Who was the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter?
1108 Demeter minor planet was named from Greek mythology after Demeter, the goddess of fruitful soil and agriculture. The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 (). Demeter is the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Ceres. When main-belt asteroid and dwarf planet 1 Ceres was named, the Greeks called it "Demeter" effectively translating the name into Greek, rather than using the Latin "Ceres" or the original Italian "Cerere". However, this created a problem when asteroid "Demeter" was named. The Greeks resolved this by using the classical form of the name, Δημήτηρ
Demeter myth of an eponymous Mysius who venerated Demeter. Demeter In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: "Dēmḗtēr", ; Doric: "Dāmā́tēr") is the goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (), "she of the Grain", as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros (, "thesmos": divine order, unwritten law; , "phoros": bringer, bearer), "Law-Bringer", as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society. Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the