DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE The myth of Demeter and Persephone being the prime example of a strong love between a mother and her daughter. The love so strong that they can’t bear being apart from one another for long. Another prime example of an immortal having the same feelings as mortals. Demeter loved Persephone as it is quoted from the text “The joy of Demeter’s eternal lifetime was her daughter‚ Persephone.” The Great Mother Goddess would even threaten the other gods‚ and killing her loved mortals
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The goddess Demeter took good care of the earth. She watered the plants and crops with her beautiful daughter Persephone. Below the earth there was a dark and gloomy world under King Pluto. One day King Pluto climbed up to the banks of the Styx River and saw Persephone. He had never seen anyone so beautiful and he fell in love with Persephone instantly. Pluto wanted Persephone to be his wife. Pluto snatched Persephone and thundered back to the under world. He told Persephone that he loves her
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How successfully does ‘Demeter’ bring the collection to a close? Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The Worlds Wife’ explores fiction and fantasy subverted with real life everyday experiences to reveal the truth. Through dramatizing scenes from childhood to adult life she discovers consolation and relief from love. The collections poems are questioning theories‚ marriage and themes such as feminism. Duffy does this in a very liberated‚ witty and sometimes uncomfortable way. Demeter successfully brings this collection
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All the Titans were the children of Gaia‚ mother of the Earth and Uranus god of the sun. Before the Titans‚ they had six kids together that looked monstrous. Therewfor‚ Uranus puts them in the underworld. Titans were born‚ they were beautiful‚ so they keep all of them. Helios “drove the chariot that pulled the sun across the sky from East to West”. Selene “pulled the moon across the skies at night” The other Titans‚ controlled the oceans and the rivers. One of the youngest gods Cronus‚ replaced Uranus
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PERSEPHONE Persephone is the illicit daughter of Zeus and his sister‚ Demeter. She was the goddess of agriculture‚ vegetation‚ land and fertility. She was abducted by Hades‚ who was madly in love with her. Hades gave her six seeds of pomegranate to eat in order to tie her with the Underworld forever but Zeus ruled that Demeter and Hades must share the unhappy girl. For six months‚ Persephone lives with her husband‚ and for the rest of the year‚ she lives with her mother. She was entitled as the
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Rhea .Now even though the underworld is a dark and scary places Hades never left it. He was barely ever seen which his name Hades‚ the unseen one was. One of the only times he came to earth was when he came to steel Persephone away from her mother‚ Demeter goddess of
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Introduction to Myth: Mythos – Greek word for story (not necessarily true or false) Mythology – the study of myths Primitive people needed to make stories/myths in an effort to understand what was going on in their world. Humans are the only beings with a need to understand things; a dog doesn’t think “why me??”. Primitive people‚ when scared‚ hurt‚ depressed‚ created myths to explain their pain or discomfort. All cultures make myths in their early development. Around 1200 B.C.‚ ancient
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his age also symbolizes the turbulence of waves‚ since he was the Sea-God. Poseidon was the son of Cronus and Rhea. Poseidon is one of the six siblings who eventually divided the powers of the world. His brothers and sisters include Zeus‚ Hades‚ Demeter‚ Hestia and Hera. Zeus became the ruler of sky‚ Hades got the underworld and Poseidon became the ruler of the sea. Poseidon symbolizes the water element and has mastery over the seas. The symbol of his power was the fisherman’s fork or trident‚ by
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the ’God of the Dead’ or the ’Lord of the Underworld’. He was born to Cronus‚ the leader of the Titans‚ who ruled during the legendary Golden Age‚ and his wife Rhea‚ on the island of Crete. He had two brothers‚ Zeus and Poseidon‚ and three sisters Demeter‚ Hestia and Hera. In art works‚ Hades is depicted as a dark man with a huge beard. It is believed that Cronus devoured five of his own children‚ when Gaia and Ouranos made the prophecy that Cronus would be overcome by one of his sons just like
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picking flowers with her friends when the god stumbled upon her. He did not think about courting and immediately kidnapped her. It all happened very quickly that Persephone’s friends did not notice. When news of Persephone’s disappearance reached Demeter‚ the goddess abandoned her duty as she mourned for the loss of her daughter. Not long after deserting her duties‚ the crops failed and the humans starved‚ therefore resulting into the first winter. This caught Zeus’ attention so he refused to accept
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