Demeter, the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, belonged to the second generation of the gods. As the goddess of fertile land and the harvest was guardian of vegetation and agriculture.Demeter, Zeus gave birth to a daughter Kora (Persephone). The myth of the abduction Bark by Pluto (Hades) is one of the most important parts of Greek mythology. This explains two things very important to all ancient religions: vegetation associated with the cycle of the seasons and the issues concerning life after death and the underworld. This myth was also an integral part of the mystery eleuzyńskich (so named from the city of Eleusis in Attica), one of the most important rituals in the Greek religious life.God of the underworld Hades, fell in love with Kore, who grew up among the nymphs and shared their carefree weight gain. Once, when the bark swept away along with his companions lilies and daffodils on the Sicilian plains, the earth suddenly opened. It emerged from Hades in his chariot, grabbed the girl and lifted her to his underground kingdom. It happened so fast that none of the results had not seen the sun god of the abduction. Demeter despair began to wander the earth in search of her daughter.After a ten-day journey, the advice of living in the basement of the goddess Hecate, Demeter turned to wszystkowidzącego Helios. This revealed the name of the offender, and added that the kidnapping took place with the knowledge and tacit approval of Zeus.Outraged Demeter decided to send in all the land famine and defeat so long to get back to Olympus, Hades will not give up until trapped in the basement of the bark. Took the form of an old woman and went to the king of Eleusis, and his wife Keleosa Metanejry, where she was the king's son Demofona nurse. Kindness shown by the royal couple wanted to reward Demeter, giving immortality of his ward. For this purpose, in order to burn it all the elements of fatal child held the night of the fire. Suddenly he came into the room and gave a shout Metanejra terror, undermining the effects of magical rites celebrated. According to one version of the myth Demofon died in the flames, according to another survived, but remained mortal.Triptolemosowi Keleosa second son, entrusted the mission to spread Demeter cereals. She offered him a plow and a wagon drawn by winged dragons. Triptolemos crossed the whole world, sow your seed all over the field, taught men agriculture and introduce rites in honor of Demeter.When Demeter was in Eleusis, the land was not eligible crops - people risked starvation, the gods were deprived of their victims. After Zeus had sent Hermes to the underworld, who ordered the ruler of the dead, turned to his mother kidnapped girl. But it turned out that the daughter of Demeter ate nourishment of the dead - nadgryzła grew up in the basement of a pomegranate and ate some of his seeds. In this way forever tied to the realm of Hades. Demeter and dispute resolved so amicably underworld: Kora had to spend nine months each year on the ground, in the company of his mother, and the other three months in the kingdom of the dead at the side of her husband Hades. As queen of the underworld, it received the name Persephone. It is widely believed that Persephone in Hades spent the winter, because in this time of year is dying natural life. But it is also likely a different view, according to which it is not a mild winter in Greece, but the summer, when the sun's rays burn plants and inhibit its growth. According to this theory bark descended to Hades in the summer months, after falling to a late spring harvest.
Demeter, the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, belonged to the second generation of the gods. As the goddess of fertile land and the harvest was guardian of vegetation and agriculture.Demeter, Zeus gave birth to a daughter Kora (Persephone). The myth of the abduction Bark by Pluto (Hades) is one of the most important parts of Greek mythology. This explains two things very important to all ancient religions: vegetation associated with the cycle of the seasons and the issues concerning life after death and the underworld. This myth was also an integral part of the mystery eleuzyńskich (so named from the city of Eleusis in Attica), one of the most important rituals in the Greek religious life.God of the underworld Hades, fell in love with Kore, who grew up among the nymphs and shared their carefree weight gain. Once, when the bark swept away along with his companions lilies and daffodils on the Sicilian plains, the earth suddenly opened. It emerged from Hades in his chariot, grabbed the girl and lifted her to his underground kingdom. It happened so fast that none of the results had not seen the sun god of the abduction. Demeter despair began to wander the earth in search of her daughter.After a ten-day journey, the advice of living in the basement of the goddess Hecate, Demeter turned to wszystkowidzącego Helios. This revealed the name of the offender, and added that the kidnapping took place with the knowledge and tacit approval of Zeus.Outraged Demeter decided to send in all the land famine and defeat so long to get back to Olympus, Hades will not give up until trapped in the basement of the bark. Took the form of an old woman and went to the king of Eleusis, and his wife Keleosa Metanejry, where she was the king's son Demofona nurse. Kindness shown by the royal couple wanted to reward Demeter, giving immortality of his ward. For this purpose, in order to burn it all the elements of fatal child held the night of the fire. Suddenly he came into the room and gave a shout Metanejra terror, undermining the effects of magical rites celebrated. According to one version of the myth Demofon died in the flames, according to another survived, but remained mortal.Triptolemosowi Keleosa second son, entrusted the mission to spread Demeter cereals. She offered him a plow and a wagon drawn by winged dragons. Triptolemos crossed the whole world, sow your seed all over the field, taught men agriculture and introduce rites in honor of Demeter.When Demeter was in Eleusis, the land was not eligible crops - people risked starvation, the gods were deprived of their victims. After Zeus had sent Hermes to the underworld, who ordered the ruler of the dead, turned to his mother kidnapped girl. But it turned out that the daughter of Demeter ate nourishment of the dead - nadgryzła grew up in the basement of a pomegranate and ate some of his seeds. In this way forever tied to the realm of Hades. Demeter and dispute resolved so amicably underworld: Kora had to spend nine months each year on the ground, in the company of his mother, and the other three months in the kingdom of the dead at the side of her husband Hades. As queen of the underworld, it received the name Persephone. It is widely believed that Persephone in Hades spent the winter, because in this time of year is dying natural life. But it is also likely a different view, according to which it is not a mild winter in Greece, but the summer, when the sun's rays burn plants and inhibit its growth. According to this theory bark descended to Hades in the summer months, after falling to a late spring harvest.