[Sca-cooks] Seeds and chestnuts (was Re: It's over ... and what Iwould do differently)

[Sue Clemenger]

Anahita already caught me in my overlapping use of the Roman version of
Persephone's mother's name, thanks. ;o)
Where were all you guys when I was typing that, sans-coffee, yesterday
morning?
--maire

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From: "otsisto" <otsisto at socket.net>
To: "Christiane" <christianetrue at earthlink.net>; "Cooks within the SCA"
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Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Seeds and chestnuts (was Re: It's over ... and what
Iwould do differently)


> Little trivia:
> God of the underworld is Hades (Gk) or Pluto (Rm).
> Ceres (Gk)- Demeter (Rm)
> Persephone (Gk) - Proserpina (Rm)
> Zeus is the alleged father of P.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Maire said:
>
> 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").
>
>
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