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Demeter’s parents are Cronus and Rhea
Her foster parents are Oceanus and Thetys
Demeter's siblings are Hestia, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus
Demeter’s brother Zeus gave Hades permission to marry Persephone but
didn’t tell her mom
Some of Demeter’s mates are Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion, Carmanor
Demeter’s children are Persephone, Dionysus, Despoena, Arion, Plutus,
Philomelus, Eubulus
Demeter was not married but she had an affair with Iason
When Demeter was born she was swallowed
by her dad Cronus because he was afraid that
one of his children would challenge his
authority and usurp his power
 Cronus swallowed 5 of his children
 Rhea tricked the devious god and
substituted a stone in place of her 6th child
Zeus
 To free his brother’s and sister’s he
ambushed Cronus. the fight was so violent
that the five children that were swallowed
were vomited and took there place as gods
and goddess
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 Demeter is the goddess
of harvest, fertility, grain,
and agriculture
 Demeter is responsible
for creating winter
 Demeter also taught
mankind about
agriculture
 Demeter enjoys the
The scepter, wheat plant, torch, gecko, mint
plant, poppy, an ear of wheat, and the horn of
plenty
Here is a picture of the horn of plenty
 Demeter’s strengths are controlling the fertility of the
Earth as goddess of agriculture; also gives life after
death to those who learn her mysteries.
 Demeter's weakness –Her daughter Persephone was
kidnapped by Hades and forced to live 3 months of the
year with him. During this time, Demeter blights the
Earth and won’t let plants grow. This is how the gods
explain winter.
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Demeter’s brother Zeus is
the god of sky's, and king of
gods
Hades is god of the
underworld
Poseidon is the god of the
seas
Hestia is the goddess of the
hearth, and home
Hera is the goddess of
wedding’s, and marriage
 Demeter lived in Greece in the Mount
Olympus with the rest of the Greek Gods
 Demeter was born on Earth she was put
there to help the farmers plant and yield
 Some of Demeter’s
enemies are
Ascalaphus,
Pluto(Hades), and
Typhon
 Since Demeter is a goddess she did not die.
People simply forgot her when Christianity was
declared the official religion of the state
How many brothers and
sisters did Demeter have?
2) What were Demeter’s
parents names?
3) What did her dad do to her
and her siblings when they
were born?
4) Was Hades one of her
enemies?
5) What was Demeter the
goddess of?
6) Who were Demeter’s
brother’s
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What was Demeter’s
daughter's name?
Who gave Hades permission
to marry Persephone?
9) What season comes when
Persephone is forced to live with
Hades?
10) What is one of Demeter’s signs?
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/blmythdemeter.htm
 http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/Olympian-Gods-Fast-Facts/qt/010311-Demeter.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter
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http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Demeter.html
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_were_Demeter's_enemies
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http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess_symbols_demeter.htm
http://mythagora.com/bios/demeter.html
 http://www.indepthinfo.com/greek-gods/demeter.htm
 http://gogreece.about.com/od/mythology/Greek_Mythology_Greek_Gods_and_Goddesses.htm
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