Excavations at the Archaeological Park of the ancient city of Selinunte in southwestern Sicily have unearthed the adyton of ...

Demeter, goddess of the harvest, is a crucial character in the myth. She rages when she discovers her daughter has been stolen, and she causes a drought on the lands, nearly killing every mortal in ...

International Women’s Day is here, an occasion dedicated to acknowledging women’s achievements globally. It’s a moment to ponder the journey towards gender equality and celebrate the remarkable ...

As goddess of the harvest, Demeter’s story provided the Greeks with an explanation for why we have seasons. When she learned that her daughter, Persephone, had been abducted by Hades, her grief robbed ...

In contrast, Lewis describes the figure of Demeter, the fertility goddess whose mysteries were celebrated in the caves below Athens.

Greek equivalent: Hera The most important of the goddesses, Juno was queen of the Roman pantheon, goddess of marriage and childbirth, and the maternal protector of Rome as a whole. During her ...

Annapurna, the goddess of food, nourishment, and abundance, holds a special place in Hinduism, her name, derived from the Sanskrit words ‘Anna which is food, and Purna means full, reflects her ...

Cyclamen plants produce delightful flowers that resemble butterflies in flight. These symbolic blooms are associated with ...

Demeter taught Erysichthon a lesson for his disrespect towards nature. Credit (left) Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (right) David Stanley, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Erysichthon of Thessaly is ...