Demeter
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In Greek mythology, Demeter ( Attic Δημήτηρ Dēmētēr) is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons (personified by the Hours).
Another aspect of Demeter, was known as the Aganippe the Mare who destroys mercifully, a black winged horse worshiped by certain cults. In this aspect her idols (such as one found in Mavrospelya, the Black Cave, in Phigalia) she was portrayed as mare-headed with a mane entwined with Gorgon Snakes.[12] This aspect was also associated with Anion (or Arion) whom Heracles rode, who later inspired tales of Pegasus.[13] Aganippe became associated with a spring, where Pegasus was born according to one legend, and the nymph of the same name. Demeter as an agricultural goddess appears rarely in the epic poetry. In Homer's Odyssey she is the blond-haired goddess who is separating the chaff from the grain.[14] The harvesters must pray to Zeus-Chthonios (chthonic Zeus) and Demeter so that the crop will be full and strong.[15] In the Theogony of Hesiod she is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. At the marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia, Demeter lured Iasion away from the other revelers. They proceeded to have intercourse in a ploughed furrow in Crete; she later gave him a son, Ploutos.[16]
