Goddess Demeter, the mother who brings the Spring for her daughter!
#Demeter was the #Greek_goddess of the harvest, grain, and fertility. But beyond that, she was mother of a beautiful and much loved daughter, #Persephone 
. One day, 
#Zeus (who by the way was the always absent father of the child), decided to send Persephone as a bride to #Hades, the god of the #Underworld, without asking! 
Demeter eventually found out and was full with rage and sorrow. So, she forgot (or simply refused) to do her job! Since the goddess wasn't providing food, famine would strike mankind 
The situation was so dangerous that Zeus was finally forced to send #Hermes to Hades to bring the Persephone back up to the light. Hades agreed to let his wife Persephone go back, but first, he offered her a farewell meal 
. You see anyone who dared to consume food in the Underworld was damned to return back 
And so it was arranged that Persephone could be with her mother Demeter for two-thirds of the year, but would spend the remaining months with her husband. Accepting this compromise, Demeter agreed to let seeds sprout from the earth for all but three months a year—the time known as winter—when Demeter's daughter Persephone was with Hades… Spring returned to the earth and would again every year when Persephone returned to her mother Demeter. 
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This post was based on https://www.thoughtco.com/demeter-by-her-brothers...
