[Sca-cooks] It's over ... and what I would do differently

[Sue Clemenger]

Actually, it's one month per seed.
Stefan, in the version of the Persephone myth that I first heard, she is the
daughter of Ceres, the goddess responsible for fertility/growth/crops, etc.
One day, when Persephone is out picking flowers, she's abducted by the god
who's the lord of the underworld/lord of the dead.  She knew better than to
eat or drink anything while she was done there, but one day (distracted?
hungry?), she ate 6 pomegranite seeds which she was offered.  Because of
this, even after she was rescued by her mother, she was committed to
spending 6 months out of every year down in the underworld.
The side effect of this is winter--when her mother grieves her daughter's
absence, plants cease to grow and flourish.
See? Actually even kinda food-related, especially when you catch the
mother's name (Ceres-->source of the word "cereal").
--Maire, chatty this morning

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Smith" <renaissancespirit2 at yahoo.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] It's over ... and what I would do differently


> One pomegranate seed and you could be banished to the Underworld for 6
months, ya know.
>
> Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:  Selene commented:
> > Well Done! Just watch out for those pomegranate seeds... hehehe
>
> Huh?
>
> Stefan
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