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Artist Spotlight - Julie Cox
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Persephone
Persephone was the queen of the underworld and the Great Goddess of the Eleusinian Mysteries. In her youth Persephone was hidden away from the gods by her mother Demeter, but Zeus found her hiding place and seduced her in the form of a serpent. Zeus then promised her to Hades as his bride, and she was taken to the dark realms. Her mother Demeter was in despair at her disappearance and searched the world for her missing daughter with Hekate as companion. Upon discovering her whereabouts and Zeus part in her rape, Demeter refused to let the crops grow until her daughter was returned to her. Zeus consented, but as Persephone had tasted the food of Hades - a handful of pomegranate seeds - she was forced to forever spend a part of the year with her husband in the underworld.
Poseidon/Neptune
Poseidon, brother of Zeus, embodies all that is great and terrible in the Sea. He brings forth life, and takes it away. He can protect those at sea, or destroy them. Poseidon was the master of lakes, rivers and streams. He had the power to shake the Earth at will, splitting mountains and rolling them into the sea to create Islands. His rage was expressed in the great storms of the seas. Anyone taking a journey over water would do well to honor Poseidon ahead of time.

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