Demeter

Demeter
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

Happy October!
This is a little drawing I finished a couple of days ago, and it seems appropriate for today. Demeter was the greek goddess of the harvest and fertility.

" I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair." -- that is one thing Homor said about her, and quite a bit more, if you would care to learn more about her. When I was little, one of the first books I ever bought with my own money was D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, which I still have today. I always loved the photos.

Anyway this is my idea of Demeter, probably as a younger goddess, she does not look old enough here to be the mother of Persephone. She is on Etsy.