Persephone and Demeter

Greek myth · c. 600 BCE · Myth / Legend · Greek · Ancient

Hades takes Demeter's daughter down into his kingdom while she is gathering flowers, and Demeter searches the earth for her, letting the crops fail as she goes. A bargain for the girl's return is eventually struck, on terms set by what she has already eaten below. A mother's grief written into the seasons.

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Lineage

parallels ↑ The Descent of Inanna
Sumerian myth · c. 1900 BCE · Myth / Legend
↓ The Winter's Tale
William Shakespeare · c. 1610 CE · Play — parallels this
↓ Averno
Louise Glück · 2006 CE · Poem — retells this
↓ Bavarian Gentians
D. H. Lawrence · 1932 CE · Poem — alludes to this

Attributes

Closest analogues

The Descent of Inanna
Sumerian myth · c. 1900 BCE · Myth / Legend
46% · 13 shared
Myth / LegendTragedyDeath & MortalityRebirthAncientShadowVoyage and ReturnRebirthDescent to the GoddessFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)The Fall / Descentvs Fate / GodsMythic
Ragnarök
Norse myth · c. 1200 CE · Myth / Legend
40% · 11 shared
Myth / LegendTragedyDeath & MortalityRebirthShadowRebirthCircularFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)Wintervs Fate / GodsMythic
Averno
Louise Glück · 2006 CE · Poem
40% · 9 shared
Death & MortalityMotherhoodLoss of InnocenceInnocentThe Great MotherThe Fall / DescentWintervs Fate / GodsElegiac
The Story of Osiris and Isis
Egyptian myth · c. 2000 BCE · Myth / Legend
37% · 11 shared
Myth / LegendTragedyDeath & MortalityRebirthAncientThe Great MotherShadowRebirthFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)vs Fate / GodsMythic
The Hero Twins (Popol Vuh)
K'iche' Maya · c. 1550 CE · Myth / Legend
36% · 10 shared
Myth / LegendDeath & MortalityRebirthVoyage and ReturnRebirthFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)The Fall / DescentThe Harvestvs Fate / GodsMythic
The Tale of Sim Cheong
Anonymous · c. 1750 CE · Novel
36% · 9 shared
AllegoryTragedyRebirthInnocentVoyage and ReturnRebirthFlowersvs Fate / GodsMythic