The Greek Gods ES

Demeter shows a great love for Persephone from the beginning. When Persephone is taken to the underworld to be Hades' bride, Demeter could sense that something was off. She then discovers that Zeus gave her to Hades as a bride and Demeter left Olympus due to rage. She takes on a mortal form to bring and raise a newborn child. Her mortal name was Dos and she wanted to make the male baby immortal in order to make him strong and powerful. She tries to do a ritual or ceremony and he interrupts her by either crying or screaming. She gets angered by this and does not make him immortal. Demeter then plagued Earth on the fields with infertility. Zeus talks to Demeter to try and change what she has done and spare Earth. She refused so Zeus took it into his own hand to get Persephone back to Demeter. Hades allows it but gives her a seed that she eats. This means that she is tied to the underworld no matter what, but Demeter can see her during the year. I thought it was interesting that Demeter took a mortal form and left Olympus completely. She tried to fill a void by abandoning Olympus and even trying to make a mortal boy immortal. She went through many drastic changes during this time. It reminds me of how a college kid goes out of state and the parents freak out because they do not know what to do.