Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The myth tells of Erysichthon ordering all of the trees in one of Demeter's sacred groves to be cut down, as he wanted to build an extension of his palace and hold feasts there. One tree, a huge oak, was covered with votive wreaths, symbols of the prayers Demeter had granted, so Erysichthon's men refused to cut it down.
The Demeter Biodynamic Certification is used in over 65 countries to verify that biodynamic products meet international standards in production and processing. [3] [4] The Demeter symbol was introduced and registered as a trademark in 1928, and as such was the first ecological label for organically produced foods. [5] [6]
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Demeter, enthroned and extending her hand in a benediction toward the kneeling Metaneira, who offers the wheat that is a recurring symbol of the mysteries (Varrese Painter, red-figure hydria, c. 340 BC, from Apulia) The Eleusinian Mysteries are believed to have ancient origins.
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences. According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of ...
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter mentions the "plain of Nysa". [93] The locations of this probably mythical place may simply be conventions to show that a magically distant chthonic land of myth was intended in the remote past. [94] [h] Demeter found and met her daughter in Eleusis, and this is the mythical disguise of what happened in the mysteries ...
The concern over the toy originally started after O'Kelly's oldest daughter said she had seen the double heart symbol, located on the toy truck's roof, on an episode of "Law & Order: SVU" before.