Hecate used her torches to guide Demeter through the darkness ... as they were sacred to the goddess. Hecate remains a central figure in modern esoteric practices, especially in witchcraft ...

The Lady of Kalymnos is an exquisite Greek sculpture dating back to the Hellenistic period, around the 3rd century BC.

Her mother, the Greek goddess of agriculture, Demeter, then scoured the Earth for her lost daughter. Persephone's dad is Zeus ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

She is known as the Dea Nutrix or nursing goddess. When placed in the grave the figurine was already over 100 years old and may have been a treasured household goddess. Carefully placed around the ...