Metaneira

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Metaneira is a figure in Greek mythology, the wife of King Celeus of Eleusis, known for receiving the goddess Demeter into her household during Demeter’s search for Persephone.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metaneira canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological queen ⓘ
appearsIn Homeric Hymn to Demeter ⓘ
linked to: Hymn to Demeter
associatedWith Demeter ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
child Callidice ⓘ
Callithoe ⓘ
Cleisidice ⓘ
Demo ⓘ
Demophon ⓘ
Triptolemus ⓘ
consequence Demeter revealed her divine identity ⓘ
culture Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
family house of Celeus ⓘ
genre mythological narrative ⓘ
hasTheme hospitality to gods in disguise ⓘ
mortality and immortality ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
languageOfSources Ancient Greek ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
narrativeEvent entrusted her son Demophon to Demeter's care ⓘ
interrupted Demeter's attempt to make Demophon immortal by fire ⓘ
welcomed Demeter disguised as an old woman ⓘ
relatedLocation Attica ⓘ
residence Eleusis ⓘ
roleInMyth host of Demeter during Demeter's search for Persephone ⓘ
spouse Celeus ⓘ
title Queen of Eleusis ⓘ
worshipPlace Eleusis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hymn to Demeter → mainCharacter → Metaneira ⓘ
Keleos → spouse → Metaneira ⓘ
House of Keleos → residenceOf → Metaneira ⓘ
subject linked to: house of Keleos
House of Keleos → associatedFigure → Metaneira ⓘ
subject linked to: house of Keleos
Triptolemus → parent → Metaneira ⓘ