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The Two Great Gods of Earth
Demeter and Dionysus
The broad topic of Mythology was somewhat forgotten, but is now being rediscovered. Mythology involves tales of gods and goddesses to explain things that are now used science for. Demeter and Dionysus are two different characters in this tale of gods from Greek mythology. Demeter and Dionysus are two characters that are closely related but are both very different at the same time in terms of their views and how they are depicted.
Mythology is the body of stories associated with a culture. Mythology was around as early as 8th century B.C. (Nardo 86). It started in the area near and around the Mediterranean Sea. These were called Mt. Olympus, Olympia, Athens, Corinth, and Sparta otherwise known as modern day Greece. Mythology came from people that needed explanations for things and these stories were a great way to do so.
The people involved in mythology were gods, goddesses, and heroes, but there were also people who wrote the myths down for documentation. Some of the characters were Zeus, Hera, Hades, Cupid, Ares, Persepherone, Demeter, Dionysus, and the Titans. All of the stories that these gods were passed down from generation to generation. Stories such as Hercules and Troy were made into movies. Other stories were written down like The Odyssey.
Demeter is the Goddess of Crops and Fruit. She is mainly associated with corn (Lindemans 1). She is the daughter of the two Titans, Cronos and Rhea (Nardo 85). Demeter is considered to be older than the other god Dionysus, because crops came before wine (Hamilton 48). She is the sister of the all mighty Zeus and she is the mother of Persephone, maiden of spring (Hamilton 51). There is a great story behind this mother and daughter relationship.
In the story of Persephone, Hades brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, rises from the underworld and steels Persephone from her mother. Demeter was so devastated, that she...
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