►Greek Mythology:
“Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest / Persephone, Queen of the Underworld”:
“Persephone and Demeter Reunite” by Frederic Leighton, (1891).-
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Demeter (Roman equivalent: Ceres) is often described as the greek goddess of the harvest, but she presided also over the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death.
She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries of the Olympian pantheon.
Demeter’s greatest gifts to humankind were agriculture, particularly of cereals, and the Mysteries which give the initiate higher hopes in this life and the afterlife.
These two gifts were intimately connected in Demeter’s myths and mystery cults. In Homer’s “Odyssey” she is the blond-haired goddess who separates the chaff from the grain. Demeter’s emblem is the poppy.
Demeter’s virgin daughter was called Persephone (Roman equivalent: Proserpine) .
Zeus’s was not only Demeter’s father but also Persephone, Poseidon and Hades‘ brother.
In one ocassion, Persephone was abducted to the underworld by Hades.
Demeter searched for her for nine days and nights, preoccupied with her loss.
The seasons halted; living things ceased their growth, then began to die. Faced with the extinction of all life on earth, Zeus sent his messenger Hermes to the underworld to bring Persephone back.
Hades agreed to release her, but gave her a pomegranate. When she ate the pomegranate seeds, she was bound to him for one part of the year, either the dry Mediterranean summer, when plant life is threatened by drought, or the autumn and winter. This myth explains the yearly cycle of growth, harvest, and winter. Persephone is related here to the sprouting seeds of springtime.
After her abduction by Hades she became his wife and Queen of the Underworld, six months of each year. The mint and pomegranate is sacred to her.
Persephone raised Aphrodite’s child Adonis. She was also known as Kore, “the Maiden”.∼
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“The rape of Proserpina” by Hans von Aachen (1586).-
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►Gallery: “Persephone, Demeter and Other Godess of the Underworld”:
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On the left: Greek Goddess Demeter. Roman equivalent: Ceres
On The right: Greek Goddess Persephone. Roman equivalent: Proserpine.-
Demether, Persephone and Adonis (Aphrodite’ son, who was raised by Persephone).-
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►Links Post:
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/blmythdemeter.htm
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythpersephone.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/g/persephone.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/demeterceresmyth/a/demeterbrothers.htm
http://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Persephone/persephone.html
http://musamolona.com/2015/05/18/persefone-persephone-proserpina/ Retrato por Mus. Enlace Actualizado.
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►Last but not Least: Three Awards:
I) Mi amiga blogger Bella@Espíritu desde su blog homónimo me ha nominado para un Premio Dardos. Mil Gracias, Bella 😛
►Aquí están las reglas del Premio:
1) Ubicar el logo del Premio Dardos en el blog.
2) Nominar a otros quince (15) bloggers, enlazando a sus respectivos blogs e informándolos de la nominación.
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Premio Dardos.-
Mis quince (15) nominados para este premio son:
1. Literariedad 2. Cronopia vacía 3. El Mundo de Timeo 4. La gran belleza 5. La piedra translatofal 6. Rafael Carpintero 7. Ivan Ortíz 8. Dinelia 9. Jaque al arte 10. Deimos y Phobos 11. Yakuza Webzine 12. Fiore Rouge 13. Pensamientos complejos 14. Variedad Asimétrica 15. Diario de un perdedor.
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II) Dinelia from “Palabras sosegadas” nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award. Thanks a lot, Dinelia 😀
►Here are the Award Rules:
1) The nominee shall display the Liebster Award logo on her/his blog.
2) The nominee shall nominate ten (10) bloggers she/he admires, by linking to their blogs and informing them about it.
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Versatile Blogger Award.-
And these are my ten (10) nominees for this award:
1. Elizabeth Melton Parsons 2. Inesemjphotography 3. Shehanne Moore 4. Enrico Garrou 5. 6. Teagan’s books 7. Stockreserach52’s blog 8. En Humor Arte 9. Autumn of Life 10. yabakientelbaki
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III) My blogger friend Inese from “Inesemjphotography” nominated for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Thank you dear Inese 🙂
►Here are the Award Rules:
1) The nominee shall display the Liebster Award logo on her/his blog.
2) The nominee shall nominate ten (10) bloggers she/he admires, by linking to their blogs and informing them about it.
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Very Inspiring Blogger Award.-
►My ten (10) nominees for this award are:
1. Author Miranda Stone 2. Bella@Espíritu 3. Margaret Lynette Sharp 4. The Journal of Wall Grimm 5. Behind the white coat 6. Life in Kawagoe 7. Espace perso Monick 8. Tales of Love and Life 9. Marie Jeanne 10. Acasadisimi
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Thanks for dropping by. Best wishes to everyone, Aquileana 😀
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Aquileana
⚡️La Audacia de Aquiles⚡️ 
fascinating and marvelous!
Thanks for being my first commenter on this post. I am glad that you liked it, Cindy.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
You’re welcome Aquileana, WE thank you… each of your posts is a real Spring of Knowledge!!! Demeter… Persephone… beautiful names and myth. Thank you 🙂
Thanks a lot dear F…
Your words encourage me to keep it up and are always highly appreciated.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @wordsinthelight for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
I like this myth.
There is one place where you write “Demeter” and I think you mean Persephone there.
Oh… sorry for the mistake. Will check it out and thanks for having told me, Nannus. I much appreciate it.
Best regards, Aquileana 😛
I found it and fixed it.Thanks!.
Aquileana 😀
Thanks @pennycoho for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
Thank you for another most interesting post. You must do a lot of work to prepare.
Well, I do… But I love to!
Thank you very much for dropping by, dear Susan,
I hope you have a great day, best regards,
Aquileana 😛
I always enjoy your posts and this is one of many that are informative and interesting. Great job.
Thank you very much, Richard for dropping by and for your thoughtful words here.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
You’re welcome, I meant it 🙂
Thank you so much for the nomination, Aquileana! It is very kind of you!
I love your new blog post, it is brilliant, as usual, and I will remember it when i see a poppy or smell a mint leaf:) Thank you again!
My best wishes and hugs 🙂
Inese
Thanks for this marvelous comment, dear Inese… You will sure remember Persephone when you smell a mint leaf but also when you see or eat it a pomegranate, as they were both sacred to her.
Hugs to you, Inese,
Aquileana 😛
Thanks @Inessa_ie for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
You are welcome:) Thanks for sharing my posts:)
It is always my pleasure, Inese.
All the best to you, Aquileana 😀
Mi querida A.:
Gracias una vez más por recordar mi blog, ese humilde compendio de palabras.[Hoy no me rijo por el orden de aparición]. ¡Felicitaciones por todas las nominaciones que cosechas, además! Son un justo reconocimiento a tu siembra. 🙂
No dejan de sorprenderme las construcciones de las historias. Todo tiene su explicación. También los eventos de la naturaleza. En este caso, Perséfone y su relación con el ciclo de la cosecha. Y, además, Perséfone descendiente de Demeter continúa el linaje relacionado a la cosecha, al ciclo de la vida y la muerte. Hay una continuidad y consistencia en los mitos que no puedo menos que maravillarme.
Abrazos (para combatir el fresco del cono sur), A. 😛
V.
Hola V,
Muchas gracias por tu comentario. has captado perfectamente la esencia y el simbolismo del mito y su continuidad en las generaciones venideras.
Tu escritura y blog son sencillamente geniales. un gusto enorme nominarte .
Un abrazo grande para combatir el fresco sudamericano.
Aquileana 😛
¡Hola! ¡Muchas gracias por la nominación! Sólo quiero mencionar que nuestro blog se llama Yakuza Webzine (con K, lo tienes escrito con C). Nuevamente, ¡gracias por la nominación! 😀
Disculpas, lo voy a arreglar. Un gusto nominarte/nominarlos.
Saludos para vos, Aquileana 😀
Once again Aquileana you bring up the most intriguing relationships the Greek gods had! Thanks a lot! 🙂 ❤
Thanks dear HJ… Your comment here is much appreciated. I am really glad to know that you enjoy these greek myths.
Best wishes to you,
Aquileana 😛
Thank you, for your appreciation.
Keep up the good work.
It is my pleasure.
Thanks for dropping by to read and comment.
All the very best to you,
Aquileana 😀
Gracias mil nuevamente, Aquileana, por este nuevo honor que me concedes.
En cuanto a Démeter y Perséfone, arquetipos de madre y doncella en la concepción matrìstica de la Triple Diosa, van unidos a Hécate como anciana o hechicera, quien le señaló el camino a Démeter cuando buscaba a su hija y aseguró a Zeus que la tierra moriría si no ordenaba a Poseidón que abriera el inframundo. Es un mito extraordinario sobre los misterios de la maternidad y de la madre en su rol de energía de iniciación.
Como siempre, el mundo visible es apenas un atisbo.
Un abrazo para ti.
Hola Bell@,
Genial comentario. Si no me equivoco Démeter y Perséfone junto a Hécate y Dionisios forman parte de lo que los especialistas en el tema denominan Cuaternidad iniciática. Asociándose estos cuatro dioses por formar parte de ceremonias de iniciación ctónica (fiestas dionisiacas y Misterios Eleusinos).
Es muy cierto lo de la importancia de Hécate y seguramente será mencionada en próximos posts, pues pienso seguir con la “saga”.
Un abrazo y un gusto nominarte,
Aquileana 😛
I was interested in bellaespiritu’s comment as a way to understand this myth better, which has led me Jung and his concept of “Quaternity” :
“Quaternity – A quaternity or quaternion often has a 3+1 structure, in that one of the terms composing it occupies an exceptional position or has a nature unlike that of the others. (For instance three of the symbols of the Evangelists are animals, and that of the fourth, or St. Luke, is an Angel.) This is the ‘Fourth’, which, added to the other three, makes them ‘One’, symbolising totality. In analytical psychology often the ‘inferior’ function (i.e., that function which is not at the conscious disposal of the subject) represents the ‘Fourth’ and its integration into consciousness is one of the major tasks of the process of individuation. In Christianity, the focus is on the trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit), however, Jung viewed this as inadequate as it purposely left absent the evil or shadow counterpart – the Devil – which must be integrated by the trinity in order to become One; good cannot exist without evil and vice versa, once the two concepts merge, all concepts shatter and is replaced by non-duality, or Oneness.” (http://wp.me/p1LR2x-Vl)
C. G. Jung: “The quaternity is an archetype of almost universal occurrence. It forms the logical basis for any whole judgement. Id one wishes to pass such a judgement, it must have this fourfold aspect. For instance, if you want to describe the horizon as a whole, you name the four quarters of heaven…There are always four elements, four prime qualities, four colours, four castes, four ways of spiritual development etc. So, too, there are four aspects of psychological orientation… In order to orient ourselves, we must have a function which ascertains that something is there (sensation); a second function which establishes what it is (thinking); a third function which states whether it suits us or not, whether we wish to accept it or not (feeling), and a fourth function which indicates where it came from and where it is going (intuition). When this has been done, there is nothing more to say… The ideal completeness is the circle or sphere, but its natural minimal division is a quaternity.” (Psychology and Religion West and East, Collected Works, Vol. 11, p. 167.)
Hi Maria…
As I was doing a little research for my next post on The Eleusinian Misteries I found an excerpt where the authors said that the quaternity in the ctonic greek religions were linked to the Gods/ Godesses Demeter, Persephone Dionysius and Hecate
As to Jung’s quaternity, I think you are right when you speak of mandalas as those circular signs which might be defined as Cryptograms of the staet of the self when the mandala was created, appearing in connection with dreams, fears and desires…
This is a very interesting and eloquent article with regard to Jung’s quaternity…
And the second link is a screnshoot of an excerpt of that same article which I made reference to in the first link
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=1722
I will be adding more relevants points on comments below this one later on!!!
Hugs and thanks a lot for your comments!
Aquileana 😛
I found a much better reference than the above explaining this concept of “quaternity” here:
“We find a wide spectrum of four-fold symbols and systems in religion, myth, history and culture. There are four winds (Boreas, Eurus, Notus, Zephyrus), four seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall), four directions (north, east, south, west), four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), four letters in the sacred name of God (YHVH), four ancient ages (gold, silver, bronze, iron), and four medieval humours: sanguine (blood), choleric (yellow bile), phlegmatic (phlegm), melancholic (black bile) to name a few.” (http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=1722)
The above reference demonstrates Jung’s preoccupation with Mandalas and “concentric” forms as “four-fold” systems in “religion, myth, history and culture”, yet I still strive to understand if indeed, this is a belief system which stems from the concept of “dependent origination” (the one related to Buddhism) because Mandalas are related to this notion, nevertheless he speaks about it as an “archetype”. Can you explain?
And if related, how would it be so, according to this myth?
Hi Maria…
I will read your comments in depth and reply later today… My next post will be about the Eleusian Mysteries… Maybe I can find useful information among your comments ( I bet I will). Will be back tonight honey. Talk soon here…
Aquileana 😀
I see, I looked for the word: “Chthonic” (/ˈθɒnɪk/ or /ˈkθɒnɪk/, from Greek χθόνιος khthonios, “in, under, or beneath the earth”, from χθών khthōn “earth” and Jung’s association may have been linked as such: “In analytical psychology, the term chthonic was often used to describe the spirit of nature within; the unconscious earthly impulses of the Self, that is one’s material depths, however not necessarily with negative connotations. See anima and animus or shadow. In Man and His Symbols Carl G. Jung explains:
“ Envy, lust, sensuality, deceit, and all known vices are the negative, ‘dark’ aspect of the unconscious, which can manifest itself in two ways. In the positive sense, it appears as a ‘spirit of nature’, creatively animating Man, things, and the world. It is the ‘chthonic spirit’ that has been mentioned so often in this chapter. In the negative sense, the unconscious (that same spirit) manifests itself as a spirit of evil, as a drive to destroy.”
Wonderful comment .. You are so clever and loved to read your comments…
You know how to read between lines and go further!!!.
The sense of unconscious linking to the dark side, the passions is probably related to Freud’ sense of the word … I am not so sure if we could say that Freud proposed a “positive sense” of the unconscious as Jung did… Mainly cause that positive aspect would be related to the conscious realms!/
Once again, we’ll have to admit that Jung, being Freud’s disciple has been able to fill the gaps his teacher’s theory had.
Best wishes and thanks for dropping by… Your comments are highly appreciated, Maria.
Aquileana 😛
From the Chthonic article: “Gender has a specific meaning in cultural anthropology. Teresa del Valle in her book Gendered Anthropology explains “there are male and female deities at every level. We generally find men associated with the above, the sky, and women associated with the below, with the earth, water of the underground, and the chthonic deities.” But the same can be reversed to the female being associated with the above, and men to the below, or underground.
Very interesting… Also wanted to add to that dichotomy High/ Low, that according to Jung, the right side is related to male and the left side to female… I guess this is based in the brain’s shape and the two sides…
>Check out this screenshot (On genres and the right and left side)
Found at the article Right Brain / Left Brain: http://quantumregressiontherapy.com/Right%20Brain%20Left%20Brain.htm
I finally wanted to add an excerpt on the Mother archetype, according to Carl Jung (Source: http://www.butler-bowdon.com/carl-jung-archetypes-collective-unconcious):
“The Mother archetype takes the form of personal mother, grandmother, stepmother, mother in law, nurse, governess. It can be fulfilled in figurative Mothers such as Mary Mother of God, Sophia, or the Mother who becomes a maiden again in the myth of Demeter and Kore. Other Mother symbols include the Church, country, the Earth, the woods, the sea, a garden, a ploughed field, a spring or well. The positive aspect of the archetype is Motherly love and warmth, so celebrated in art and poetry, which gives us our first identity in the world. Yet it can have negative meaning – the loving mother or the terrible mother or goddess of fate. Jung considered the Mother the most important archetype because it seemed to contain all else.
When there is an imbalance of the archetype in a person, we see the Mother ‘complex’. In men, the complex may give rise to ‘Don Juanism’, which can make a man fixated on pleasing all women. Yet a man with a mother complex may also have a revolutionary spirit: tough, persevering, extremely ambitious”…
Best wishes dear friend. Many hugs!,
Aquileana 😀
Thanks! Great links Aquileana! I really liked the third link of Jung’s book review about the mother archetype, and this other aspect about myth and religion:
“The universe of ancient symbols we once used for deciphering life’s changes and larger meaning has been replaced by a science – psychology – that was never designed to understand the soul and cater to it. Writing of the scientific mindset in general, Jung wrote: “Heaven has become for us the cosmic space of the physicists…But ‘the heart glows,’ and a secret unrest gnaws at the roots of our being.” Modern man or woman lives with a spiritual emptiness that was once easily filled by religion or mythology. Only a new type of psychology that actually recognized the depth of the psyche would be able to quell this secret unrest.
When it seems you are helpless in the face of problems, it should be remembered that this deeper mind carries the totality of human experience, a vast store of objective wisdom and perfect solutions. It only has to be recognized and accessed”- (from http://www.butler-bowdon.com/carl-jung-archetypes-collective-unconcious)
Thanks for the links!
Marvelous way of seeing it… “the deeper mind which carries the totality of human experience, a vast store of objective wisdom and perfect solutions”.
Which leads me to these two quote:
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
― C.G. Jung
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
― C.G. Jung
Wishing you a great night ahead. Many hugs and thanks for your comments, Aquileana 😀
congratulations!
Thank you very much, dear Simi.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
A lovely post. I have always loved the story of Persephone and Hades as an explanation of the seasons. I love Greek myths and Greece itself and I am rediscovering them through your blog. Thanks for the support for my blog.
Hi, as told before, I like your newsletter! since my time as boy, so long time ago, I like to read Greece and Roman History, from Iliad to later history and philosophy.
I enjoy your newsletter, you make it in a very special way
Regards, Max
ps thks for comment to my new pic….
Hi there dear Max…
It is great to have you here… 😀
I am happy to know that you are enjoying these myths and their explanations
Thanks for stopping by to comment. And… Yes!, your new pic is really very nice.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
Aquileana, Gracias por tu mención y por seguir Variedad Asimétrica. Espero que encuentres también cosas interesantes. Tu artículo me hizo recordar una lectura que hice varios años atrás de un libro de Robert Graves, en el que hace un análisis filológico de los nombres de las diosas griegas, para argumentar que todas ellas eran una sola y, a la vez, faces diversas de la misma.
Recuerdo precisamente cuando habla de Démeter, concebida también como deidad del inframundo -por el asunto que mencionas en esta publicación- a la que llama, si no me equivoco, “madre de los vampiros”; una cosa de temer. Su representación simbólica contenía elementos comunes a otras diosas, no solamente griegas (es de esperarse), tales como el grano (de trigo) blanco, entre otros que en algún momento me causaron una pesadilla…
En fin. Espero que disfrutes también nuestras contribuciones.
Saludos desde México.
Interesante lo que me contabas de Robert Graves.
Si se trata de Los Mitos Griegos (libro en dos tomos de la editorial Alianza) lo tengo y voy a revisarlo porque la cuestión del sincretismo panteísta de las diosas griegas me parece sencillamente genial.
Y me interesaría incluso ahondar en la simbología ctónica y del Inframundo de Persefone durante su estadía en los reinos de Hades.
Muchas gracias por los datos.
Un abrazo y espero que sigamos en contacto.
Aquileana 😛
El libro es La Diosa Blanca, editado por Alianza. En él, Graves trata de descifrar un poema medieval que, de acuerdo con su perspectiva, contiene un mensaje de culto a una antigua deidad femenina y que apenas sobrevive en el texto. Por supuesto, leyendo entre líneas, lo que convierte la lectura de Graves un tanto sesgada, pero no deja de ser interesante el método que utiliza para sacar sus conclusiones.
Aun más complejo me parece La Rama Dorada. ¿Lo conoces? Saludos.
Manuel.
Muchas gracias por los datos,
De Graves tengo “Los Mitos Griegos” y alguna que otra novela.
El libro “La Rama Dorada” de Frazer no lo conozco, pero creo haber escuchado de él.
Tengo pensado escribir sobre Los Misterios Eleusinos y de Dionisios, si tienes alguna sugerencia o aporte en cuanto a material que pueda leer en la web, comentámelo, por favor.
Mil gracias por tu comentario. Feliz viernes y buen fin de semana para vos, Aquileana 😀
preciada Aquileana
Posiblemente mis recomendaciones contengan algo que ya conozcas. Por ahí está un libro del Fondo de Cultura Económica llamado Los Misterios de Eleusis (colección Breviarios). Editorial Trotta tiene otros muy buenos sobre investigaciones arqueológicas y crítica textual sobre la figura de Dionisos y Apolo como un dios dual… TusQuets tiene un librillo sobre los antecedentes de la filosofía y considera elementos mitológicos y ritualisticos relacionados con el concepto de sabiduría. Ahí entra, por ejemplo, el enigma como sello de la misma y el sabio. Un ejemplo es el de la esfinge de Tebas.
Por cierto que Graves tiene una curiosa interpretación al respecto. En cuanto a La Rama Dorada contiene información sobre las vestales y el culto a la correspondiente diosa y las celebraciones de la “prostitución sagrada”, común a otras culturas antiguas como la canasta, cuyos elementos mencionan algunos textos bíblicos.
En fin. También te deseo un buen fin de semana. ¡Saludos!
Excelente comentario. Creo que el libro Los Misterios de Eleusis (de la colección Breviarios). Me has dejado la duda.
En cuanto a las referencias en general antes de publicar el post, me voy a fijar en la web qué consigo.
Sos muy docto en materia bibliográfica. Se nota que has leído mucho y tienes un gran caudal de cultural general.
Te felicito y mando un abrazo.
Que pases un buen fin de semana, manuel.
Aquileana 😛
Thank you so much for the award Aquileana. I will proudly get to this one xxxxx
The pleasure is all mine, Shehanne.
You really deserve it… Your blog is awesome.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @ShehanneMoore for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
Felicidades con todos los premios Y tengo que ir pa’ leer a varios de esos blogs porque me interesan los títulos. 😀
Y es muy interesante lo de los dioses: Demeter y Persephone. Me gusta mucho el simbolismo sobre todo.
Abrazos. 🙂
Hola amiga.
Mil gracias por tus palabras Cinthia. Me alegro de que te haya interesado el post. y en cuanto a los blogs nominados, hay varios que realmente valen la pena (el primer premio es exclusivamente de blogs en castellano…)
Abrazos para vos, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @cyndi_calhoun for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
Encore un si beau mythe, merci, Aquileana. J’aime cette histoire de la mère éplorée qui va chercher sa fille, enlevée par le maître des enfers et les retours de Perséphone, si symboliques du temps du réveil de la Nature
Merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire chère Elisabeth..
Je suis heureuse de savoir que ce post t’ as plu.
J’ai trouvé surprenante l’ histoire du ravissement de Perséphone et le changement de son nom quand elle était dans le monde souterrain.
Aussi les efforts de sa mère por la retrouver, en provoquant ils la sécheresse et la stérilité des champs pendant qu’ elle la cherchait.
Mes meilleurs vœux pour toi, Je t’ embrasse.
Aquileana 😀
J’adore tous tes billets, Aquileana, ils sont si bien écrits, documentés et illustrés. Et la mythologie est une source inépuisable de sagesse… il y a tant de symbolique là dedans, que nous pourrions y passer des siècles… ce que nous faisons d’ailleurs car elle continue à inspirer les artistes, les psychiatres et nous 🙂
Douce nuit à toi, bisous
Exactement, chère Elisabeth…
Ce mythe est une sorte d’ ode et d’ hommage aux cycles naturels et un beau example de la figure de la mère en deuil.
Merci beaucoup pour tes intelligents commentaires.
Bon vendredi et doux week-end, Aquileana 😛
Merci encore pour tes billets si inspirants et ta si belle compréhension de la mythologie…
Bisous et doux week-end à toi
Merci beaucoup chère Elisabeth,
Mes meilleurs vœux pour toi et week-end à toi aussi.
Je t’ embrasse,
Aquileana 😀
I humbly bow for a lovely babe! 😉 I’d give up my freedom for thee!
That was a marvelous comment. Thanks for the praise. Keith!.
Best wishes and happy friday and almost weekend ahead,
Aquileana 😀
Thank you for nominating me for the “Versatile Blogger Award”. However I am not in a position to recommend other ten bloggers as conditional to carry your award badge in my blog page. Thank you once again for considering me for the award.
All is good. Take it as a recognition as a fellow blogger then.
Best wishes and thanks for dropping by, Aquileana 😀
You are welcome.
Thanks for the nomination, Aquileana! And as always, a wonderful blog post. I remember first reading about this myth when I was a child, and it made me sad for Demeter, but also for Persephone. I always wondered if Persephone ever grew used to the time she had to spend in the underworld.
Thank you very much for you thoughtful words, dear Miranda…It is a pleasure to nominate you as your blog is outstanding.
“Did Persephone grow up while she was in the Underworld?”. That is certainly a very clever. I may conclude that she did… Her mariage with Hades might give us a clue to deduce that she did… Unless she married him whilst being a very young teenage.
Best wishes and happy weekend ahead to you,
Aquileana 😀
The story of Persephone is an especially strange and interesting myth — thanks for this wonderful read, Aquileana.
Thanks Chris. I also think that this myth is specially, truly symbolic and deeply meaningful.
Happy friday and happy weekend ahead to you,
Aquileana 🙂
Very interesting myth of 2 fascinating figures in mythology. I enjoyed reading it very much, and as always, the pictures yous choose help me to visualize it even more 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Thank you very much, Takami for dropping by and for you thoughtful words here. It is reat to read your comment and I am glad that you like the post
Best wishes and happy weekend,
Aquileana 😀
keep up the good work
Thanks dear Makagutu… Your comment here is much appreciated. I am really gald to know that you enjoy these greek myths.
Best wishes to you,
Aquileana 😛
Ancient Greece represents for me one of the greatest civilizations and their contributions to human affairs is, I think, beyond measure.
I believe it is great that you think this way and take it as a clear proof of your intelligent approach to knowledge.
Happy friday and weekend ahead, Makagutu,
Aquileana 😀
Thanks so much! Very cool awards post 😉
Thank you very much for your kind words,
Cheers, Aquileana 😀
You’re welcome!
Up soon ! 😛
Aquileana 😀
🙂
Esos mitos de la cultura agraria… de nacimiento y muerte.
Mitos cíclicos que en cierta medida tienen como correlato simbólico la muerte y la resurreción…
Muchas gracias, Josep. Un abrazo, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @JosepGarcife for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
Muy interesante. De Demeter y Perséfone lo había olvidado todo!
Yo tampoco recordaba mucho, Chestersoc. Y muchos aspectos me resultaron absolutamente novedosos.
Buen fin de semana para vos y muchas gracias por comentar,
Aquileana 😀
Hello dear Aqui,
Happy Friday to you! (Insert hugs HERE)
I am glad to know more about Demeter and daughter Persephone. I will not think of pomegranates the same way again, oh dear! To be bound to someone, well I would have expected that to be by apple or sweet orange instead? So many fruits… But only ONE galpal! Am I right? Wink wink.
Sending you much love and thanks for your lovely post, complete with links and photos to help us understand it all.
xoxo
Chris
Hi Chris,
Happy friday to you too BGP. I hope you are having a nice day over there.
Thanks for sharing your insights with regard to this myth. It is a good one, isn’t it?…
Yes, as to pomegranates, they symbolize the passage from one world to the other (specifically speaking, to the underworld), hence defining permeable and diffuse boundaries.
Oranges, apples and pomegranates, There is an interesting variety here.
BtW , something related to the word pomegranate
Pomme in french is apple. And pomegranate in spanish translates to granada…
Interesting it seems that apples (pommes) and Pomegranates (granadas) might be also related somehow if we consider the word for it in english…
Thanks for dropping by.
Many hugs,
Aquileana 😛
Thanks @christybis for sharing this post at Twitter and at Google plus,
Aquileana 😀
Oh! Honey I didn’t know about the symbolism of pomegranates. Could you do a future post about it? The post could discuss what you wrote in the comment as well as the myths associated with this fruit. Maybe? (Just thinking over here!)
Thanks for being so clever and nice 🙂
Love Chris
Hi Chris.
That is a great suggestion… I will have to do a little research and already have drafts of my next two posts ahead… but a future post on fruits’ symbolism in Greek Myths, sounds really interesting…
Thank you sweetie.
Hugs, Aquileana 😀
Oh I’m so proud you will use that idea. Hugs! Congrats too on already having drafts for your future posts. Very organized! Hugs and happy Sunday evening 😀
Well you know, “One thing leads to the other”… This post led me to the Eleusian Mysteries and this finally made me write about the Dyonisian Mysteries… All is one, somehow…
Best wishes and happy week ahead,
Aquileana 😀
¡Buenas!
Mil gracias por la nominación; significa mucho para mí que, después de casi un año sin publicar nada, aún haya gente que entra en el blog y lee algo que le gusta. Lamentablemente, como te decía por correo ya no escribo porque no tengo mucho más que contar. Puede que eso cambie algún día.
Quería pasarme por aquí para expresarte mi más sincero agradecimiento.
Un saludo,
Sergio
Puede cambiar, eso es muy cierto. Nunca hay que cerrar definitivamente puertas que alguna vez hemos abierto.
Por eso, nunca voy a entender a la gente que “borra” (literalmente) su propio blog.
Muchos saludos y gracias por pasar.
Buen viernes y fin de semana para vos, Sergio.
Aquileana 😀
Thanks @MythicYoga for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
Some of this rings bells since I read a bit about Persephone before my Greece trip in 2010. If I had read your blog before that trip, I would be an expect in all things related to Greek mythology 😉
Woot, thank you very much for those thoughtful words, dear Jeri.
Always a pleasure to have you here.
Happy weekend ahead to you and best wishes,
Aquileana 😛
Thanks @JeriWB for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
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I always loved the story of Persephone!! Thank you for the retelling!!
Thank you very much, dear Cybele!
Your words encourage me a lot.
Happy weekend to you.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
this is one of my favourite myths,I am glad you did this one,congrats on your awards too,xx Rachel and Speedy
Thanks a lot, Rachel. I am pleased to know that . This myth is really very deep and symbolic, I love it too!
Best regards and wishing you a great weekend,
Aquileana 😀
Bonjour
Juste un petit détour pour te dire
Qu’il y a des gens
Qui embellissent la vie
Petit à petit
Un jour à la fois
Ce sont des gens généreux et gentils
Exactement comme toi et je t’apprécie
Merci de faire partie de mon petit monde
Je te souhaite un agréable après midi
Bisous Bisous
BERNARD
Merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire.
J’ ai bien aimé de le lire… Vraiment très jolie 🙂
Mes meilleurs vœux pour toi, bisous Bernard !.
Aquileana 😀
I hope to visit Greece in the near future and posts such as this one are very educational. It will help make the trip more meaningful. Thanks! –Julie
I would also love to visit Greece, Julie… Thanks for stopping by at my blog today. I highly appreciate it.
Best wishes and wishing you a very nice weekend,
Aquileana 😀
Another enlightening post. The term “separating the chaff from the grain” is similar to the biblical verse in Matthew 3:12. This is interesting as metaphorically it means separating the valuable from the relatively valueless. Thank you, Aquileana, for sharing with us another aspect of Greek mythology. 🙂 Kind regards, Iris.
Hi dear iris…
Hope you are doing well today.
Thank you very much for highlighting the analogy between the greek myth and the Biblical excerpt in Matthew 3:12. Specifically:
“His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
That is so interesting and I would have never thought about it if you hadn’t told me.
Best wishes and happy weekend to you, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @linneatanner for sharing this post at Twitter, Aquileana 🙂
Con sencillez y estilo complaces el deseo de conocer sobre la mitología. Encantado de leerte. Un abrazo querida amiga, besos y flores.
Encantada de leer tus comentarios. Muchas gracias y un gusto tenerte en el blog, Rub.
Buen fin de semana. Abrazos, Aquileana 😛
That’s what I love about the Greek and Roman godessess/gods. The personification of what they preside over. Wheat, chaff, how it’s related to life and death. Nice. 🙂
Hi there Kev…
Well pointed . It is certainly a sort of holistic and pantheistic perspective, isn’t it?…
Best regards and wishing you a nice weekend,
Aquileana 😀
Always a pleasure. and to you. 🙂
Thank you dear Kev.
All the best to you and yours, Aquileana 😀
What an interesting post, Aquileana, and I love that you include photos, as well, to help us visualize…Congratulations also on your awards. I look forward to more visits here and thanks again for stopping by my blog and following, too! Have a lovely weekend!
Lauren 🙂
Hi Lauren.
Welcome aboard (well I mean that in a figurative sense, cause this is not a ship, right?).
I am glad to know that you liked the post and its feature.
I am looking forward to keep up with your blog’s update.
Happy weekend to you too, best regards,Aquileana 😀
En derecho se habla de “culpa aquiliana” .
En lo personal, Aquileana , se refiere a una fuente de sabiduría .
Felicitaciones !!!
Muy bien dicho. La culpa aquiliana es la llamada también extracontractual …
En derecho de daños: responde a la idea de alterum non laedere, es decir, a la abstención de un comportamiento lesivo para los demás. El fundamento se encuentra en el art 1902 del Código Civil establece que: “El que por acción u omisión causa daño a otro, interviniendo culpa o negligencia, está obligado a reparar el daño causado”.
En cuanto a Aquileana (no aquiliana) es un personaje que intercala rasgos de Aquiles y de Palas Atenea…
El guerrero griego audaz y la sabia diosa griega, patrona y protectora de Atenas..
Un abrazo grande, Aquileana 😛
Incredible, very fascinating greeks old story. Thank you very much for sharing, they’re really interesting. Enjoy your Sunday and have fun!
Woot… Thanks a lot for your comment and praise dear Passion… I am happy to know that you liked this myth.
Happy sunday to you as well ands thanks for dropping by.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @9WorldChronicle for sharing this post at Twitter, Aquileana 🙂
Fascinating!
Thank you very much Margaret.
Best wishes and hope you have a nice week ahead,
Aquileana 😀
Aquileana,
I enjoyed your post about Demeter and Persephone. The Greek myth about why we have the different seasons has always been one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing these wonderful myths on your site.
Best wishes,
Linnea
Hi there dear Linnea,
I really think that greek myths are an infinite symbolic source… You are right about this myth and how it links with seasons and natural cycles…
I am pleased to know that you liked it and happy to read your comment today.
Best wishes to you, Aquileana 😀
Abducted by and married to her uncle, Hades? Hmmmmm. It’s the prude in me, I reckon.
Good one, Eric… Yes, I guess ancient greeks were more permeable when it comes to leak cultural taboos.
Best wishes and thanks a lot for reading in depth and comment here,
Aquileana 😛
Maravillosa entrada querida Amalia.
Me encantó como siempre.
Un besote y fuerte abrazo. 🙂
Mil gracias por leer y comentar.
Encantada de que te haya gustado, querida amiga Rotze.
Un abrazo grande para vos,
Aquileana 😛
Thanks @samknovels for sharing this post at Twitter, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @rotzemardini for sharing this post at Twitter, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @rotzemardini for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
Hmm, are pomegranates being related to ‘the apple’?
Hi DG,
I think that etymologically they might be as I explained on my comment to Christy above
pomme in french is apple
and granada in spanish translates to pomegranate in enligh.
So the word in english seems to include it (apple)
Also pomegranates and apples in mythology, both both symbolically represent what it is forbidden and lead to sinfulness
Thanks for dropping by!!!.
many hugs Aquileana 😀
Thank you for that. As you know, I love to dissect the meanings, almost like double entendres in the mythical interpretations. 🙂
Well, I’ll tell you something… I sometimes think that the relationships between symbols and their meanings are not so elusive as we might have thought!… Intuition is of course helpful to understand those subtle meanings.
Good night dear Debbie, Cheers ! xo,
Aquileana 😀
Thanks @pokercubster for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
🙂
Cycle of seasons and the cycle of life. What a wonderful and meaningful way to explain nature and living.
Thank you Aquileana. I do enjoy reading your posts.
ciao
Luciana
Thank you very much for dropping by and for your comment here, cara Luciana.
I also find that this myth is rich in meanings and symbolisms…
I am really pleased to know that you enjoyed the post .
Baccio, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @ClucianaLuciana for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
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Gracias por el pingback. Muchos saludos, Aquileana 😛
Desde bell@espiritu.com te he nominado, Aquileana, por los misterios de Eleusis y Robert Graves. Gracias.
Mil gracias por nominarme, querida Bell@. Un abrazo grande, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @Maxima003 for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
https://twitter.com/Maxima003/status/494946693205327873
I really enjoyed this post, what a great movie it would make Aquileana. The plot is dark and twisted and fascinating and that is why you have so many readers. You work hard to bring us authenticity and it is appreciated by many, thank you.
Thank you very much for this marvelous comment. Reading it just made my day!.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
It truly is fascinating and I very much enjoy learning about Greek gods, but boy it must be hard to keep the lineage straight.
It might be hard to keep the lineage straight!!!. Very well said… I agree..
Thanks a lot fro dropping by to read and comment.
I much appreciate the visit.
best wishes, Aquileana 😛
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Great! This post had cleared some of my questions and queries.
Great to know that dear Swetank.
I hope you have a marvelous weekend!,
Aquileana 😀
These Greek stories are getting juicier! Poor Persephone in the arms of old Hades for six months each year!
So interesting to read your well-researched posts, Aquileana, but I must admit that I get confused by so many gods and goddesses. 🙂
Thanks again and congratulations on all the awards!
Thank you very much dear Irina…
It is a wonderful myth, isn’t it?
And, no need to worry as to being a little bit confused with all the Gods/Goddesses… When I begin doing the research the same thing happens to me 🙂
Best wishes and wishing you a marvelous weekend ahead, Aquileana 😛
Thanks @kookadim for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
I love how you always find old masterpieces in oil paintings of those whom your post is about… It always adds depth of meaning to your posts… 😉 I was reading Maria’s comments my she is also so knowledgeable upon this and other subjects.. Wonderful exchange of comments..
Much Love Sue xox
Sue, thanks so much for this comment about me and I’m so much humbled by your words. I read it on the RSS feed and didn’t want to ignore it. Your comments also illuminate me!:)
Thanks a bunch for taking time to reda and comment dear Sue… You are right about Maria, she is enlightened and so clever and, wel… she teaches me a lot too.
All my very best wishes to you, Aquileana 😀
Reblogged this on S.O.U.L. S-P-A-C-E.
Thank you dear Joan for sharing this post on your blog!!!.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
Thanks @fedorJP for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
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Hola, Aquileana.
Como te dije, el lunes publico un post con enlace a éste para que la gente se ilustre sobre el mito de Perséfone… por favor, no me enlaces de vuelta, que me da apuro al ver las obras que eliges de ilustración, je, je (en serio).
Por cierto, muy buena tu entrada de Zeus y Ganímedes, como siempre.
Excelente…. Me pone contentísima… Y da por sentado que te incluyo entre los enlaces, lo quieras o no… Ja 😀 Me encantan tus obras. Un abrazo grande Mus. Aquileana ⭐
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Demeter is the goddess of harvest and grains. Known as Europa, one with broad eyes.
Annapoorna is the goddess of food, grains and nourishment. Known as Visalakshi, one with large eyes.
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A Good book recommendation to read, “Mortal,” by Ivy Alvarez. http://www.howjournal.com/mortal-by-ivy-alvarez/
Thanks so much for the recommendation… I´ll keep it in mind, dear Stephen!… have a great day ahead! 😉
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