Saturday, October 29, 2011

Why we have winters & vegetables underground

Persephone a.k.a. Kore is the daughter of Zeus & Demeter; the harvest Goddess. She was abducted by Hades, King of the underworld & must remain down their as his wife for half her life. Her mother, Demeter, misses her terribly & goes into mourning & hence we on Earth experience Winters. Persephone's abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation which shoots forth in spring & withdraws back into the earth after the harvest.


THE RETURN OF PERSEPHONE

In classical Greek art, she is robed & carrying a sheaf of grain. In Latin literature she is Prosperina.

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