Wishing to reward the family for their kindness, Demeter attempted to offer the child the gift of immortality, by sticking him in the fire each night and removing him every morning before dawn. Their parents were glad to offer the elderly woman lodging and a stable position caring for their little son. Soon four young females found the aging Goddess, and agreed to take her home. Stripped of all her vital energy, she appeared old and wrinkled beyond her years. Eventually she found her way to the town of Eleusis, where she rested by a flowing fountain. Yet, Persephone longed for something more, the comforts of her mother’s home and a view of the lush green grass and blue sky up above.įar above the darkness of the Underworld, her mother continued to wander the forlorn earth. Professing his love, he told her of the plan her father helped deploy and begged her to stay and be his wife. As she watched the plants wither and die all around her, she felt her own hopes begin to fade as well.Īt the same time, deep down in the realm of the dead, Hades hoped to explain his actions to the sweet Persephone. Consumed by depression over the loss of her child, she soon ceased to remember her worldly duties as Goddess of Grain and Growth. She searched high and low for her dear daughter, who had vanished from both the heavens and the earth. While Persephone’s cries could not be heard above the ground, the pain in Demeter’s heart quickly alerted her to the fact that something was terribly wrong. The thought of this brought terror to her heart, yet any screams of protest were soon lost within the darkness, as they descended quickly into the Underworld below. As the crack of the whip upon his majestic horses brought her to her senses, she realized she was about to taken into the black depths from which he’d come. Life for Persephone would never be the same again.įrom this gaping crevice in the ground emerged the awe-inspiring God of the Underworld, Hades, and before Persephone could even think to utter a word, she was whisked off her feet onto the God’s golden chariot. As she reached down to pluck it from its resting place, her feet began to tremble and the earth was split in two. It was a narcissus, the exact flower her father hoped that she would find. Persephone thought to bring some to her mother, but was soon distracted by a vision of the most enchanting flower she had ever seen. Laughter could be heard in between the young girls’ whispered secrets, as they gathered handfuls of purple crocuses, royal blue irises and sweet-smelling hyacinths. The lovely young maiden, Persephone, frolicked with her friends upon the hillside, as her mother Demeter sat near by, and her father Zeus peered down from the sky above. It was a beautiful day like all the others in this land, the sun shone brightly in the sky, the hills were lush and green, and flowers blossomed from the earth.
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