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Along with goddess Maia, according to Greek mythology, the month of May was also a celebration of the reunion of Demeter, goddess of harvest, fertility and agriculture, with her virgin daughter, Persephone.
Maia (/ ˈ m eɪ. ə, ˈ m aɪ. ə /; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, Μαίη; Latin: Maia), [1] in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.
PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed afterlife.
Daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, and Zeus, the king of the gods, Persephone is both the Goddess of Spring, and the Queen of the Underworld. Her story is not a pleasant one. Much of her mythology is centred on her grieving mother, her abduction, and the conspiracy behind it which included her own father.
The celebration of spring in ancient times was associated with an annual festival, called the Anthesteria, dedicated to Demeter (the goddess of agriculture) and her daughter, Persephone. Persephone emerged each year at the end of winter from the underworld.
PERSEPHONE was the queen of the underworld and the goddess of spring growth. This page contains descriptions of her various divine functions, her sacred plants and animals, and a list of titles and epithets.
8 Ιουλ 2022 · Persephone, daughter of Demeter, is the venerable queen of the underworld, the Greek goddess of spring, and holder of the Eleusinian Mysteries. One of the most beautiful women in Greek mythology, hers is a story filled with sadness and rage and acts both wonderful and dreadful.
