#demeter.

[nectaric]

I don't know if you've ever spoken about this before. But what is Hera and Demeter's relationships like with each of their children?

i may have mentioned things briefly, but i don’t think i’ve ever sat down and talked about it, so thank you!!! i’ll start with demeter, because that’s a little easier.

demeter is a very good mother. she gets a bad reputation because women expressing any kind of emotions get treated poorly, but her love for her children literally knows no bounds. she is encouraging and kind, affectionate and forgiving. she can border on over-protective, but it’s done out of love and knowledge of what her world looks like (demeter has been burned so many times by the gods around her, that she does not trust them and does not trust them with her children).

the easiest child to talk about is persephone, because the myths are so abundant and i’ve written with many great ones. demeter adores her daughter. she dotes on persephone endlessly, and is still willing to receive that 4am call for assistance. she’s learned to forgive hades for persephone’s sake, and is as involved in persephone’s life as she’ll allow. but demeter has relaxed a lot, and trusts in her daughter to make her own decisions and make them well.

her other children - ploutos, despoine, arion. i haven’t really had much of a chance to explore these relationships, but i imagine it would be the same. they have their own lives and demeter respects that, but she’s happy to be as involved as possible, and dotes on them a lot.

family is incredibly important to hera. her role as mother is significant not just to her children, but as mother to all, as goddess of motherhood, as she who blesses mothers and families. and so her relationship with her children is extremely significant, and she adores them all in her own way. but i think it’s also fitting that the goddess of motherhood is not a perfect mother - because none are perfect, because all make mistakes, because mothers are not infallible.

her relationship with hephaetus is complicated. the post-partum depression was severe, and what she did to him was horrific and awful and so unlike herself, as PPD often does to mothers, and it haunts her. part of her reluctance to reunite with hephaestus afterwards, after she knew thetis had come to care for him instead, was because she did not feel worthy as his mother. she did not think there was anything she could do to earn his forgiveness, and so she left him with a mother who could be what he needed. her shame was insurmountable. which meant that when he came to olympus to enact his punishment of her, hera accepted it. she did not like it, but she accepted it for what it was, and upon her release, made it her solemn vow to make up for what she had done. and i think, after a lot of work and forgiveness, her relationship with hephaestus has grown stronger. she loves him. she thinks he’s a brilliant mind and he makes her proud.

ares is her little baby boy, and hera’s boy mom vibes really come out with him. he’s unruly and difficult, and he always got himself into trouble, but hera sees so much of herself in ares that she forgives it a lot faster than zeus does. she’s hard on ares - as she is on all her children - because she sees so much potential.

eris is more complicated. eris is the kind of chaos that’s hard to focus, the kind of aggression that cannot be contained, and it put her at ends with her daughter. hera is very much so a tough love kind of mom, not taking any shit or allowing disobedience to go unpunished. and because of eris’ nature, hera’s parenting methods did not always mesh with her daughter. it severed their bond, and has taken centuries to repair in my opinion.

hebe and eileithyia receive the same treatment from hera - tough love, no room for nonsense, but a loving and guiding hand that often pushes them to work harder. she is proud of her daughters - eileithyia took on part of her domain, and hebe became hera’s personal cupbearer (and assistant), and she loves them dearly. she visits them regularly and takes them under her wing to raise her daughters to be strong and independent.

i would also like to add that most of zeus’ other children have become “hers” in one way or another. (the exception being dionysus… and sometimes artemis n apollo). athena is like a daughter to her, and hermes, the muses, persephone even - she may not like how they came about, but she cares about them a lot and views them as her own. mother to all the gods, y’all.

#hera. #demeter. #headcanon.

[aquilaofarkham]

all the new god portraits (so far) in hades 2 !!!

#aquila talks #hades game #hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #hades supergiant #HAEPHESTUS DEMETER AND APOLLO GOT ME ACTING UP

[zarekthelordofthefries]

You don't get Hestia as an option because what, you think I'm gonna make this EASY on you?

#original content #poll #greek mythology #mythology #classical mythology #gods #zeus #poseidon #hera #aphrodite #demeter #athena #ares #hephaestus #artemis #apollo #dionysus #hermes #olympian gods

[chthonic-kids]

grandma demeter is ready for war

#hades #hades game #hades supergiant #hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #i cannot wait to see the rest of the pantheon revealed #crossing my fingers for hera to show up #seeing the chthonic gang is going to drive me insane #demeter supergiant

[thecrazygamingzombie]

lots of familiar faces popping up in the new conflict with some hot new drip

but they all pale in comparison to one returning cast member.

THE MAN

THE MYTH

THE PUNCHING BAG

SKELLY!!!!

#hades 2 #hades game #hades thanatos #hades supergiant #hades spoilers #hades #zeus #aphrodite #demeter #posideon #skelly #video games

[theolympusrp]

IC: Nome terreno: Wang Jiayi Nome mitológico: Eléa. Faceclaim: Wang Feifei - ex-Miss A Nascimento: 27 de abril de 1990 Naturalidade: Chinesa Ser: Filha de Démeter. Tempo de treino: 16+ anos. Nível: 05. Twitter: @olp_elea Fraternidade: N/A Ocupação: Funcionária - Médica Veterinária (diurno)

Qualidades: Generosa, paciente e empática. Defeitos:  Teimosa, sensível e inflexível. Plots de interesse: Todos, menos romance e/ou smut.

Biografia:

Wang Jiayi nasceu em uma pequena fazenda no interior do estado de Sichuan. Desde muito jovem, ela mostrou uma conexão especial com a natureza, fazendo com que flores crescessem mais rapidamente e plantas prosperassem sob seus cuidados. Sua mãe, Wang Liu, nunca soube explicar esse dom, mas sempre soube que algo extraordinário estava destinado a acontecer com sua filha.

Quando Jiayi tinha 14 anos, sua vida deu uma reviravolta inesperada. Durante uma excursão à floresta próxima, ela foi atacada por uma criatura que parecia ter saído de uma lenda grega. Ela conseguiu se defender usando suas habilidades com a natureza, mas não antes de ser resgatada por um grupo de semideuses que lhe prometerem levá-la para um lugar seguro.

No Instituto Arete, Jia descobriu a verdade sobre sua origem: ela era uma semideusa, filha de Demeter, a deusa da agricultura. Rapidamente, ela se adaptou ao ambiente e fez amigos que compartilhavam suas experiências e desafios. Sua habilidade de manipular plantas e controlar o crescimento das colheitas a tornou de grande ajuda no instituto.

Jia treinou arduamente no acampamento, aprimorando suas habilidades e aprendendo mais sobre o mundo dos deuses e monstros da mitologia grega. Ela também descobriu que sua mãe humana, Liu, sabia mais do que havia contado, e a relação delas cresceu mais forte à medida que compartilhavam segredos e desafios.

Com o tempo, Jiayi se tornou uma defensora da natureza e da agricultura sustentável, usando suas habilidades para ajudar os mortais e os semideuses a cultivar alimentos de maneira mais eficaz em alguns de seus trabalhos voluntários. Sua jornada no instituto também a tornou uma grande profissional, a qual não tinha uma conexão especial apenas com as plantas, mas também criou um vínculo com os animais, se tornando Médica Veterinária.

A vida de Wang Jiayi é uma história de descoberta, amizade e o poder da natureza. Como filha de Demeter, ela se sente na responsabilidade de proteger o mundo natural, e na Olympus ela encontrou seu lugar para fazer isso de maneira heroica, mesmo que sua história esteja apenas começando e ainda tenha muito o que aprender.

Habilidades:

1.Manipulação da flora: Ela pode controlar o crescimento e o movimento das plantas, agilizando processos, isso ajudando na parte da agricultura e no crescimento de ervas medicinais. Agiliza o crescimento em 1/3 do tempo que levaria normalmente.

2.Germinação instantânea: Ela é capaz de fazer plantas crescerem instantaneamente a partir do solo. Porém apenas plantas pequenas, como algumas flores e ervas.

3.Comunicação com plantas: Pode se comunicar com as plantas, obtendo informações sobre o ambiente e seres que possam ter sido vistos por lá.

4.Curar com plantas: Possui o dom de curar feridas e doenças usando ervas e plantas medicinais. Entretanto, somente consegue utilizá-las se for para ajudar outra pessoa, não para benefício próprio.

5.Criar obstáculos vegetais: Ela pode criar barreiras e obstáculos feitos de espinhos, trepadeiras e outras plantas. Esses obstáculos podem ser apenas uma raiz enrolada no tornozelo de alguém, ou no máximo uma baixa mureta, apenas para atrasar seu inimigo.

6.Controle de videiras: Pode controlar videiras de forma que as usa como se fossem braços auxiliares, usando-os para escalada, ataque ou defesa. Apesar disso, as videiras são um tanto frágeis e fáceis de serem arrebentadas quando usadas em batalha.

7.Transformação em planta: Ela pode se camuflar e se transformar por um período de no máximo 1 minuto em uma planta para evitar detecção.

8.Comunicação com animais: Ela tem a capacidade de se comunicar com animais, entretanto, se precisar da ajuda deles, irá depender da própria vontade do animal o fazer.

9.Previsão de safras: Ela pode prever a qualidade das colheitas e fazer previsões precisas sobre a agricultura. – Essa habilidade ajuda de forma geral os moradores de olympus, pois ela precisa estar exatamente no local para prever sobre ele.

10.Criar armas de vegetação: Transforma plantas em armas, como chicotes de trepadeiras ou lanças de espinhos. Habilidade requer repouso de 1 dia após utilização.

11.Comunicação telepática com Deméter: Ela pode se comunicar telepaticamente com sua mãe divina para obter orientação.

12.Crescimento de árvores gigantes: Pode fazer árvores crescerem a alturas gigantescas para servirem como torres de observação ou abrigos. Não cria a árvore do zero, apenas ajuda com que uma árvore já existente cresça até o dobro de sua altura.

13.Proteção contra venenos: Ela é imune a venenos naturais, podendo neutralizar esse tipo de toxina com facilidade. Não é imune a venenos criados ou mágicos.

14.Geração de campos de flores mágicas: Cria campos de flores que têm efeitos mágicos, como cura e sono induzido – o sono dura por no máximo 1 hora.

15.Manipulação do clima: Pode influenciar o clima local, trazendo chuva para nutrir a terra ou sol para secar inundações – utilizado em caso de necessidade, pois exige muito esforço.

16.Cura acelerada: Ela se cura mais rapidamente quando em contato com a natureza ou dentro de áreas verdes. Isso funciona quanto a ferimentos mais leves. Ferimentos mais graves é necessário um período de sono de 8h em meio a natureza.

17.Rejuvenescimento da terra: Pode revitalizar áreas degradadas, restaurando a fertilidade do solo daquele local.

18.Comando sobre entidades da terra: Ela pode convocar seres como ninfas, elementais da terra e espíritos da natureza.

19.Criar campos de cultivo mágicos: Ela pode criar campos férteis onde quer que vá, garantindo colheitas abundantes. Precisa estar no local e exige descanso de pelo menos 1 dia após utilização da habilidade.

20.Regeneração vital: Em momentos de grande perigo, ela pode se “sacrificar temporariamente” para rejuvenescer a vida na terra ao seu redor – doação de tempo de vida, quando o utiliza, perde 1 ano de sua vida total.

#aceitos. #membros. #wang feifei #wang jiayi #demeter.

[my-name-is-not-kimmy]

#dracula daily #last voyage of the demeter #re: dracula #dracula

[not-so-blue]

OLYMPIAN GODS in HADES II

In the name of Hades! Olympus, I accept this message!

#hades #hades game #hades supergiant #hades 2 #hades ii #apollo #demeter #poseidon #aphrodite #zeus #hephaestus #hadesedit #gamingedit #*myedits #here comes the queue

[thedrawingduke]

I realized I never posted these here on tumblr! 2020 did unspeakable things to my mind and body…I staggered away from lockdown with a whole pitch of how I would make an animated Cats adaptation. I got the whole thing up here *taps skull*—it would be Very Good. I can’t think about it too much lest I awaken my sleeping obsession…still want to finish Old Deut and Macavity one of these days.

Fun fact: The term "Jellicle Cat" is actually the cats’ mishearing of the term "Dear Little Cat" (this gives me much joy)

@thedrawingduke on Instagram

#Cats #cats the musical #thedrawingduke #grizabella #Victoria #bustopher jones #jemima #the gumbie cat #jennyanydots #gus the theatre cat #skimbleshanks #Demeter #bombalurina #munkustrap #the rum tum tugger #mr mistoffelees #main coon #sphinx #English shorthair #tabby

[cherryandsisters]

demeter protecting persephone sketch

#demeter #persephone #greek mythology #mansi draws

[the-purvashadha]

When you step into sunlight, you honor Apollo. When you admire the moon, you honor Artemis. When you admire cloud shapes, you honor Hera. When you smell petrichor, you honor Zeus. When you laugh at a joke, you honor Hermes. When your body twitches to dance at a particularly upbeat music, you honor Dinoysus. When you enjoy the first bite of your breakfast, you honor Demeter. When you choose your peace over any conflict, you honor Athena. When you warm yourself up by sheltering yourself in blanket, you honor Hestia. When you listen to Ocean sounds, you honor Poseidon. When you smell flowers, you honor Persephone. When you admire the coolness of first day of Autumn, you honor Hades. When you wear your favourite jewellery, you honor Hephaestus. When you smile, you honor Aphrodite. When you exercise, you honor Ares. When you light a torch in a dark room, you honor Hekate.

Your body is a shrine to Gods, your being an act of devotion for them. You, by yourself, are enough for them.

#hellenic polytheism #apollo deity #aphrodite deity #hellenic worship #hellenic deities #hellenic devotion #hellenic pagan #hellenic pantheon #hermes deity #dionysus deity #demeter deity #zeus deity #hera deity #hephaestus deity #ares deity #poseidon deity #hestia deity #artemis deity #athena deity #hekate deity #hades deity #persephone deity #hellenic gods #hellenic polytheist #hellenic paganism #hellenic polythiest #goddess aphrodite #goddess persephone #goddess hecate #hecate deity

[nectaric]

this is definitely a niche and personal take, but i really adore zeus and demeter's relationship. they really actually subvert the idea of the deadbeat dad situation, because (imo) zeus really wanted to raise their child with demeter. but it was dem who said "nope, i'm doing this on my own, you're too tied to your position as king and i want better for her." and zeus was willing to respect her wishes, even if it upset him.

so while zeus wasn't heavily involved in raising persephone, there was no real tension there. just an absence, and one zeus filled by doing whatever he could to help when demeter needed it. (and zeus was equally as upset when he discovered what lengths hades had gone to with persephone).

and i think its really nice that demeter's relationship with zeus is actually pretty positive, given her relationship with her other two brothers / other men of olympus. he's the one no one would expect her to trust, but i think he's one of the few men she does trust. and i think, at this point, their relationship is the one that's the most natural example of a healthy adult sibling relationship among the six.

they support each other, but they also roast each other to filth and that's beautiful to me. i fully believe they both deserve that friendship and the humbling that comes with it.

#headcanon. #zeus. #demeter. #dem has such a hard time trusting men and zeus being on the list is <333 #he protects her and respects her and that's that

[doctorgeekery]

Made the mistake of going on Twitter and saw this RANCID take on the “Last Voyage of the Demeter” movie. At least the replies are on point. This is very funny.

#dracula daily #dracula #voyage of the demeter

[wolfythewitch]

Goddess of the harvest

#art #digital art #character design #greek mythology #tagamemnon #demeter #her eyes change color eith the leaves each season #and maybe her dress too

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

The funny thing about the PJO cabin system is that everyone's always all 'oh the twelve' this and 'the twelve' that but that's absolutely not even remotely accurate. To start, right off the bat it's thirteen, not twelve, because they don't count Hades. But not really because before Percy, there were no big three kids, so we're down to ten active cabins already but it's actually eight because Artemis and Hera don't make demigods.

And of those eight, Mr. D is stuck at camp (thus not really making new demigods all that often) and his only two kids don't even sleep in a cabin, they sleep in the Big House with him.

So, pre-Percy, there are seven active cabins at Camp Half-Blood:

Glee club, the Jocks, the Nerds, the Geeks, the Farmers, the 'Sketchy Kids' and the Popular Kids.

Or, in other words, the Apollo, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, Demeter, Hermes (and the unclaimed kids) and Aphrodite cabins.

What's cool is that you can already see the cabin dynamics in the show. For example, the Athena cabin allies with the Hermes cabin for the numbers. The Hermes kids plus all the unclaimed kids? It's the biggest cabin in the camp by far. It's a battle strategy. Luke and Annabeth's close relationship is just the cherry on top for Annabeth. It'll be really cool to see how the show develops the differences in the cabins during the series.

#pjo tv show #pjo series #if i remember correctly it's the Hermes cabin then Ares and Apollo in terms of numbers. Aphrodite would probably be next. #but the Athena Hephaestus and Demeter cabins were always under twelve kids. #they state exact numbers in one book... and if you don't want spoilers turn back now #but after the war theres only three Hephaestus kids left so like.... the numbers go real fucking low #the entire camp population plummeta #iactually really fucking depressing watching this camp filled with small tiny children knowing that only a very small fraction of themlive

[thetelesterion]

Demeter, goddess of fertility and the harvest, an image likely based off of a Roman original. (Updated description due to deeper research!!) After doing digging this image is not in fact from the temple of Eleusis but is rather a modern version of a (possibly) Roman relief of a similar kind!

The image which likely served as the basis for the modern one, photograph taken in 1864. Image source Right now it's really unknown where this original relief came from as there's little to no information from the museum listing I found this on, but I will continue to update this as time goes on if I find more info. For anyone else, feel free to update and reblog if you find more info before I do! UPDATE: original image source has been found for the Roman relief, it is located at the Lourve! Source

#demeter #goddess #theoi #theoi worship #greek polytheism #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #archaeology #history #greek mythology #paganblr