Persephone Print

DETAILS: 8”x10” 130lb. Matte Cardstock Professionally printed in Toronto Comes in a protective plastic cello bag with an artist description insert Hand-drawn Persephone Print A dual deity. The goddess of spring, associated with growth, fertility, and love, and Queen of the Underworld. The daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. Persephone was abducted by Hades, god of the Underworld, and the myth of her abduction is frequently used to explain the cycle of the seasons. When a compromise to rejoin her mother, Demeter, was made, Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds before leaving the Underworld. This act bound her to spend six months in the Underworld as the queen of the dead, and the other six on Earth. Just like a seed, the period of Demeter’s grief coincides with the dark, winter months, and when the time comes for Persephone’s return, Demeter brings back the light, warmth, and abundance, symbolizing the arrival of spring and summer