When she ate the pomegranate seeds, she was bound to him for a period of the year, either the dry Mediterranean summer, when plant life is threatened by drought, or the autumn and winter. Demeter was granted four months per year with Persephone; her daughter would remain with Hades for the remaining months.

Search: Demeter looked everywhere on earth and found no trace. In time, she withdrew to her temple and brought a drought upon the land. The world turned dry. Humans had no fruit or flowers to offer at the holy temples. That got Zeus’s attention. Persephone Hades: painted on pottery cup, ca. 440–430 BC wikipedia

Demeter’s enduring influence on environmental thought is profound. Her myths not only reflect ancient agricultural practices but also provide timeless lessons about our relationship with the earth. By embracing her legacy, we can draw connections between past and present ecological struggles, fostering a collective commitment to a sustainable ...

Demeter is the cause that the earth changes in it’s recurring cycle of the four seasons. Through this changing nature which characterizes Demeter she can bestow upon mortals wonderful gifts or terrifying punishments.

Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and presides over grains and the fertility of the earth. Although she was most often referred to as the goddess of the harvest, she was also goddess of sacred law and the cycle of life and death.