Demeter and Persephone--Myth Cluster Project

Demeter and Persephone:

 Main Character(s):

•Demeter:

-Mother of Persephone

-Goddess of the Harvest; controls the growth of plants/crops
-Sister of Zeus and Hades
-Symbolized by the cornucopia/stalk of wheat

•Persephone:
-Daughter of Zeus and Demeter

-Known as "Queen of the Underworld/ Goddess of Vegetation"

-Symbolized by Pomegranates (kind of funny, considering the purpose they played in the myth...)

 

•Hades:

-Uncle and husband of Persephone

-Brother of Zeus and Demeter

-God of the Underworld; controls the dead
- Has three-headed dog named Cerberus

 

Setting(s):

•Grassy field in the Nysian Mountains

Main Plot:

Persephone falls to the Underworld and is claimed by Hades as his bride. Demeter is upset and stops the crops from growing. Hades gives Persephone back, but first feeds Persephone six pomegranate seeds so that she must return to the Underworld six months out of the year.

Main Conflict:

Demeter wants Persephone back so she stops the harvest, which kills many mortals.

This myth attempts to explain...

•How the seasons came to be (autumn/winter being the time Persephone is with Hades and spring/summer being the time Persephone is with Demeter).

P.S: The pictures of Demeter, Persephone, and Hades are all from the Disney movie Hercules.
**Mr. Ostini, if you read this post, I hope you get the hint. Hercules is an amazing movie, just saying...

And here is our beautiful poster ("our" referring to Candice Joy Corpuz, Crystal-Bianca Cabañas, and myself):