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Anẓar, god of rain in Berber mythology. Achek, wife of the rain god Deng in Dinka mythology; Mangwe, a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia [1] Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms in Yoruba mythology; Sinvula, god of rain in Bantu mythology; Nanvula/Nomvula goddess of rain Bantu mythology
In the earliest conceptions of Demeter she is the goddess of grain and threshing, however her functions were extended beyond the fields and she was often identified with the earth goddess . Some of the epithets of Gaia and Demeter are similar showing the identity of their nature.
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter".Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, and Dimitrije, [1] [2] in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it.
Freyja, goddess of fertility, gold, death, love, beauty, war and magic; Freyr, god of fertility, rain, sunlight, life and summer; Iðunn the goddess of spring who guards the apples that keep the gods eternally young; wife of the god Bragi [4] Jörð, personification of the earth and the mother of Thor
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.
A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Should they only be in charge of one feature of a storm, they will be called after that attribute, such as a rain god or a lightning ...
In the mysteries Demeter was a second goddess below her daughter, the unnameable "Despoina". [29] It seems that the myths in Arcadia were connected with the first Greek-speaking people who came from the north during the Bronze Age. The two goddesses had close connections with the rivers and the springs.
Amphictyonis / ˌ æ m f ɪ k ˈ t aɪ ə n ɪ s / (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφικτυονίς, romanized: Amphiktuonís) in Greek mythology is a goddess of wine and friendship between nations, a local form of Demeter.