Persephone

per-SEF-uh-nee'pur-SEF-uh-nee'4 syllables
🇬🇷Greek
Mysterious

MEANING

Bringer of destruction

ORIGIN

Greek mythology

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephonē), possibly from 'pertho' (to destroy) and 'phonos' (murder).

CULTURAL NOTES

Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the queen of the underworld. Her story is central to the myth of the changing seasons.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Persephone was worshipped in ancient Greece, especially in the Eleusinian Mysteries, where her abduction by Hades and subsequent return symbolized death and rebirth of nature.

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