Demeter (Greek), (Roman equivalent is Ceres)
The amount of information on Demeter is massive. This link will give you a historical references as well as information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter
Demeter is the Greek goddess of corn, grain, and the harvest. It was believed that she made the crops grow each year. To thank her for the harvest, the first loaf of bread was offered to her. She is also the goddess of fertility, the earth and agriculture as well as the changing seasons. In her grief over the loss of her daughter, Persephone (who was stolen by Hades into the Underworld) she stopped doing her job, which was to make the plants grow. Eventually Persephone returns for 1/2 of the year, hence the seasons. The Greek tale of Demeter, Persephone and Hades can be found here:
The amount of information on Demeter is massive. This link will give you a historical references as well as information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter
Demeter is the Greek goddess of corn, grain, and the harvest. It was believed that she made the crops grow each year. To thank her for the harvest, the first loaf of bread was offered to her. She is also the goddess of fertility, the earth and agriculture as well as the changing seasons. In her grief over the loss of her daughter, Persephone (who was stolen by Hades into the Underworld) she stopped doing her job, which was to make the plants grow. Eventually Persephone returns for 1/2 of the year, hence the seasons. The Greek tale of Demeter, Persephone and Hades can be found here:
Inanna (Sumerian)
See this great link below to explore the story of this Mother Goddess ruling Heaven, Earth and the Underworld.
https://goddessinspired.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/inanna-sumerian-mother-goddess-queen-of-heaven-and-earth/
"One of the longest lasting Goddesses from the ancient world is Sumer’s Inanna, who was revered in the Middle East for over 4,000 years. And even today in modern Islamic Iraq Inanna’s emblems of the reed knot and the date palm continue to have meaning to the people..."
https://goddessinspired.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/inanna-sumerian-mother-goddess-queen-of-heaven-and-earth/