Demeter

Demeter Of all the Greek goddesses on Mount Olympus, Demeter was the one who was truly able to empathize with the human experience of suffering and grief. . . for she had fully experienced it herself. As the most nurturing of all the goddesses, the Greek goddess Demeter was responsible for the fertility and the successful cultivation of the soil and the resulting abundance of the harvest. She is also known as the Roman goddess Ceres, whose name is that from which the English word 'cereal' was derived. **The goddess Demeter is best known for her ferocity and endurance in the defense of her daughter, Persephone, following her abduction by Hades, the god of the Underworld. She reminds us to be firm and unswaying when we are taking a stand for what is right or what we need and deserve.**