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The tale is based on the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, which explains the change of the seasons through Persephone's visits to the Underworld: when she is confined to Hades's realm, autumn and winter cover the earth, and when she returns to live with her mother, spring and summer bloom.
The Thesmophoria (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφόρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival, held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.It was held annually, mostly around the time that seeds were sown in late autumn – though in some places it was associated with the harvest instead – and celebrated human and agricultural fertility.
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
The abduction of Persephone is an etiological myth providing an explanation for the changing of the seasons. Since Persephone had consumed pomegranate seeds in the underworld, she was forced to spend four months, or in other versions six months for six seeds, with Hades.
Mythic Warriors (also known as Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend) is a 1998–2000 anthology animated television series, [1] which featured retellings of popular Greek myths that were altered so as to be appropriate for younger audiences, co-produced by Nelvana Limited and Marathon Media. [2]
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Articles relating to the goddess Persephone, the queen of the underworld in Greek mythology.
Proserpina (/ p r oʊ ˈ s ɜːr p ɪ n ə / proh-SUR-pih-nə; [1] Latin: [proːˈsɛrpɪna]) or Proserpine (/ ˈ p r ɒ s ər p aɪ n / PROSS-ər-pyne [1]) is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to those of Greek Persephone.
In Persephone the Grateful, Persephone helps Minthe with the Cocytus River, but the rest of the MOA think she smells bad, like the river. Minthe is briefly jealous of Persephone but in the end she becomes Persephone's friend and stays with her in the Underworld. Persephone gave her a garden of mint. Hecate is a goddessgirl of Witchcraft. She is ...