Demeter and persephone

The Hebrew Goddess Painting by Jonathon Earl Bowser Asherah, known as the “Lady of the Sea” Asherah, the Shekinah, consort and beloved of Yahweh. God-the-Mother. Her sacred pillars or poles once stood right beside Yahweh’s altar, embracing it. Moses and Aaron both carried one of these Asherah “poles” as a sacred staff of power. The

Demeter and Persephone’s relationship informs my own experience of motherhood as the constant interplay between separation and reunification

happily ever after in the underworld

Eostre is a Germanic Goddess of fertility. Even the Christian holiday is named for her. Both festivals feature a theme of renewal and rebirth.

Demeter hugging Persephone

Demeter and Persephone Throwing Seeds Upon the Earth by Theodore Monolides (2002)

💬 0 🔁 733 ❤️ 1115 · Hades and Persephone by Matthew Kocvara

Hades, the king of the Underworld, falls in love with the goddess of spring, Persephone. She joins him in the land of the dead—but her disappearance makes her mother, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, very sad! Demeter stops caring for the earth until her daughter is returned to her. The Greeks say this is the reason for different seasons! Learn more about Greek mythology in HEROES AND HORSES (out now) and GODDESSES AND GARDENS (out 8/24/21).

Demeter is reunited with Persephone -- from D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

🌾🍞Demeter🍞🌾 The goddess of the harvest and agriculture, Demeter is the one who keeps pantries stocked and fields flourishing. But don’t be fooled by her nurturing vibes, mess with her daughter, Persephone, and you’ll feel her dark side. Once her daughter heads off to live with her husband (and uncle) Hades, Demeter’s sorrow brings winter, leaving the earth cold and barren until they reunite in spring. Nowadays Demeter is often seen as an overprotecting and controlling parent, but what do…

Demeter and Persephone by Arbetta.deviantart.com on @DeviantArt

Ezio Anichini ( Italy 1886~1948) Demeter and her Daughter, Persephone, the Goddess of Spring

demeter & persephone- British Museum

Persephone with erinyes. Goddess of fertility and the realm of the dead

New Moon (and sun) in Virgo, opposed Saturn Personally, I am craving the back to school energy of Virgo to ground and orient after a disorienting summer!! Virgo is one of my favorite signs - the virgin. The modern world thinks of the virgin as purity, naivete, and an object to be guarded. My astrology teacher @johnwadsworthastrology shared in our course that the virgin really is the energy of being “whole unto herself” she embodies the incredible art of discernment. Of knowing exactly w...