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In the mysteries Demeter was a second goddess below her daughter, the unnameable "Despoina". [29] It seems that the myths in Arcadia were connected with the first Greek-speaking people who came from the north during the Bronze Age. The two goddesses had close connections with the rivers and the springs.
However, he turned into a stallion and mated with the goddess, resulting in the birth of the horse god Arion and a daughter "whose name they are not wont to divulge to the uninitiated". [91] Elsewhere, he says that the Phigalians assert that the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter was not a horse, but Despoina, "as the Arcadians call her".
Demeter is united with her, the god Poseidon, and she bears him a daughter, the unnameable Despoina. [114] Poseidon appears as a horse, as usually happens in Northern European folklore. The goddess of nature and her companion survived in the Eleusinian cult, where the words "Mighty Potnia bore a great sun" were uttered. [99]
According to ancient Greek mythology, Kore (Ancient Greek: κόρη), whose name translates to "Maiden", was the first born daughter of Demeter. Following the abduction of Kore by the Underworld God, Hades, Demeter went in desperate search for her lost daughter, who would later come to be known as Persephone (Ancient Greek: Περσεφονη). [5]
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, ... Demeter: Hestia [d] Hera: Prometheus: ... The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in ...
The megaron of Despoina at Lycosura is quite similar to the Telesterion of Eleusis, [31] and Demeter is united with the god Poseidon, bearing a daughter, the unnamable Despoina (the mistress). [32] In the cave of Amnisos at Crete , the goddess Eileithyia is related with the annual birth of the divine child, and she is connected with Enesidaon ...
The Thesmophoria (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφόρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival, held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.It was held annually, mostly around the time that seeds were sown in late autumn – though in some places it was associated with the harvest instead – and celebrated human and agricultural fertility.
God who reared the young goddess Despoina, the daughter of Demeter. Ἀστερία (Astería) Asteria: Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. Ἀστραῖος (Astraîos) Astraeus: God of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology. Ἄτλας (Átlas) Atlas: God forced to carry the heavens upon his shoulders by Zeus.