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Demeter Deutschland is working as a certifier for "biodynamic" production of food within Germany. Head of the association is Alexander Gerber und Johannes Kamps-Bender. Main competitor in Germany are Bioland and Naturland certifier associations. [15] Demeter has a strong connection to "Alnatura" Bio-discounter-chain, which are also anthroposophic.
Demeter was frequently associated with images of the harvest, including flowers, fruit, and grain. She was also sometimes pictured with her daughter Persephone. However, Demeter is not generally portrayed with any of her consorts; the exception is Iasion , the youth of Crete who lay with her in a thrice-ploughed field and was killed afterward ...
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, harvest, crops, grains, fertility and food. She is a member of the Twelve Olympians. Subcategories.
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
M. Marcovich interprets Iacchus' role in these verses as simply that of an innocent child who happens to have appeared at the same moment as Baubo is attempting to amuse Demeter, and who is reaching below her breast because he is hungry and she is his nurse (Marcovich assumes the verses belong to a tradition in which Iacchus is the son of ...
The worship of Demeter is well attested across Arcadia, through various epithets and sanctuaries. One particularly distinctive epithet she bore was Demeter Melaina (Ancient Greek: Δημητηρ Μελαινα), meaning “Black Demeter” and referring to an Arcadian version of her mythology.
Triptolemus' first introduction to Demeter is during Demeter's search for her daughter following the abduction of Persephone.While Demeter, in the guise of an old woman [8] named Doso, [9] was searching for her daughter Persephone (Kore), who had been abducted by Hades (Pluto), [10] she received a hospitable welcome from Celeus, the King of Eleusis.
The temple was built around 530 BC. Based on the finds, the sanctuary was probably dedicated to Demeter or perhaps Kore. For this reason and because of its unusual shape, the temple is often referred to as a telesterion. There are also indications of a cult to Apollo on the site.