Persephone

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Greek goddess agricultural deity chthonic deity mythological figure underworld queen

Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proserpina	4
Περσεφόνη	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek goddess ⓘ agricultural deity ⓘ chthonic deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ underworld queen ⓘ
abductor	Hades ⓘ
associatedConcept	afterlife ⓘ initiation and mystery rites ⓘ
associatedCult	Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
associatedMyth	Homeric Hymns ⓘ surface form: Homeric Hymn to Demeter abduction of Persephone ⓘ myth of the seasons ⓘ
associatedWith	Demeter ⓘ Hades ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ surface form: Orpheus myth Orphic Mysteries ⓘ surface form: Orphic mysteries Zeus ⓘ
causeOf	spring through her return to Demeter ⓘ winter through her absence from Demeter ⓘ
consequenceOfConsumingPomegranate	obligated to return periodically to the underworld ⓘ
consumed	pomegranate seeds in the underworld ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedAs	enthroned queen of the underworld ⓘ young maiden ⓘ
domain	spring ⓘ Hades ⓘ surface form: the underworld vegetation ⓘ
father	Zeus ⓘ
greekName	Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Περσεφόνη
hasNameVariant	Marguerite ⓘ surface form: Cora Kore ⓘ Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proserpina
latinName	Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Proserpina
mother	Demeter ⓘ
pantheon	Olympian gods ⓘ
parentageStatus	only daughter of Demeter ⓘ
residence	Mount Olympus ⓘ Underworld ⓘ surface form: underworld
role	bringer of death and renewal ⓘ goddess of spring ⓘ queen of the underworld ⓘ
seasonalResidencePattern	spends part of the year in the underworld ⓘ spends part of the year on earth with Demeter ⓘ
spouse	Hades ⓘ
symbol	flowers ⓘ grain ⓘ pomegranate ⓘ torch ⓘ
symbolizes	fertility of the earth ⓘ life, death, and rebirth ⓘ seasonal cycle ⓘ
worshipCenter	Eleusis ⓘ Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ surface form: Locri Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Telesterion at Eleusis → associatedDeities → Persephone ⓘ

Elysium → associatedDeity → Persephone ⓘ

Orphic Mysteries → associatedFigure → Persephone ⓘ

Erinyes → associatedWith → Persephone ⓘ

Liber → associatedWith → Persephone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proserpina

Theseus → attemptedAbductionWithPirithous → Persephone ⓘ

Zeus → child → Persephone ⓘ

Hades → consort → Persephone ⓘ

Eleusis → cultCenterOf → Persephone ⓘ

Eleusis → dedicatedTo → Persephone ⓘ

Telesterion at Eleusis → dedicatedTo → Persephone ⓘ

Hades → depictedWith → Persephone ⓘ

The Rape of Proserpina → depicts → Persephone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proserpina

Cronus → grandfather → Persephone ⓘ

Rhea → grandparentOf → Persephone ⓘ

Persephone → greekName → Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Περσεφόνη

Ancient Greek religion → hasDeity → Persephone ⓘ

Persephone → hasNameVariant → Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proserpina

Eleusinian Mysteries → honoredDeity → Persephone ⓘ

Persephone → latinName → Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proserpina

Demeter → motherOf → Persephone ⓘ

Hades → nieceAndWife → Persephone ⓘ

Dionysus → parent → Persephone ⓘ

Orpheus → petitionedDeity → Persephone ⓘ

Apollo → sibling → Persephone ⓘ

Hades → spouse → Persephone ⓘ

Sisyphus → trickedDeity → Persephone ⓘ