1. CERES
Ceres is the daughter of Cronos and Rhea. (Roman: Saturn and Ops)
She is one of the Olympian gods.

2. Ceres (Demeter)
Ceres = [L., Cereal, also corn, grain or the root word ker meaning to create or grow.
a goddess of agriculture who the Romans adopted to worship from the Greek goddess Demeter.
Ceres was goddess of the crops such as grain and harvest.
Especially associated with corn.
She is responsible for fertility of the world.
possesses mysterious powers of growth and even resurrection.

3. Symbol A sheaf of wheat or barley She is usually depicted
wearing a crown of wheat.

4. Myth about Demeter
Demeter’s daughter, Persephone, was stolen and taken to the underworld by Hades (Pluto) when she was plucking flowers in a field.
Demeter searched the world for her daughter and all her work was forgotten.
she lost all interest in fertility, flowers wilted, crops stopped growing, animals ceased to multiply. .

5. Eventually Zeus sent the messenger of the gods, Hermes to tell Demeter how Pluto stole her from the fields of Sicily
By the time Hermes reached the underworld Persephone had eaten some Pomegranate.
This means that she has accepted Pluto's hospitality by eating his food.
Zeus was called upon to make the decision of where Persephone belonged, because if she wasn’t returned to her mother the crops would continue to fail and people would no longer worship the Gods.
The number of Pomegranate seeds determined the length of time she would live in the underworld.