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Cereal
- The word cereal derives from Ceres, commemorating her association with edible grains.
- Ceres was discovered on January 1, 1801 by Italian Giuseppe Piazzi. He discovered it while searching for a star. Ceres is named after the goddess of growing plants, harvest, and motherly love.
- Ceres is commonly known as the roman goddess of agriculture
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What is a breakfast food (from the roman goddess of agriculture)?
Cereal. The word is derived from Ceres, the Roman goddess of harvest.
What were the major accomplishments of the goddess Demeter?
Goddess Demeter was associated especially with grain. We now partially use her Roman name as what we would call cereal. (The resemblance Ceres her roman name Cereal the name we use for a grain food)
Who was the Roman god of fire and volcanoes?
Vulcan was the god of fire and Vesta was the goddess of fire. Vulcan was the Roman equivalent of Hephaestus, the lame smith of the gods. Correction: Vesta was the goddess of the hearth. Not quite the same.
Roman god of food?
Edesia is the numen, or divine spirit of feasting , which was apparently considered a magical and important act by the Romans, enough so to have its own goddess. The verb edes can also mean " to spend money on food", connecting her with luxury as well as city life, where most of the food was bought, rather than in the country where people grew most of their own.
Who is the Greek god of food?
Demeter is a goddess of the harvest and of bread and grain: foods of mankind.
