Demeter And Persephone Mugs

Demeter and her daughter Kore or Persephone

Persephone and her mother Demeter meet for a cosy coffee after her most recent trip 'down under'. Originally drawn for ClassicsTober.

Spring is finally here again, and hopefully she sticks around this time! This art was inspired by the myth surrounding the Harvest Goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. Hades, God of the Underworld, falls in love with Persephone and whisks her away to the Underworld to be his Queen. Demeter, angered and saddened by her daughters kidnapping, stops all plants from growing and sends the world into a desolate winter. Eventually, Persephone returns to the surface to be with her mother, but because she had eaten a pomegranate seed given by Hades, she is bound to the Underworld and must return and live with him for six months each year, while the other six months she spends with her mother. This explains the cycle of seasons, as Demeter ...

"But Hades gave her, stealthily, the honey-sweet berry of the pomegranate to eat" A story about loss and love between daughter and mother

Pomegranate