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demeter
/dəˈmiːtəɹ/
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What does demeter mean?
proper noun
- The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.
- 1108 Demeter, a main belt asteroid.
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It turns out that the schooner is a Russian from Varna, and is called the Demeter.
He called her Artemis, Demeter, and other fanciful names half teasingly, which she did not like because she did not understand them.
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As this festival is in honor of Female Nature, the various female attributes are adored as deities, Demeter being the first named by the worshippers.
He was a fair young shepherd or herdsman of Phrygia, beloved by Cybele (or Demeter), the Mother of the gods.
The process is futile, but may comfort the heart, like the curses against thieves which the Greeks were wont to scratch on leaden tablets, and deposit in the temple of Demeter.