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Proserpina (Proserpina)

Proserpina is the daughter of Ceres. Pluto took her to the Underworld to be his queen. Ceres grieved, and the fields would not grow. A bargain lets Proserpina spend part of the year above the earth and part below, and the growing season and the cold season follow her coming and going.

Grades 5–8. Myth.

How it connects

The Ceres card names this daughter. The story here is why the year has a cold time and a growing time.

Latin words that go with this card: dea, terra.

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