Persephone

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  Mathilde Oscar, France

Persephone was the beautiful daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and Demeter, goddess of
agriculture. Persephone also goes by the name of Kore or Cora, and she is thought of as
the maiden goddess of spring and grain. In the most popular myth of Persephone, she's the
unwilling wife of Hades, lord of the underworld, and must spend a few months out of the
year with him in the land of the dead. Nothing grows on earth when Persephone is among the
dead, because Demeter is so sad about her daughter's fate. And so the myth of Persephone
is used to explain the seasons.