Demeter

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(See Ceres).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Earth-mother), the great Greek goddess of the earth, daughter of Kronos and Rhea and sister of Zeus, and ranks with him as one of the twelve great gods of Olympus; is specially the goddess of agriculture, and the giver of all the earth's fruits; the Latins call her Ceres.