Ceres
Roman goddess of agriculture
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Summary
Ceres is a Roman deity[1]. She ranks in the top 9% of roman deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,843 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Saturn[3]
- Mother: Rhea[4], Ops[5]
- Child: Proserpina[6]
- Sex or gender: female[7]
- Instance of: agricultural deity[8], goddess[9]
- Part of: Aventine Triad[10], Dii Consentes[11]
- Commons category: Ceres (mythology)[12]
- Said to be the same as: Demeter[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ceres (mythology)[14]
- Worshipped by: ancient Roman religion[15]
- Depicted by: Ceres in the House of Hecuba[16], Ceres[17], Statue of Ceres[18], Ceres/Summer[19]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[20], Pauly–Wissowa[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[24], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27]
- Different from: Ceres[28]
- Domain of saint or deity: agriculture[29], grain[30], fertility[31], motherhood[32]
- Sibling: Vesta[33], Pluto[34], Jupiter[35], Neptune[36], Juno[37]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Ceres include she[38], a dwarf planet[39].
Why It Matters
Ceres has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] She is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for her include she[38], a dwarf planet[39].