What is Demeter?
{{Infobox deity | type = Greek | name = Demeter | other_names = Sito, Thesmophoros | god_of = Goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility, seasons and sacred law. | member_of = | image = Demeter Altemps Inv8546.jpg | caption = A marble statue of Demeter, [[National Roman Museum]] | abode = [[Mount Olympus]] | symbol = [[Cornucopia]], [[wheat]], [[torch]], [[bread]] | consort = [[Iasion]], [[Zeus]], [[Carmanor (deity)|Carmanor]], [[Poseidon]] | parents = [[Cronus]] and [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] | siblings = [[Hestia]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Poseidon]], [[Zeus]], [[Chiron]] | children = [[Persephone]], [[Despoina]], [[Arion (mythology)|Arion]], [[Plutus]], [[Philomelus]], [[Eubuleus]], [[Chrysothemis]] | mount = | festivals = [[Thesmophoria]], [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] | Roman_equivalent = [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]] |equivalent1_type = Meitei | equivalent1 = [[Phouoibi]]<ref>Rao, Nitya; Rürup, Luise (1997). A Just Right: Women's Ownership of Natural Resources and Livelihood Security. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. p. 175. ISBN 978-81-7440-044-4.</ref> }} '''Demeter''' ([[Ancient Greek|Attic Greek]]: Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmḗtēr''; [[Ancient Greek|Doric]]: Δαμάτηρ, ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the goddess of the harvest and [[agriculture]] in [[Greek mythology|ancient Greek religion]] and [[myth]], one of the [[Twelve Olympians]]. The elder sister of [[Zeus]], Demeter presided over grains and the [[fertility]] of the [[earth]]. She served as the patron goddess of farmers, and was believed to have taught men how to reap and cultivate the harvest. By Zeus, she is the mother of [[Persephone]], the wife of [[Hades]] and queen of the underworld. Both she and Persephone were central figures of the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]], a series of festivals held in honor of the two goddesses in the region of [[Attica]]. Her symbols were the [[scythe]], cornucopia, [[wheat]], bread and harvest grains, and the [[pig]]