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Despoina or Despoena (/ d ɛ s ˈ p iː n ə /; [1] Greek: Δέσποινα, romanized: Déspoina) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. [2]
Offspring of Demeter. Subcategories. ... Persephone (6 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Children of Demeter" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Tekhne (Τεχνη) personification of art, craft and technical skill [citation needed] Thalassa (Θάλασσα), primeval goddess of the sea and consort of Pontos; Thanatos (Θάνατος), personification of death and mortality; Thrasos (Θράσος), spirit of boldness; Triton (Τρίτων), fish-tailed son and herald of Poseidon
Plutus is most commonly the son of Demeter [1] and Iasion, [2] with whom she lay in a thrice-ploughed field. He is alternatively the son of the fortune goddess Tyche. [3]Two ancient depictions of Plutus, one of him as a little boy standing with a cornucopia before Demeter, and another inside the cornucopia being handed to Demeter by a goddess rising out of the earth, perhaps implying that he ...
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, harvest, crops, grains, fertility and food. ... Children of Demeter (2 C, 9 P) Consorts of Demeter (3 C, 8 P) D.
Forestalled in making Demophon immortal, Demeter chose to teach Triptolemus (Demophon's elder brother) the art of agriculture; from him the rest of Greece learned to plant and reap crops. He flew across the land on a dragon -drawn chariot while Demeter and Persephone cared for him and helped him complete his mission of educating the whole of ...
January's full moon may have you howling! Nicknamed the Wolf Moon, this month's lunation will reach peak fullness at 2:27 p.m. PT on Jan. 13, marking the first full moon of 2025 and rising two ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...