Persephony, a story by Jason Medina with Meagan Morales portraying Persephony.
Persephony
This story follows the life of a rebellious seventeen-year-old girl from Yonkers, New York. After a series of events, she soon comes to the realization of how unhappy she is at home and can no longer deal with things. She decides to runaway from home and doesn’t look back.
Persephony embarks on a journey through adolescence, as she walks the long road of life. During this time, she will have her fair share of both good and bad experiences. Ultimately, she will learn the hard way that sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.
I began this story in 2010. I was inspired, while writing "The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer." The name just sort of popped into my head. I'm not quite sure why. I wanted to name the main character something unique. Maybe subconsciously that made me think about mythology. I knew I'd heard the name before, but I couldn't remember the story behind it. After some research, I realized there was no way I wanted to change the name. I had already grown to like it, so I kept it. I even threw in a reference to the mythical character towards the beginning of the story.
Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology. The Romans called her Proserpina. Her name means something close to "She who destroys the light." Persephone is the daughter of both Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her, even Hades wanted her for himself.
One day, while she was collecting flowers on the plains of Enna, the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her. None but Zeus , and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed the abduction.
The brokenhearted Demeter wandered the Earth, searching for her daughter, until Helios finally revealed what he had witnessed. Demeter became so angry that she withdrew herself into loneliness, and soon the earth ceased to be fertile.
Knowing this could not go on much longer, Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to force him to release Persephone. Hades grudgingly agreed, but before releasing her, he gave her a pomegranate (or possibly the seeds of a pomegranate, according to some sources).
When she later ate the fruit, she became bound to underworld forever. She had been tricked. From that day forth, she was forced to remain in the underworld for one-third of each year. During the other months, she was allowed to stay with her mother on Earth. Whenever Persephone was down in Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow and thus began the season of winter.
This myth is a symbol of the budding and dying of nature. In the Eleusinian Mysteries, this happening was celebrated in honor of Demeter and Persephone, who was known in this cult as Kore.
Persephony embarks on a journey through adolescence, as she walks the long road of life. During this time, she will have her fair share of both good and bad experiences. Ultimately, she will learn the hard way that sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.
I began this story in 2010. I was inspired, while writing "The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer." The name just sort of popped into my head. I'm not quite sure why. I wanted to name the main character something unique. Maybe subconsciously that made me think about mythology. I knew I'd heard the name before, but I couldn't remember the story behind it. After some research, I realized there was no way I wanted to change the name. I had already grown to like it, so I kept it. I even threw in a reference to the mythical character towards the beginning of the story.
Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology. The Romans called her Proserpina. Her name means something close to "She who destroys the light." Persephone is the daughter of both Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her, even Hades wanted her for himself.
One day, while she was collecting flowers on the plains of Enna, the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her. None but Zeus , and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed the abduction.
The brokenhearted Demeter wandered the Earth, searching for her daughter, until Helios finally revealed what he had witnessed. Demeter became so angry that she withdrew herself into loneliness, and soon the earth ceased to be fertile.
Knowing this could not go on much longer, Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to force him to release Persephone. Hades grudgingly agreed, but before releasing her, he gave her a pomegranate (or possibly the seeds of a pomegranate, according to some sources).
When she later ate the fruit, she became bound to underworld forever. She had been tricked. From that day forth, she was forced to remain in the underworld for one-third of each year. During the other months, she was allowed to stay with her mother on Earth. Whenever Persephone was down in Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow and thus began the season of winter.
This myth is a symbol of the budding and dying of nature. In the Eleusinian Mysteries, this happening was celebrated in honor of Demeter and Persephone, who was known in this cult as Kore.
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