harvest god
Crop abundance personified
A harvest god is a deity associated with agricultural abundance, the ripening of crops, and the gathering of food.
Most agricultural societies have developed such figures—Demeter in Greek religion, Ceres in Roman, various corn mothers and grain spirits across cultures.
These gods typically receive offerings and rituals around harvest time to ensure continued fertility and successful yields in coming seasons.
- CeresGoddess of crops and growth
- DemeterGreek agricultural deity
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- fertility riteCeremony promoting reproduction
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
wheat · corn dolly · cornucopia · scythe · reaping · abundance · offerings · autumn · equinox · sacrifice · threshing · sheaves · golden · fields · bounty · ritual · blood sacrifice · Dionysus
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, Ra, Apollo
- Canaanite mythologyBaal, cuneiform tablets, storm god, sea god, death god
- fertility worshipfertility cult, Demeter, Ceres, first fruits
- pastoral spiritssatyr, faun, nymph, dryad, Pan
- Sun godsRa, Helios, Apollo, Amaterasu, Sol Invictus
- Weekday LoreSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday