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	Ceres (mythology) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ceres, in Roman mythology, equivalent to the Greek Demeter (which see for more details), daughter of Saturn and Rhea, wife-sister of Jupiter, mother of Proserpina, and patron of Sicily.
		Ceres was the goddess of growing plants (particularly grain) and of motherly love.
		She is said to have been adopted by the Romans in 496 BC during a devastating famine, when the Sibylline oracles advised the adoption of the Greek goddesses Demeter, Kore (Persephone) and Iacchus (possibly Dionysus).
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ce/ceres__mythology_.html (245 words)

	Ceres (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ceres, in Roman mythology, equivalent to the Greek Demeter (see which for more details), daughter of Saturn and Rhea, wife-sister of Jupiter, mother of Proserpina by Jupiter, sister of Juno, Vesta, Neptune and Pluto, and patron of Sicily.
		Her primary festival was the Cerealia or Ludi Ceriales ("games of Ceres"), instituted in the 3rd century BC and held annually on April 12 to April 19.
		Ceres had begged Jupiter that Sicily be placed in the heavens; the result, because the island is triangular in shape, was the constellation Triangulum, an early name of which was Sicilia.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ceres_(mythology) (371 words)

	Ceres: Mythology - Goddess.Astrology.com
		Ceres is part of an ancient myth that helps explain the cycles of seasonal change.
		During the time Persephone was in the underworld, Ceres was so grief-stricken that she refused to allow anything on Earth to be beautiful or fruitful, and these were the winter months.
		When Ceres had her daughter to look after, she was happy and the earth brought forth crops, giving food, so we have summer and the autumn harvest.
	goddess.astrology.com /ceres/mythology.html (172 words)

	MOTHER GODDESS
		Ceres, in Roman mythology, goddess of grain; daughter of Saturn and Ops.
		Demeter, in Greek mythology, goddess of harvest and fertility; daughter of Cronus and Rhea; mother of Persephone by Zeus.
		Persephone or Proserpine, in Greek and Roman mythology, goddess of fertility, queen of the underworld; daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
	deoxy.org /gaia/goddess.htm (3408 words)

	Ceres (mythology) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ceres was the (A female deity) goddess of growing (A living organism lacking the power of locomotion) plants (particularly (Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses) grain) and of motherly love.
		The name Ceres comes from the (The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia) Indo-European root "ker", meaning "to grow", which is also the root for the words "create" and "increase".
		Ceres had begged Jupiter that Sicily be placed in the heavens; the result, because the island is triangular in shape, was the constellation (A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries) Triangulum, an early name of which was Sicilia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ce/Ceres_(mythology).htm (270 words)

	Flora (goddess) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Roman mythology, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
		While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime.
		Her festival, the Floralia, was held in April or early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flora_(goddess) (164 words)

	Asteroids
		Ceres is the largest of the asteroids and was the first to be discovered almost 200 years ago (1801).
		In Roman mythology, Ceres was known as the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, and abundance of the land.
		In Roman mythology, Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and its fire.
	www.astrology3d.com /educenter/asteroids.html (1059 words)

	Roman Mythology
		ROMAN MYTHOLOGY, various beliefs, rituals, and other observances concerning the supernatural held or practiced by the ancient Romans from the legendary period until Christianity finally completely supplanted the native religions of the Roman Empire at the start of the Middle Ages.
		mulius, in Roman mythology was a descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas.
		Ceres is the goddess of grain, growing plants and the love that a mother bears for her child.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/8991/roman.html (4901 words)

	Solar Fire Astrology Software - Asteroid Goddesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The fertile sexual energy of Venus is used by Ceres to birth children of the body, by Pallas to birth children of the mind, by Juno to build relationships with others, and by Vesta to deepen a relationship with the Self or with the Divine.
		Typical manifestations of Ceres energies in a man are teaching and mentoring, pediatrics and pedagogy, farming and gardening, cooking and nutrition, medicine and therapy, ecology and environmental protection, and, of course, his part in helping his own children thrive and grow.
		Paralleling the Ceres myth, at some point in your life you may have to deal with loss, separation, rejection or abandonment from your parents, children or other family members, or with the loss of something else that you have created or which is dear to you.
	www.astrologysoftwareshop.com /Charting/sf/rpt/RptAstGoddess.htm (16711 words)

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		Venus is the leader of the Inner Senshi, and Ceres the Asteroid Senshi.
		Ceres is the largest asteroid, or minor planet, found in the belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
		The poignant story of Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, is one of the most profound and moving in all Greek mythology.
	www.geocities.com /ldb428/ceres.html (897 words)

	Ceres, the Goddess of Grain
		The goddess Ceres' primary function was as the goddess of agricultural fertility in general and grain in particular.
		Ceres presided over the frumentationes, the distribution of grain to the urban poor, and the annona, the administration of the Roman grain supply (Spaeth 10).
		Ceres is depicted with symbols of the Mysteries, such as riding in a chariot drawn by snakes while holding a torch in her right hand, in coins issued in the 2nd century BCE (Spaeth 18).
	students.roanoke.edu /groups/relg211/ashby/Ceres.html (1090 words)

	Ceres
		In later mythology, Ceres is identified with the Greek Demeter.
		Ceres had a temple on the Aventine Hill, were she was worshipped together with Liber and Libera.
		Ceres is portrayed with a scepter, a basket with flowers or fruits, and a garland made of the ears of corn.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/c/ceres.html (127 words)

	Ceres@astrologicallyspeaking.com
		The symbol for the asteroid Ceres is a stylized sickle; a crescent of receptivity resting on a cross of matter.
		Ceres is far earthier than Venus, and perhaps we should note that in the charts of individuals with Ceres in Taurus or the 2nd house.
		Ceres was in Virgo when her discovery was confirmed and that is where she is at present as I write this.
	www.astrologicallyspeaking.com /ceres.htm (1887 words)

	V is for Virgo - tribe.net
		In Greek mythology Hephaestos corresponds to the Latin Vulcan, and both are closely related to the various Gods of the anvil or the furnace who are found in almost all religions.
		The story of Ceres and Persephone speaks to the complex mother-child relationship, emphasizing the interplay of closeness and separation, of nurturing and eventual letting-go as the child becomes an adult able to function on her or his own.
		Ceres not only gave birth to the living, but in her aspect as Persephone she received the souls of the dead back into her womb to prepare them for rebirth.
	visforvirgo.tribe.net /thread/0e2f3e3d-1dd9-4344-b3d0-2fe268aa5642 (4127 words)

	About Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
		The introduction of the cult to Ceres in Rome dates back to the year 496 BC and seems to follow from the siege of the city by the Etruscans, while Rome was threatened with famine.
		Ceres decided to abandon her divine role until her daughter was returned to her.
		A compromise was reached by which Ceres would return to Mount Olympus and Persephone would divide the year: half with her mother and the other half in the Underworld.
	www.ceres.org.za /about.html (430 words)

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		Ceres is the Greek name of Demeter, the Roman goddess of agriculture, who looked after the fields and crops.
		During the time Persephone was in the underworld, Ceres was so stricken with grief that she refused to allow anything on Earth to be beautiful or fruitful.
		When Ceres had her daughter to look after, she was happy and the Earth brought forth crops.
	www.little-voodoo.net /ceres/mythology.htm (359 words)

	Vulcan (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vulcan, in Roman mythology, is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus.
		He was god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
		He is also called Mulciber ("softener") in Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vulcan_(god) (159 words)

	ceres asteroid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Roman mythology Ceres was an earth goddess and patron of agriculture, especially fruit and grain.
		In astronomy, Ceres is the largest of all the minor planets (asteroids) and is irregular in shape.
		It wasn't until much later that the orbit of Ceres around the sun was calculated by a German mathematician called Karl Friedrich Gauss and was calculated to be 1.7 years or a little over 1 year, 52 days.
	www.edunet.ie /stlaur/ceres.html (128 words)

	Ceres (mythology)
		Personified and celebrated by women in secret rituals at the festival of Ambarvalia, held during May.
		There was a temple to Ceres on the Aventine Hill.
		Her primary festival was the Cerealia, held on April 19.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ce/Ceres_(god).html (128 words)

	Asteroid Goddesses
		Ceres is Sextile Ascendant The orb is 1
		Vesta is Trine Ascendant The orb is 2
		Because Ceres rules the mother-child bond and the Moon governs early childhood, this combination may suggest that your basic needs for emotional nurturing and love were not met as a child.
	www.astrolightsoftware.com /Samples/astgod.htm (19737 words)

	Ceres, Goddess of the Environment
		Ceres is the largest of the four major asteroids, and is generally known as the Great Mother.
		In ancient mythology Ceres was the Goddess of agriculture and the harvest, and symbolized the cultivated, fertile soil that fed and provided for humanity.
		Ceres, as the Goddess who has control over nature's resources and cycles, may be known as the Goddess of the Environment.
	www.astrostar.com /articles/Ceres.htm (708 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 7: Proserpine - Glaucus and Scylla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ceres continued her search for her daughter, passing from land to land, and across seas and rivers, till at length she returned to Sicily, whence she at first set out, and stood by the banks of the River Cyane, where Pluto made himself a passage with his prize to his own dominions.
		Ceres, seeing this, was no longer in doubt of her loss, but she did not yet know the cause, and laid the blame on the innocent land.
		Ceres allowed herself to be pacified with this arrangement, and restored the earth to her favour.
	www.bulfinch.org /fables/bull7.html (3058 words)

	Ancient Roman Mythology
		The Italian goddess of grain, CERES [seer'eez], was identified with Demeter.
		Roman poets inherited the mythology of the Underworld from Homer and other Greek poets and from the philosophers (most notably Plato); they also used the beliefs of the mystery religions, both Greek and oriental.
		Two of the most prominent writers to dramatize Roman mythology were Dante Alighieri of Italy, author of La divina commedia (1321?; The Divine Comedy, 1802), and Edmund Spenser of England, who wrote the epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590-1596).
	www.crystalinks.com /romemythology.html (4331 words)

	Jupiter (god) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Roman mythology, Jupiter (sometimes shortened to Jove) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon.
		He was called Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter Best and Greatest) as the patron deity of the Roman state, in charge of laws and social order.
		For information on mythological accounts of Jupiter, which are heavily influenced by Greek mythology, see Zeus.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jupiter_(god) (601 words)

	Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Juno-In Roman mythology, Juno was the protector and special counselor of the Roman stat and the queen of the gods.
		Sirens-In Greek mythology, the Sirens were creatures with the body of a bird and the head of a female.
		In Greek mythology, Lethe was one of the rivers of the underworld.
	home.risanet.com /~usagidiary/mythology.html (531 words)

	Janus (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Roman mythology, Janus was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings.
		Historically, however, he was one of the few Roman gods who had no ready-made Greek counterpart, or analogous mythology.
		As the sole ruler of Latium, Janus heralded the Golden Age, introducing money, laws and agriculture (making him a culture hero).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janus_(mythology) (415 words)

	SparkNotes: The Tempest: Act IV, scene i
		The united blessing of the union by Juno and Ceres is a blessing on the couple that wishes them prosperity and wealth while explicitly tying their marriage to notions of social propriety (Juno wishes them “honor”) and harmony with the Earth.
		When Ceres wonders to Iris where Venus and Cupid, the deities of love and sex, are, she says that she hopes not to see them because their lustful powers caused Pluto, god of the underworld, to kidnap Persephone, Ceres’s daughter (IV.i.
		Ceres, Juno, and Iris have kept the gods of lust at bay; it seems that, through his masque, Prospero is trying to suppress entirely the lasciviousness of Ferdinand’s tone when he discusses Miranda’s virginity.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/tempest/section9.rhtml (1377 words)

	Read about Ceres (mythology) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Ceres (mythology) and learn about Ceres (mythology) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She is said to have been adopted by the Romans in 496 BC during a devastating famine, when the
		Little is known about the rituals of Cerelean worship; one of the few customs which has been recorded was the peculiar practice of tying lighted brands to the tails of foxes which were then let loose in the
		She was depicted in art with a scepter, a basket of flowers and fruit, and a
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Ceres (307 words)

	StarIQ.com - Ceres, Goddess of the Environment
		In Roman mythology Ceres (Demeter in Greek mythology) was the Goddess of agriculture and the harvest, and symbolized the cultivated, fertile soil that fed and provided for humanity.
		Ceres, the Goddess who has control over nature's resources and cycles, could be called the Goddess of the Environment.
		This is especially true when Ceres is given a transpersonal boost when connected by aspect to the outer planets.
	www.stariq.com /pagetemplate/article-printer.asp?pageid=3880 (648 words)

	Ceres - Ascension Research Center
		The memory of the goddess known to the Romans as Ceres (Greek: Demeter) was possibly the result ancient encounters with the Celestial Hierarchy of Ascended and Cosmic Beings.
		Ceres ruled Rome through her sacred matronae, during that lost period of four centuries before 200 B.C., a period whose written records were destroyed by later patriarchal historians, leaving only a residue of myths and religious customs that were only vaguely explained.
		Worshipped in conjunction with Ceres were Liber and Libera, divinities presiding over the vine and fertility of the fields and called children of Ceres.
	www.ascension-research.org /ceres.html (644 words)

	Ceres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Daughter of Cronos and Rhea, Ceres is the goddess of agricultural fertility, protector of marriage and women.
		Autumn and winter mean that Ceres is sad, springs and summer means that Proserpina is back on earth.
		Ceres had an another child named Plutus, the god of wealth.
	www.infres.enst.fr /~dax/misc/mythology/ceres.html (193 words)

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