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Daemons
A race of invisible beings. Assigned by Zeus to every mortal to attend to, protect, and
guide. They were nameless unless they attended a god or goddess. To be watchful of
your life, cheerful, and honorable, is to respect your daemon. To be reckless and
ignore your conscience is to go against the daemon. The daemon would die with its
assigned mortal.
The Greeks believed that great heroes and champions were possessed by daemons.
Eventually this belief extended, and the Greeks believe that every hero died
honorably was actually ascended to live with the gods.
Demeter
Greek Earth goddess. All-nourishing mother of the earth.
Her daughter, Persephone, was gathering flowers one day when Hades came out from
the earth and abducted her to make her his bride. Demeter grieved and searched all
the lands for her. Wherever she was warmly received, she would give people
instruction in agriculture. Along her way she met the kind Keleos of Attica, and left
him her snake-drawn carriage and the seed of barely so that he could spread the
knowledge of agriculture around the lands.
Demeter finally found out where Persephone had been taken. Though Zeus had given
Hades permission to carry off the girl, and had instructed the other gods not to help,
Demeter was able to convince them to come to her aid. They agreed, provided that
Persephone had not eaten anything in her time in the underworld. However,
Persephone had eaten 6 seeds of a pomegranate Hades had given her as proof of her
love. They came to a compromise; Persephone would spend 6 months of the year
with Demeter, during which time the earth would prosper and flourish in Demeter's
joy. The other 6 months would be passed by Persephone in the underworld with
Hades. While Persephone is with Hades, Demeter grieves her and the earth suffered
extreme temperatures and poor harvests. This is a myth which explains the seasons.
Demeter is the daughter of Chronos and Rhea. She is associated with agriculture,
crops, and all produce, as well as abundance in childbirth and agriculture.
Dione
Greek nature and earth goddess, daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Mother of Aphrodite.
Associated with divination, predictions, love, prophecy.
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