Demeter Ceres - Greek Roman Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest - Daughter of Cronus and Rhea - Persephone's Mother - Alabaster Statue

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Alabaster
Height: 16 cm (6.3")
Width: 5.5 cm (2.1")
Weight: 200 g

In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito "she of the Grain", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros, "Law-Bringer," as a mark of the civilized. Her grief over her daughter Persephone – who has to spend one-third of the year with her husband Hades in the Underworld – is the reason why there is winter - her joy when she gets her back coincides with the fertile spring and summer months. Demeter and Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous secret religious festival in Ancient Greece.