly

[@marieconstant6452]

12...12 just March them ..now mach Mercury ? =Hermes..
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[@foreverkate119]

Pluto??????????????????????

[@MikeyAtHotTopic]

foreverkate119 its the roman name of hades, god of the underworld

[@rxe9932]

Pluto was the Greek god of riches and wealth, son of Demeter...?

[@rxe9932]

if you check online, and any other mythological source, it says that Pluto was a greek deity, son of Demeter, and god of riches and wealth. Look it up...

[@klmoll]

Roland X en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)
Also
greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/pluto/

[@inconspicuousjane5103]

Its Hades not Ides😩

[@spirithunters7396]

hades is better than any others