tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post4127645372492218271..comments2023-07-26T08:12:40.144-04:00Comments on Flatbush Gardener: Happy Vernal EquinoxChris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-66463442231739997332007-03-21T11:06:00.000-04:002007-03-21T11:06:00.000-04:00Hehehe ... Nothing to do with abduction, hostage-t...Hehehe ... Nothing to do with abduction, hostage-taking, ransom ...<BR/><BR/>I think the association of Hades with "evil" is not how it was originally conceived. That's a Judeo-Christian "innovation." We could always blame the pomegranate.<BR/><BR/>The way I keep the story in my mind, Winter doesn't occur because Hades is evil/dark/etc. Persephone was not the keeper of the earth. The <I>earth</I> didn't miss her, Demeter did. Demeter grieved for her loss, and neglected her gardening duties, and that's why Winter occurs. Demeter rejoices at the return of Persephone, which restores her interest in the world, and that's when we get Spring.<BR/><BR/>It's another "Grief & Gardening" connection.Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-4105777053750160222007-03-21T10:48:00.000-04:002007-03-21T10:48:00.000-04:00Upon further consideration... maybe it's the corre...Upon further consideration... maybe it's the correlation between late fall/winter/early spring and evil/Hades/badness that bothers me?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-38477272442020211202007-03-21T10:47:00.000-04:002007-03-21T10:47:00.000-04:00As a gardener, you would think that I would apprec...As a gardener, you would think that I would appreciate the whole myth of Persephone and Demeter... but it just completely irks me somehow. This is neither here nor there, I know, just something I wanted to get off my chest. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.com