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Ceres
Origin Roman. Mother Goddess
Known period of worship circa 400 BCE to 400 CE
Ceres is arguably the most recent model of the "Great Mother" whose predecessors include Inana, Istar, Artemis, Kybele, and Demeter on whom she is directly modeled. She is the daughter of Kronos and Rhea and one of the more important consorts of Jupiter. Her daughter in the upper world, Kore, is the Goddess of the underworld Proserpina who was abdicted by Pluto. She became foster mother to Triptolemus, an ill fated king in the mold of the Mesopotamian Dumuzi, depicted in the classical Greek Eleusinian Mysteries. As the embodiment of vegetation, Ceres neglects the natural world during the period that her daughter remains below with Pluto, but restores nature annually when Proserpina is returned to her.
Ceres
Origin Roman. Mother Goddess
Known period of worship circa 400 BCE to 400 CE
Ceres is arguably the most recent model of the "Great Mother" whose predecessors include Inana, Istar, Artemis, Kybele, and Demeter on whom she is directly modeled. She is the daughter of Kronos and Rhea and one of the more important consorts of Jupiter. Her daughter in the upper world, Kore, is the Goddess of the underworld Proserpina who was abdicted by Pluto. She became foster mother to Triptolemus, an ill fated king in the mold of the Mesopotamian Dumuzi, depicted in the classical Greek Eleusinian Mysteries. As the embodiment of vegetation, Ceres neglects the natural world during the period that her daughter remains below with Pluto, but restores nature annually when Proserpina is returned to her.
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