Demeter
Demeter is a Greek goddess whom J.G. Frazer thought might actually be identified with Alphito. She is associated with agriculture and grain.
↻ synthesized from 51 sources
When
- First attested
- 1600 BCE
- Attested period
- -1600 – 2021
- Historical notes
- Ancient Greek goddess attested from Archaic period; Frazer suggested identification with Alphito.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Cybele, Orpheus, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Linus, Ialemus, Hylas, Pierian Muses, Iambe, Acco, Mormo, dea Roma, Fides, Agathos Daimon, Tyche, Tethys, Athene, the Fates, Perse, Melinoe, Pandora, Hagne, Praxidike, Pallas Athena, Proserpina, Luna, Alecto, Virbius, Hippolytus, Megaera, Tisiphone, Greco-Roman Hekate, Juno, Chokmah, Jehovah Elohim, Tzaphkiel, Aralim, Sathariel, Porphyrion, Hēraklēs, Hekate, Nike, Tanit, Queen of Heaven, Inanna, Adonis, Tammuz, Dumuzid, Cinyras, Myrrha, the Furies, the Erinyes, Polyphemus, Apis, Storm-God, Žemyna, Tellus, *Dyḗus ph2tḗr, Dagan-zipas, Mat' Syra Zemlya, Erce, Dhé, Earth-goddess, Rhea, Silenoi, Acheloos, Wanax, Poseidon Hippios, Ceres, Potnia of the Grain, Damatura, Dei-paturos, Black Demeter, Dike, Trophonius, Anytos, Eileithyia, Asklepios, Eukarpia, Ge, Asclepius, Cephissus, Kourotrophos, Pisetaerus, Quirinus, Hersilia, Zorya Vechernyaya, Mr. Jacquel, Goddess Media, Czernobog, New Goddess New Media, Mama-Ji, Ms. World, Kore, Plouton, Persephone, Hypnos, Styx, Pallas, Calypso, Jove, Cocytus, Eubuleus, Iacchos, Theos, Thea, Eubolos, Eubouleus, Eucles, The Muses, Alpheus, Arethusa, Britomartis, Diktynna, Selene, Europa, Dark Goddess, Grain Goddess, Iris, Narcissus, Pheme, Echo, Plutus, Eros, Zephyrus, Aeolus, Astraeus, Boreas, Notus, Abundantia, Copia, Annona, Domina Abundia, Dame Habonde, Notre Dame d’Abondance, Iasion, Parias, Hestia, Leto, Atropos, Eurynome, Metis, Themis, Eirene, Muses, Eunomia, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Despoina, Gello, Nemesis, Prometheus, Oceanus, Premtë, Oceanid, the Virgin Mary, Ares, Dioskouroi, Baal, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Serapis, Osiris, Bhumi, Dyaus, Prithvi, Agni, Pan, Helios, Hermes, Sol, Phaethon, Artemis (Diana), Cerberus, Amphitrite, Psyche, Cronus, Uranus, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Moirai
- manifests as
- Hecate, Erinyes, Mare, Great Mother
- parent of
- Libera, Despoina, Arion, Acheron, Carmê, Eubulus, Philomelus, Plutus, Persephone, Kore, Euboulus
- allied with
- Hekate, Rhea, Hera, Persephone, Triptolemus, Dionysus, Misme, Zeus Chthonios
- equivalent to
- Abundantia
- counterpart of
- Abundantia
- teacher of
- Triptolemus
- has aspect
- Demeter Kabeiriia, Adephagia, Amphictyonis, Demeter-Europa
- manifested by
- Rhea, Great Mother
- creator of
- Sirens, Triptolemus
- served by
- Triptolemus
Mentioned by
- Gello
- Nemesis
- Prometheus
- Oceanus
- Premtë
- Oceanid
- the Virgin Mary
- Ares
- Dioskouroi
- Baal
- Aphrodite
- Hephaestus
- Serapis
- Osiris
- Bhumi
- Dyaus
and 35 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“According to Robert Graves, Frazer thought Alphito was actually Demeter or Persephone.”
#5661 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“For indeed you bear the strongest great warriors of all, just like the bountiful crop yielded by Demeter's fields.”
#10395 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“usually, however, he is the son of Demeter and Iasion.”
#10618 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Zeus, it is said, permitted Hades, who was in love with the beautiful Persephone, to abduct her as her mother Demeter was not likely to allow her daughter to go down to Hades.”
#13035 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The cult was based on the women-only Greek Thesmophoria, which was a part public and part mystery cult to Demeter and Persephone as "Mother and Maiden".”
#13063 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001