Ceres - Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This sculpture is located in Tepic's Alameda Park. Although there is no information at the site about the title, date or artist, the statue has all the attributes associated with Ceres. A woman is depicted in a draping gown reminiscent of ancient sculptures. She carries a bundle of cut wheat.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"In ancient Roman religion, Ceres /'s??ri?z/ (Latin: Ceres ['k?re?s]) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres". Her seven-day April festival of Cerealia included the popular Ludi Ceriales (Ceres' games). She was also honoured in the May lustratio of the fields at the Ambarvalia festival, at harvest-time, and during Roman marriages and funeral rites.

Ceres is the only one of Rome's many agricultural deities to be listed among the Dii Consentes, Rome's equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology. The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, although Triptolemus was the god of farming whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 2000 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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Date Logged Log   12/26/2009 Metro2 visited it