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GODS & GODDESSES GODS & GODDESSES
by Virginia Loh-Hagan
Gods and goddesses were the main characters of myths . Myths are traditional
stories from ancient cultures . Storytellers answered questions about the world by
creating exciting explanations . People thought myths were true . Myths explained
the unexplainable . They helped people make sense of human behavior and nature .
Today , we use science to explain the world . But people still love myths . Myths may
not be literally true . But they have meaning . They tell us something about our
history and culture.
Demeter
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author, university professor, former classroom teacher, and
curriculum designer. She appreciates the harvests brought by Demeter. Eating is her favorite
hobby. She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs. To learn more
about her, visit www.virginialoh.com.
Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Copyright 2017 by Cherry Lake Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any
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45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Loh-Hagan, Virginia, author.
Title: Demeter / by Virginia Loh-Hagan.
Description: Ann Arbor : Cherry Lake Publishing, [2017] | Series: Gods and
goddesses of the ancient world | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identiers: LCCN 2016031220| ISBN 9781634721387 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781634722704 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781634722049 (pdf) | ISBN 9781684521067
(ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Demeter (Greek deity)--Juvenile literature. | Goddesses,
Greek--Juvenile literature. | Mythology, Greek--Juvenile literature.
Classication: LCC BL820.C5 L64 2017 | DDC 292.2/114--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031220
Printed in the United States of America
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR .............................
CHAPTER 1:
An Independent Woman ...................
CHAPTER 2:
Good Growing ...........................
CHAPTER 3:
Turning Cold ............................
CHAPTER 4:
Dragons and More! ......................
CHAPTER 5:
A Mothers Love ..........................
Did You Know? ...........................
Consider This!............................
Learn More ...............................
Glossary ................................. 32
Index .....................................
Who is Demeter ? How was she born ? What did she look like?
Demeter was a Greek goddess . She was one of the
Olympians . These gods ruled over all of the gods .
They lived on Mount Olympus . Mount Olympus is in
Greece . Its the highest mountain in Greece.
Demeters parents were Cronus and Rhea . They were
Titans . Titans were giant gods . They ruled until the
Olympians took over .
Cronus was told that a son would take away his power .
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So , Cronus ate his children . Demeter was one of them .
Rhea saved one child , Zeus . Later , Zeus came back . He
tricked Cronus . He poisoned him . Cronus threw up
Demeter and the others .
Demeter was important . Gods and mortals respected her .
Zeus led a war against the Titans . Demeter and her siblings
won . Siblings mean brothers and sisters .
Demeter was different from her siblings . She preferred to
roam the earth . She lived in open fields . She preferred to be
with her
mortal worshippers . Mortal means human . She
lived in her temples . She rarely went to Mount Olympus.
Demeter was important to mortals . She was the goddess
of harvest . She was in charge of grains . She was in charge
Demeter liked being outdoors .
Family Tree
Grandparents : Uranus ( Father Sky ) and Gaia ( Mother Earth )
Parents : Cronus ( god of time ) and Rhea ( goddess of fertility)
Brothers: Zeus ( god of the sky ), Hades ( god of the underworld ),
Poseidon ( god of the seas )
Sisters : Hera ( goddess of women and marriage ), Hestia ( goddess
of the hearth and family )
Spouse : No husband , several lovers
Children : Persephone ( Queen of the Underworld ), Despoina
( goddess of mysteries ), Arion ( immortal horse ), Plutus ( god of
wealth ), Philomelus ( inventor of the wagon )
of farming . She was in charge of fertility . Fertility means
growth and bounty .
