[영어독해]mosaic 2. The story of Demeter and Persephone

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The story of Demeter and Persephone tells us something useful about suffering and reflection, and offers a comfortingly partial version of forgiveness. you will probably remember that the goddess Persephone was young, free -spirited, beautiful and naive. This is a dangerous combination for a woman. It made Persephone vulnerable, and it made Demeter, her mother, afraid.


Persephone adored her mother, but she also wanted to be loved by man. In fact, what she longed for most to be swept off her feet into the realm of the "other" ; to trade the familiar ground of her own reality for the excitement of the unknown. The sweeping in her case was done by Hades (who was also known as Pluto, Lord of Riches). He was powerful, rich, clever, decisive. An ideal husband, you might think. The only problem was, the territory where he ruled was the underworld, the world of the dead, a place we might also think of as hell. Some families might find this acceptable, or might anyway be willing to overlook the ugly details of how his money was made and his power secured because there was so much money, and there was so much power.


This was not true of Demeter. She was a formidable goddess in her own right. Without her attention and blessing winter could not come to an end, and the sun could not warm the earth. Without sunlight and warmed earth, no
데메테르와 페르세포네의 이야기는 우리에게 고통과 반성에 관한 유용한 무언가를 말해주고, 우리에게 위안을 주는 불완전한 형태의 용서(관대함)를 제공한다. 당신은 아마도 여신 페르세포네가 젊고, 자유뷴방한 영혼을 가졌고, 아름답고, 순진했다는 것을 기억할 것이다. 이건은 여자에겐 위험한 조합이다. 그것은 페르세포네를 상처받기 쉽게 만들었고 그녀의 어머니인 데메테르로 하여금 걱정스럽게 하였다.

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