Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Demeter Brooch charm ring During the mourning period of

During the mourning period of one year

The golden teeth are bared

carved paste amethyst

to invoke various goddesses

Antique 10K & Carved Shell Cameo Demeter Brooch charm ring During the mourning period ofDemeter, the middle daughter of Cronus and Rhea, was the Ancient Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, one of the original Twelve Olympians. Her grief over her daughter Persephone who has to spend one third of the year with her husband Hades in the Underworld is the reason why there is winter; her joy when she gets her back coincides with the fertile spring and summer months. Demeter and Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian