The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on ancient agrarian cults of agricultural communities. Persephone was the daughter of zeus and demeter, the wife of hades, and the queen of the underworld Persephone, the daughter of demeter and zeus, was the wife of hades and the queen of the underworld
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She was a dual deity, since, in addition to presiding over the dead with intriguing autonomy, as the daughter of demeter, she was also a goddess of fertility.
Persephone is the goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld
She’s the daughter of demeter, goddess of the harvest, and zeus, king of the gods Her primary myth is her abduction myth that tells the story of how hades, god of the underworld, carried her into the depths of his realm. Persephone’s return from the underworld each year was celebrated during the spring festival of anthesteria The myth of persephone is a prime example of the “myth of the eternal return.” where the events of the myth are reenacted through rituals to ensure the continued cycle of nature’s renewal.
The story that persephone spent four months of each year in the underworld was no doubt meant to account for the barren appearance of greek fields in full summer—after harvest, before their revival in the autumn rains, when they are plowed and sown. Persephone was the ancient greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld She was depicted as a stately woman holding a torch Her roman name was proserpina.
