Demeter

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Greek goddess Olympian deity agricultural deity

Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, grain, and the fertility of the earth, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and the myth of Persephone.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Demeter in mythology 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
Olympian deity ⓘ
agricultural deity ⓘ
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Homeric Hymns ⓘ
associatedMyth Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
Homeric Hymns ⓘ
surface form: Homeric Hymn to Demeter

abduction of Persephone ⓘ
associatedWith laws of agriculture ⓘ
life-death-rebirth cycle ⓘ
seasons ⓘ
consort Iasion ⓘ
Karmanor ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
cultCenter Arcadia ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Eleusis ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain agriculture ⓘ
bread ⓘ
fertility of the earth ⓘ
grain ⓘ
harvest ⓘ
epithet Anesidora ⓘ
Chloe ⓘ
Erinys ⓘ
Sito ⓘ
Thesmophoros ⓘ
festival Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
Haloa ⓘ
Proerosia ⓘ
Thesmophoria ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
greekName Δημήτηρ ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf Twelve Olympians ⓘ
motherOf Arion ⓘ
Despoina ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Philomelus ⓘ
Ploutos ⓘ
mythologicalPeriod Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mycenaean Greece
parent Cronus ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ
romanEquivalent Ceres ⓘ
sacredAnimal pig ⓘ
sacredPlant barley ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
sibling Hades ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Hestia ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
symbol bread ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ
sheaf of wheat ⓘ
sickle ⓘ
torch ⓘ
worshippedBy ancient Greeks ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iasion → associatedWith → Demeter ⓘ
Persephone → associatedWith → Demeter ⓘ
Iasion → category → Demeter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Demeter in mythology
Cronus → child → Demeter ⓘ
Iasion → consort → Demeter ⓘ
Poseidon → consort → Demeter ⓘ
Zeus → consort → Demeter ⓘ
Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Demeter ⓘ
Eleusis → cultCenterOf → Demeter ⓘ
Akragas → dedicatedSanctuaryTo → Demeter ⓘ
Eleusis → dedicatedTo → Demeter ⓘ
subject surface form: Cronus
Uranus → grandparentOf → Demeter ⓘ
Phlius → hasSanctuaryOf → Demeter ⓘ
Isis → linkedToDeity → Demeter ⓘ
Titanomachy → mainCombatant → Demeter ⓘ
Twelve Olympians → member → Demeter ⓘ
Persephone → mother → Demeter ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhea
Titans → opposedBy → Demeter ⓘ
Rhea → parentOf → Demeter ⓘ
Hades → sibling → Demeter ⓘ
Hera → sibling → Demeter ⓘ
Hestia → sibling → Demeter ⓘ
Poseidon → sibling → Demeter ⓘ
Zeus → sibling → Demeter ⓘ
Iasion → spouseOrLover → Demeter ⓘ
Cronus → swallowed → Demeter ⓘ