Demeter


 * Demeter**



Demeter is the goddess of agriculture. Roman name is Ceres. She is the sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone. Demeter, heartbroken after her daughter was taken away by the god of the underworld, traveled the length of the Earth while crops withered. After an agreement in which her daughter would be surrendered for half the year, summer and spring, this turned into the season in which crops were full. Symbols: wheat-ears and winged-serpents.