Having Lucia made me more aware of how the myth of Demeter and Persephone had informed my relationship with my own mother. My parents divorced when I was 7.

Sensing something amiss, Persephone’s mother, Demeter, calls her daughter’s name, but to no avail. She only finds scattered petals floating on the lake’s surface.

Persephone spending time with Demeter explains springtime, with growth and life returning to the world. When Persephone returns to the Underworld, the land becomes barren, explaining the cold and ...

Like many Greek myths, the story of Persephone’s descent into the realm of Hades, and her emergence from it, has resonances in contemporary arts, most especially the notion of death and rebirth.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Demeter and Persephone This is the story of Demeter, who loved her daughter more than anything on Earth. It is an adaptation of the famous Greek myth ...

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Demeter does not manage to negotiate permanent freedom for her daughter, and Persephone is forced to marry a man she did not choose. This reflects real social conditions in Ancient Greece.

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. A short animation for 7 - 11 year olds retelling the Ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone and the creation of the seasons. BBC Teach.

Demeter (goddess of agriculture and harvest) ... Alaska-grown vegetables are so outsize they can seem like caricatures — but they’re real. The Persephone Period applies to Alaskan gardens too.

In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest. One day, Hades, god of the underworld, saw Persephone picking flowers. He was captivated by her beauty an… ...

In ‘Severance’ season 2, Mark mentions ‘Persephone,’ a figure from Greek myth, which might just be a major clue to the fate of Gemma.