OF THE EARTH

# GRAINBEARER : an indepentant , private and selective blog for DEMETER , GODDESS OF THE HARVEST of greek mythology . this blog is oc , multimuse and multifandom friendly but not minor friendly - if you are under the age of 20 , do not follow . same goes for personals , unless there is a sideblog that is an rp blog .

my intermapation of demeter is almost completely headcanon based - i don't draw from media but will draw from the myths she is in .

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it was never rare for demeter to be alone at her own home - few even knew where her private home was , after all . but the silence around her was near suffocating . hermes had left not too long ago to bring kor- persephone back and demeter had decided on staying home instead of going with .

she adored her alone time but now it seems to be swallowing her . she never did enjoy waiting nor did she have patience for anything that wasn't harveting or gardening .

pacing back and forth , demeter couldn't place why she was always nervous during this time . they had done this countless of times - her daughter going between her husband and mother . it was nothing new and yet nearly every year , the nervous would take over .

she could feel it the moment herman and persephone stepped onto her private land . stomach in knots , she threw the front door open just has hermes was taking off again . giving him a small wave in thanks , she turned her gaze to her sweet daughter and resisted the urge to run to her .

holding out her arms , she smiled brightly at persephone .

@unseenking : ❝ do not be stubborn and big headed. ❞

" me stubborn and big headed ? " demeter's voice bordered on stretching, a piercing sound as she stared at hades . " it is not me , do not dare to think i am the one being stubborn here . "

@unseenking : ❝ what else is there? ❞

demeter breathed through her nose , craning her head up to stare at the dark sky . it was calming , in a way , to have it stare back at her . she let his question flutter between them , a tension she hated but having no words in that moment .

finally , after moments of silence , her head moved towards him . she could only swallow down words she knew would hurt him - she never wanted to hurt any of her siblings - and finally found the strength for any words . softer words , or as soft as she could get in that moment .

CRONUS | MARRIAGE | KORE : bare with me - they all tie in together.

trapped with her siblings in an endless void was like a prison to demeter . time held no meaning , even if they grew . there was nothing to pass the time and while they knew they were gods and goddesses and held ablities , they were unable to do anything with said power while in the void . they were trapped , plain and simple . until zeus freed them . 

then the titanomachy happened for control and like her siblings , demeter fought to overthrow the titan king . for ten long years , they engaged their father and his allies before emerging as the victors . after her brothers drew lots to see who would reign which domain , demeter fell pregnant with kore . her daughter was a blessing that she loved with all her heart . 

talks of marriage happened soon after and demeter felt a prick of fear in her heart . she had left one prison and to her , marriage felt like it would be another . bound to someone , even if there was love , made her want to flee . 

and so , she has refused marriage as an option . 

afterwards , demeter left to begin rebuilding the earth and it was during this that she gave birth to her daughter , sweet kore , and they both wandered the earth for sometime . demeter had made stops on to mount olympus but never brought kore . once kore was grown , however , she deicded on it .

other gods showed interest in her and demeter felt the same panic . marriage was just a golden cage - her daughter deserved better and to be free . thus , she took her daughter to earth and hid her away . many would find demeter still to ask for her daughter's hand but she refused any courting offers made by anyone . 

then hades happened and her sweet kore was ripped from her and married off . rage burned bright in her chest , just as raging as the torches she carried . when it was reviled that kore had eaten the food of the dead and zeus declared that she would spend half of the year with demeter and the other with hades , there was bitterness . 

for the time kore was away , the earth froze over and nothing would grow . to let the world feel as she does with her child , her first born , forced away from her arms .

as time moved on , demeter realized kore was happy in her marriage . she was happy and demeter had tried to take that from her . when she had hidden her daughter away from the other gods , she had basically placed kore in a cage made of the earth and flowers and grain . 

while trying to save her daughter from one cage , demeter had unknowingly put her another . 

it bites at her , even as the world moved into the modern era , and the thought that she was a bad mother passed into her mind and wouldn’t let go . she wants to apologize to her daughter but fear at the rejection of it holds her tongue . does she deserve it ? does kore ( persephone . her name is persephone now ) resent her ?