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Proserpina

deity underworld agricultural cycle single tradition · 13

Proserpina is referred to as "the goddess of death" who appeared to Baldr in a dream. She declared that in three days time she would clasp him in her arms.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
509 BCE
Attested period
-509 – 2020
Historical notes
Referenced in Saxo Grammaticus' early 13th-century work Gesta Danorum.

Relationships

syncretized with
Hel, Libera, Persephone, Diana, Luna, Selene, Hecate
co occurs with
Parcae, Eurydice, Neptune, Soranus, Arethusa, Moerae, Ilythiae, Terra Mater, Hekate, Pluto/Hades, Cardea, Terminus, Forculus, Lima, Limentinus, Charon, Alecton, Ariadne, Hebe, Aurora, Ganymede, Aquilon, Zéphyr, Liber, Demeter, Taranis, Saturn, Ops, Aericura, Apollo, Sol, Zeus, Helios, Dionysus, Poseidon, Janus, Portunus, Cerberus, Acheron, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Juno, Bacchus, Vulcan, Mars, Minerva, Flora, Cupid
consort of
Dis Pater, Hades, Pluto, Dís
child of
Ceres

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Mentioned by

and 12 more

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. Hel (mythological being)
  2. Proserpina
  3. Dis Pater
  4. Diana (mythology)
  5. Luna (goddess)
  6. Carmen Saeculare
  7. Diana Fountain, Bushy Park
  8. Secular Games
  9. Triple goddesses
  10. Liminal deity
  11. Alceste (Lully)
  12. Le Réveil de Flore
  13. Occator (mythology)

Source passages

“In the account of Baldr's death in Saxo Grammaticus' early 13th-century work Gesta Danorum, the dying Baldr has a dream visitation from Proserpina (here translated as "the goddess of death")”

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“Proserpina's figure inspired many artistic compositions, eminently in sculpture (Bernini, see The Rape of Proserpina) in painting (D.G.Rossetti, a fresco by Pomarancio, J. Heintz, Rubens, A. Dürer, Dell'Abbate, Parrish) and in literature”

#13079 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the Roman Senate under senator Lucius Catellius ordained special festivals to appease Dis Pater and Proserpina...Altar of Dis Pater and Proserpina (Latin: Ara Ditis Patris et Proserpinae)”

#13324 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The 1st century poet Horace similarly wrote of a magic incantation invoking the power of both Diana and Proserpina.”

#18696 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The three-form Hecate (trimorphos) was identified by Servius with Luna, Diana, and Proserpina.”

#18826 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5