UDemeter

Ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, uDemeter uyindodakazi yonkulunkulu uKronos noRhea, udadewabo nonkosikazi Zeus (uyise wonkulunkulu), kanye nonkulunkulukazi wezolimo.

Demeter, mayelana nobani UHomer okungavamile ukushiwo, akulona iqembu lonkulunkulu base-Olympus, kodwa umsuka wezinganekwane ezimzungezile kungenzeka ukuthi wasendulo. Le ndaba isuselwe endabeniindodakazi yakhe uPersephone, wathunjwa ngeHayidese , unkulunkulu wabaphansi. U-Demeter uhamba efuna i-Persephone futhi, phakathi nohambo lwakhe, wembula kubantu Eleusis abamamukela ngomoya wokungenisa izihambi, imicikilisho yabo eyimfihlo, leyo kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo ibibizwa ngokuthi izimfihlakalo zika-Eleusinia. Ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokunyamalala kwendodakazi yakhe kwakuzosusa ukunaka kwakhe ezitshalweni futhi kubangele indlala. Ngaphezu kukaZeus, uDemeter unomthandi waseKretan, u-Iasion, onendodana, uPlutos (ogama lakhe lisho "ingcebo", okungukuthi, isithelo esivundile somhlaba).