| “ | Don't fool with Mother Nature. | „ |
| ~ A proverb, displaying Demeter's wrath. |
Demeter, known as Ceres to the Romans, is the Greek goddess of the harvest, fertility, and the earth. A deeply devoted mother, this love for her daughter drives her to neglect her duties when Hades takes Persephone to the Underworld and causes her to start a worldwide famine.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Heinous?[]
- When Persephone was taken, Demeter, in grief at her loss, stops growing plants, leading to death and decay around the planet, people slowly starving to death.
- Demeter, upon being demanded to grow plants again to prevent the extinction of life on Earth, refuses until her daughter is returned to her.
- When she does get her daughter back for two-thirds of the year, while she does bring spring, she follows it up bringing winter when her daughter leaves, doing this every single year, in spite of the heavy toll on human life it takes.
- She proves herself rather wrathful outside of that. For killing a beloved dryad of hers, she had King Erysichthon cursed with eternal hunger by Limos, leading to him selling his own daughter into slavery several times over in order to afford more food, and ultimately climaxing with him eating himself. While Erysichthon was an asshole victim, it did harm others along the way, including his daughter, and is horrifically brutal and twisted.
- While Greek mythology's heinous standards are high, starving the entire world once a year is a uniquely vile crime that nobody else has.
What Makes Her Inconsistent?[]
- Ultimately, her worst acts aren't performed out of desire to be villainous, but more being a heroic extremist. She's driven by a desire to protect others, which leads her to causing many pain along the way.
- She deeply loves her daughter, Persephone, with many of her actions being driven by a desire to save and protect her, and many of her worst crimes are driven by grief of being away from her.
- She cares for her nymphs and dryads, as evidenced by her fury at Erysichthon killing one.
- She's a hero more often than not, and one of the more peaceful Greek gods, in spite of her rather severe crimes.
- She's honorable, willing to grow life again when her daughter is returned to her, and agrees to have her stay with her for two-thirds of the year.
Trivia[]
- She's so far the oldest Inconsistently Heinous in all of media, as well as the only one from mythology.
- She's also the oldest non-villainous Inconsistently Heinous.
- She's so far the only Inconsistently Heinous from Classical Mythology.
External Links[]
- Demeter on the Heroes Wiki