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Demeter with a sheaf of wheat.
Statue of Demeter with a sheaf of wheat and a cornucopia.
Demeter (Pronounced: dee-me-tur)
Family: Daughter of: Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Hestia
Hera
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
Mother of: Persephone
Despoina
Arion
Plutus
Philomelus
Eubuleus
Consort:
Status: One of the Twelve Olympian Gods.
Title: Goddess of Agriculture, Law and Order, Grain, Bread and the Cycle of Life.
Weapon of Choice: Demeter did not have a weapon she used, though it is said that she often used her power of starvation to take revenge.
Symbols of Demeter: Torch - Represents knowledge.
Cornucopia - Represents abundance and nourishment.
Sacred Animal(s): Snake - Serpents pulled Demeter's chariot, making them sacred to her.
Lizards - Represents death and resurrection.
Places of Worship: There are many temples dedicated to Demeter. Many are called the Temple of Demeter and some can be found in Selinunte in Sicily, the Island of Naxos, and Eleusis, Greece.
Roman Counterpart: Ceres
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