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24 Cards in this Set
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Demeter
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Goddess of Grain, "De" - "meter", Mother of Persephone, Sister of Zeus, daughter of Cronus and Rhea
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Greek word "De"
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Wheat
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Greek word "meter"
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Mother
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Persephone
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Daughter of Demeter.
Other name is Kore Roman Name : Proserpina Fertility of Crops |
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Kore
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Persephone's other Name
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Proserpina
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Persephone's Roman Name
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Hades...
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abducts Persephone and takes to underworld, later tricks her into eating pomegranate and so therefore must spend 1/3 of year with Hades
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Demeter after Persephones abduction...
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fasts for 9 days, heartbroken over the loss of her daughter, leads to Demeter @ Eleusis
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Demeter @ Eleusis
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Disguised as an old woman (CELEUS' PALACE) becomes nurse to Demophoon (Celeus and Metaneira's son), Reveals herself as Goddess and demands a temple
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Demophoon
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Son of Celeus and Metaneira. Is healed by Demeter (with Nectar and Ambrosia), he remains mortal but is ever honored.
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After Demeter @ Eleusis...
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She withdraws and famine comes upon the land
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Zeus...
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Condones Hades abducting Persephone. But once famine occurs he pleads with Demeter to come around, and she will as long as Persephone is returned
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Pomegranate Seeds...
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Hades tricks Persephone into eating the pomoegranate which represents sexual union and force Persephone to stay with Hades for 1/3 of the year. Its as if she lost her virginity to Hades
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Mystery cult
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After Demeter restores fertility, these Elesusian cults form. Require a secret initation but promise of a happy afterlife (not imortality)
"Myo" & "Mystai" |
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Triptolemus
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Messenger of Demeter. Passes on agricultural knowlegde.
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"Parthenos"
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Greek for "virgin"
(Persephone and Pomegrante seeds) |
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"Myo"
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Greek for "to squint"
(Mystery Religion) |
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"Mystai"
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"Squinters" or "Initiates"
(Mystery Religion) |
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"Telesterion"
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"Hall of Initiation"
--The sanctuary of Demeter |
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"Hierophant"
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"Revealer of Sacred Things"
--The Sanctuary of Demeter "Things said, things shown, things done" According to hostile Christians: Heira = Sexual intercourse or genitalia |
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"Kykeon"
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Barley-meal, mint and water
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3 stages of Initiation
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Lesser Mysteries, Greater Mysteries, Epopteia = "The beholding"
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Ceres
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Demeters Roman Name - "Cereal"
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Charter Myth
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Foundation of worshipof Demeter at Eleusis
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