demeter

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Definition of demeter in English Turkish dictionary

(Mitoloji) Demeter, Yunan mitolojisinde tarım ve bereket tanrıçası. Homesros'un destanlarında, "güzel saçlı kraliçe" ya da "güzel örgülü Demeter" diye geçer. İnsanlara toprağı ekip biçmesini öğreten bu tanrıçadır. Ekinleri, özellikle de buğdayı simgeler. Hesiodos’a göre Kronos’la Rheia’nın kızı, ikinci tanrı kuşagındandır. Tanrılar tanrısı Zeus'un dördüncü evliliğini onunla yaptığı söylenir. Bu evlilikten de yeryüzü ecesi Persephone doğmuştur. Demeter, heykellerinde baygın bakışlı, sarı saçları omzuna dökülen, güzel bir kadın olarak gösterilirdi. Sağ elinde bir buğday başağı, sol elinde de yanan bir meşale tutardı. Roma mitolojisinde ona Ceres denilirdi

(Mitoloji) Toprak ve ürün tanrıçası

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Definition of demeter in English English dictionary

The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone

(Mitoloji) In Greek mythology Dêmêtêr (Greek: , "mother-earth" or possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth *dheghom *mater, also called simply Δηώ) is the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. She is invoked as the "bringer of seasons" in the Homeric hymn, a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before the Olympians arrived. Another story states that she was one of the twelve Olympians. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter has been dated to sometime around the Seventh Century BC. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon

In Greek religion, a consort of Zeus and the goddess of agricuture, especially grain. Though rarely mentioned by Homer and not an Olympian deity, she is probably an ancient goddess. She is best remembered for her role in the story of Persephone, in which her lack of attention to the harvest causes a famine. In addition to appearing as a goddess of agriculture, Demeter was sometimes worshiped as a divinity of the Underworld and as a goddess of health, birth, and marriage

{i} goddess of agriculture and patron of marriage (Greek Mythology)

Demeter is a Greek nature goddess who is mother of Persephone She has been featured in my telling of the story of Hades and Persephone where she tries to separate the two lovers rather than loose her daughter Demeter wears a green dress and laurels in her hair as a sign of her connection to nature as does EC whom she was based

Goddess of the hearth, harvest, protection, and family A major goddess in the Vergothan pantheon, she harkens back to a simpler day in rural areas as a simple harvest goddess

(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres

the Greek goddess of agriculture

One of the twelve Olympians Goddess of agriculture and fertile soil Mother of Plutus by Iasion and Persephone by Zeus When her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, Demeter threatened to strip the Earth of its fertility forever unless she was returned Zeus sent Hermes to fetch Persephone, but she had eaten while in the Underworld which gave Hades rightful claim to her

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Hyphenation

De·me·ter

Turkish pronunciation

dîmitır

Pronunciation

/dəˈmētər/ /dɪˈmiːtɜr/

Etymology

[ di-'mE-t&r ] (noun.) From Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmētēr) γῆ (gē) + μήτηρ (mētēr).