Demeter Mini Collection
Regular price $14.00
There are 3 colors in The Gods Of Mount Olympus - Demeter Mini Collection.
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- Harvest - a gorgeous yellow/gold reflective glitter dip powder, that goes on soft and smooth, and reflects like no other. The yellow represents the wheat Demeter grows, and also the harvest time. (Part of the upcoming Moon Sand collection - soft and fluffy glitter dip powder!)
- Agricultural Love - a beautiful green reflective glitter dip powder. Moon sand soft, and easy and smooth to apply! The green represents so many things for Demeter - the beginning of spring, when she gets her daughter back, summer when things are in full growing mode, and of course the Gecko and serpent that are her sacred animals.
- Demeter - a unique chunky chameleon-like glitter, with green, yellow orange and gold glitter pieces. Each piece of glitter has a gorgeous and fun color shift, from yellow to green, orange or gold. The yellow to green color shift represents the circle of agricultural life - yellow for when things are just starting to grow, green for when they are in full grow mode, and orange when the fall comes.
The Story Of Demeter
Demeter was the goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. Because she was the goddess of harvest, she was very important to farmers. She sustained mankind with the earth's rich bounty, and could control whether plants grew or not. She was one of the original 6 siblings, and she was swallowed by her father Kronus. She was very powerful, and in addition to making plants grow, she could also control the weather and could make people hungry.
In her earlier years, Demeter fell in love with a mortal named Iasion. She seduced him and became pregnant with twins. Zeus didn’t think it was appropriate for such a respected goddess to have a relationship with a mortal, so he struck Iasion with a thunderbolt. But by then, Demeter was already pregnant with Ploutos and Philomelus.
As mentioned during the Poseidon series , Poseidon forced himself on Demeter twice, and she had 2 children by him. One was a nymph (Despoena), and the other was a talking horse (Arion). She also had 2 children by her brother Zeus, Iacchus (son) and her most well known child, Persephone.
One of the most well known myths around Demeter is how the seasons came to be. Demeter loved her daughter Persephone, and as she was the goddess of spring, the two were often together. One day when Demeter and Persephone descended upon the earth from Mount Olympus, Demeter left her daughter with the nymphs of the sea to watch over her while she went to tend to her earthly duties. When Demeter returned, she couldn’t find her daughter anywhere. So, she asked the nymphs about it, but they had no answer. Demeter was furious that they didn’t protect her daughter like they were supposed to. Her wrath rained down on the nymphs, and she cursed them with plumed bodies, scaly feet, and wings. They would no longer be called nymphs of the sea, they would henceforth be known as sirens. When Persephone went missing in the underworld, Demeter was overcome with sadness. She searched for her daughter endlessly, neglecting her duties to tend to the earth to nourish the mortals. Plants withered, animals died, and famine ravaged the earth resulting in untold misery. Demeter’s search for her daughter eventually led her to Hecate, the goddess of magic, and then Helius the god of the sun, where Demeter finally learned what happened to her daughter. Demeter was outraged with Zeus, and her fury reigned over the land.
The cries of the mortals reached mount Olympus, and Zeus knew that he had to intervene to calm Demeter’s wrath and spare humanity. But even more so, if the mortals were not able to grow their crops and feed their animals, they would not be able to offer sacrifices to the gods, so Zeus had to intervene. Zeus told Hades to bring Persephone to him, so he could ask her where she wanted to live. Even though Persephone loved her mother, she had fallen in love with Hades, and wanted to stay with her husband. Demeter was infuriated by her response, and was convinced that Hades had something to do with it. Demeter made it known that if her daughter did not return to her, she would never again tend to the earth. Since Persephone had eaten six pomegranate seeds from the underworld, Persephone was tied permanently to the underworld. Zeus decided that Persephone would split her time between her mother and her husband. She would spend half the year with her mother at Olympus, and the other half with Hades as the Queen Of the underworld. Persephone's return to her mother signified spring, and while she was home with Demeter, plants and flowers grew. When she returned to the underworld, Demeter became sad again, and fall began, and nothing would grow into the winter, until her daughter was by her side again in the spring.
Demeter never married, and was often depicted as a mature woman, wearing a crown and bearing sheafs of wheat, or a cornucopia and a torch.
Demeter was the life-giving goddess of agriculture, grain, and harvest. She provided mortals with plants, food, and vegetables. She also gave them the ability to cultivate wheat. She showed them how to plant the seeds, nurture them, and harvest them. She even taught them how to grind the grain to produce flour, which they could turn into bread. She was a powerful goddess of agriculture for mankind. As the second oldest, Demeter resides alongside her brethren as one of the 12 Gods of Mount Olympus.
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Fun Facts About Demeter
Demeter gave birth to a talking horse named Arion. As a reward to a kind man, she tried to make his baby immortal by placing him in a fire. The mother, however, caught her in the act and pulled the baby from the fire. She is often pictured with flaming torches, because she used these in her search for her daughter. Demeter carried a long golden sword in battle which earned her the nickname "Lady of the Golden Blade." Animals that were sacred to Demeter included the serpent, gecko, and pig. The serpent (a creature which represented rebirth in nature and the fertility of the earth) was the animal most sacred to Demeter. A pair of winged-serpents drew her chariot.