Persephone EXTRACT Persephone is a goddess from Greek mythology who was associated with spring, fertility, and the underworld, and is considered a symbol of death and rebirth. Persephone is the beautiful and gentle daughter of the harvest goddess Demeter and Zeus. One day, while she was out with her companions, the lord of the underworld, Hades, was struck by her beauty. As Persephone was distracted by the sight of a flower, the ground beneath her feet opened up, and Hades appeared before her in his golden chariot pulled by four horses. He abducted her and took her to the underworld, where she was forced to become the queen of the dead. Demeter, devastated by the loss of her beloved daughter, withdrew the gift of life from the earth. The crops withered, the fields lay fallow, and the world was plunged into darkness and despair. With the help of the wise sun-god, Helios, Demeter discovered Persephone and demanded that she be released from Hades' cruel grasp. Although her daughter is returned to her, because Persephone tasted the fruits of the Underworld, she must spend four months of the year in the underworld and the rest of the year on the surface with Demeter.
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INTERPRETATION W h e n Pe r s e p h o n e returned to ear th to live with her mother on Mount Olympus, the land would once again be fertile and fruitful. Further into the underworld the land will become barren. The story of Persephone symbolizes the cycle of winter and spring, the cycle of death and rebirth. My design will be the appearance of crops breaking out in spring and all things growing.