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Deeds of Demeter: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Deeds of Demeter
Rhea (mythology)The earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus gave birth to Rhea as one of their twelve or thirteen Titan children. She grew up alongside her siblings…
MetaniraMetanira stood as queen of Eleusis, wife to King Celeus. Her bloodline traced back to Amphictyon, the king of Athens. This royal connection placed her at the…
PersephoneA clay tablet from Pylos, dated between 1400 and 1200 BC, bears the reconstructed name *Preswa. John Chadwick identified this as a goddess who could be…
TriptolemusA young boy named Triptolemus lay sick in the palace of Eleusis. Demeter, disguised as an old woman named Doso, found him weak and dying.