demeter in English

noun
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the goddess of cereal grains, daughter of Cronus and Rhea and mother of Persephone. She is associated with Cybele; her symbol is typically an ear of wheat. The Eleusinian mysteries were held in honor of her.

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1. Biodynamic® Trademarks Demeter is the owner of the trademark terms “Biodynamic®” and “Demeter®”

2. With Rhea, Cronus sired Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera and Zeus

3. Subspecies (demeter, Bouqueti Noldner, and eratosignis Joicey & Talbot) was summarized

4. Demeter was so happy about it that the earth became fertile again and Blossomed

5. 15 Beside Demeter when the cymbals sound Enthroned sits Dionysus of the flowing hair.

6. The Orphic hymn to Asclepius calls him mighty and soothing, one that “charms away the pain.” He, like the earth goddess Demeter, was invoked as “a blessed spirit of joyful growth.” Interestingly, Demeter was also regarded as a healing goddess

7. Many are certified by Demeter International, a non-profit organization that bestowed its first 'Biodynamic' label on a …

8. Archilochus, taking advantage of the licence allowed at the feasts of Demeter, poured out his wounded feelings in unmerciful satire

9. At Avena Botanicals, we have been practicing Biodynamic agriculture since 1998, when we became the first Demeter-certified Biodynamic farm in Maine.

10. Accept ad Arguendum the etymology from ἆχος (and not ἄχος), the αἴτιον associated with this attribute of Demeter has nothing to do with shouting anybody down: Demeter’s clamour, actually a clamouring sound of cymbals and drums apparently sent by Demeter, is said to have guided the Tanagrians to Attica or,

11. Cora - daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina Despoina, Kore,

12. There are currently 28 Duo Boons in Hades, shared between 8 different gods: Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Demeter, Poseidon, and Zeus. Hermes and Chaos will never offer Duo Boons.

13. Cereal Has Roots in Roman Myth The Roman goddess Ceres, the equivalent of the Greek Demeter, was a calm goddess who didn't take part in the quarrels of the other gods

14. Cronus is the father of the younger generation of gods — Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.A prophecy told him that one day he, in turn, would be overthrown by his son

15. The Sanctuary of Demeter at Pergamon, capital of the Attalid kingdom in Asia Minor (283-133 BCE), is among the city's oldest, largest, and best-preserved monuments, and it affords a unique view into its development

16. The Roman goddess of fertility and agriculture, Ceres was the patron of farmers and protector of the plebeians. Adapted from the Greek deity Demeter, Ceres was worshiped as the mother of Proserpina, whose abduction by Pluto was a central episode in Greek and Roman mythologies.

17. Comminatory Language in magic acts and exorcism., Persephone Myths, Athens and Attica, Demeter, mythology, Eleusinian Mysteries ΟΡΩΡΙΟΥΘ in Vilabertran The age-old chapter-house of Vilabertran (locus villae Bertrandi) lies in northern Catalonia, about three kilometers from the railway line connecting Barcelona with Perpignan.

18. Ceres, in Roman religion, goddess of the growth of food plants, worshiped either alone or in association with the earth goddess Tellus. At an early date her cult was overlaid by that of Demeter (q.v.), who was widely worshiped in Sicily and Magna Graecia.

19. Demeter attempts to legislate Biodynamics by demanding the following of its members: preparations 500 and 501 must be applied annually, the others are to be employed whenever compost is produced (the US branch requires this at least once every three years); genetically modified organisms are prohibited, as are chemical inputs, with the exception of copper (used to

20. Antron (Ancient Greek: Ἀντρών) or Antrones (Ἀντρῶνες) was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Thessaly in the district Achaea Phthiotis, at the entrance of the Maliac Gulf, and opposite Oreus in Euboea.It is mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as one of the cities of Protesilaus, and also in the Homeric hymn to Demeter as under the protection of that goddess.