DEMETER
Demeter was one of the great divinities of the Greeks. The name Demeter is supposed by some to be the same as gê mêtêr, that is, mother earth, while others consider Deo, which is synonymous with Demeter, as connected with dais and dainumi, and as derived from the Cretan word dêai (barley), so that Demeter would be the mother or giver of barley or of food generally
Demeter presided over the foremost of the Mystery Cults at Eleusis (30 km north of Athens) which promised its initiates the path to a blessed afterlife. Demeter was depicted as a mature woman, often crowned and holding sheaths of wheat and a torch.
Demeter was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and sister of Hestia, Hera, Aides, Poseidon, and Zeus. By her brother Zeus, Demeter became the mother of Persephone (Kore / Proserpine) and Dionysus (Zagreus) and by Poseidon of Despoena and the horse Arion.