Children of Demeter

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Children of Demeter are the offspring of the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility, associated with various aspects of farming, seasonal cycles, and rural life in ancient mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cabin for Demeter 1
Children of Demeter canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological group
offspring of a deity
associatedWith agriculture
fertility
rural life
seasonal cycles
cultCenter Arcadia
Boeotia
Eleusis
documentedIn Homeric Hymn to Demeter
linked to: Hymn to Demeter

Orphic traditions
linked to: Orphic Mysteries

Pausanias’ Description of Greece
hasTheme agricultural prosperity
life-death-rebirth cycle
sacred marriage
seasonal change
includes Arion
Despoina
Eubuleus
Iacchus
Kore
Persephone
Philomelus
Ploutos
influencedCult agrarian festivals
mystery religions
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
mythology Greek mythology
parent Demeter
region Greek world
relatedConcept earth fertility
grain
harvest
underworld cycles
relatedDeity Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
roleInMyth explain agricultural cycles
mediate between mortals and chthonic powers
sourceType cult inscriptions
literary hymns
mythological texts
timePeriod ancient Greece
worshipContext Eleusinian Mysteries
rural agricultural cults

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philomelus category Children of Demeter
Camp Half-Blood hasCabin Cabin for Demeter
linked to: Children of Demeter