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Like many other cultures, the ancient Greeks had a story to explain why we have summer and winter. Demeter, daughter of the ancient Titans, was the Greek goddess of fertility and crops. She was supposed to have the power to make the corn grow, and her name is associated with many fertility cults. One day Demeter's daughter, Persephone, was snatched by Hades, god of the underworld, and taken away to be his bride. In the underworld Persephone pined away and wouldn't eat, while on the earth her grieving mother stopped caring for the crops. They stopped growing and winter came for the first time. In the end it was agreed that Hades should let Persephone go, but as she had now eaten some pomegranates from his realm, she could never be completely free of it. finally it was agreed that she should divide the year between earth and Hades. Every year, spring begins when she returns to earth.
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