In
Greek mythology Dêmêtêr (
Greek: , "mother-earth" or possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth *dheghom *mater, also called simply Δηώ) is the
goddess of
grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of
marriage and the sacred law. She is invoked as the "bringer of
seasons" in the
Homeric hymn, a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before the
Olympians arrived. Another story states that she was one of the twelve Olympians. The
Homeric Hymn to Demeter has been dated to sometime around the Seventh Century BC. She and her daughter
Persephone were the central figures of the
Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon.
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