Stephanie | May 20, 2009
On Thursday, I am going to see a documentary about this artist, Meinrad Craighead, who was once a nun and then devoted the rest of her life to creating sacred images of nature and the feminine. I’m drawn to this painting called Mother and Daughter, which clearly was inspired by the myth of Demeter and [...]
Category: Myth, personal |
No Comments »
Tags: daughter, Demeter, goddess, grief, healing, Meinrad Craighead, mother, Persephone, shadow, trickster
Stephanie | March 28, 2009
You may know the myth of the maiden Persephone: While innocently picking flowers in a field the earth suddenly opens before her and Hades, god of the underworld, rides forth on his horse-drawn chariot, abducts and rapes her. The story of Persephone is also the story of her mother, Demeter, goddess of the harvest. When [...]
Category: Myth |
4 Comments »
Tags: daughter, Demeter, mother, Myth, Persephone
