Agricultural Goddesses - Demeter, Ceres, Isis, Xochiquetzal, Chicomecoatl, Mayahuel, Horae, Pomona, Cardea, Renenutet, Puta, Sara Mama (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Demeter, Ceres, Isis, Xochiquetzal, Chicomecoatl, Mayahuel, Horae, Pomona, Cardea, Renenutet, Puta, Sara Mama, Acca Larentia, Aphaea, Oeno, Oenotropae, Spermo, Vacuna, Faustitas, Elais, Runcina, Dea Dia, Rusina, Semonia, Itzpapalotl, Marzanna, Marzyana, Gefjon, Dewi Sri, Feronia, Taweret, Pachamama, Heqet, Terra, Nidaba, Bubona, Annona, emyna, Nikkal, Mother Earth, Po Sop, M ra, Neper, Abuk, Amphictyonis, Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Iyatiku, Hostilina, Tutelina, Volutina, Nunbarsegunu, Ashnan, Horta, Molae, Ahia Njoku, Zislbog, Sirtir, Axomamma, Ua-Ildak. Excerpt: In ancient Roman religion, Ceres () was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres." Her seven-day April festival of Cerealia included the popular Ludi Ceriales (Ceres' games). She was also honoured in the May lustration of fields at the Ambarvalia festival, at harvest-time, and during Roman marriages and funeral rites. Ceres is the only one of Rome's many agricultural deities to be listed among the Di Consentes, Rome's equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology. The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature. Ceres' name may derive from the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root ker, meaning "to grow," which is also a possible root for "create" and "increase." Roman etymologists thought "ceres" derived from the Latin verb gerere, "to bear, bring forth, produce," because the goddess was linked to pastoral, agricultural and human fertility. Archaic cults to Ceres are well-evidenced among Rome's neighbours in the Regal period, including the ancient L...