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Persephone is the maiden Greek Goddess, along with her mother Demeter and the crone Goddess Hecate, they make up the Greek triple Goddess of maiden/mother/crone. Her name means seed or sprout. She is the Goddess of the dark, where new seeds germinate and begin the new growth.

When Persephone was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Demeter, the source of all growth and life, withdrew her powers from the earth during her time of grief. This action brought on winter and no plants or grains could grow. Because Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades, she was condemned to spending half of the year in the underworld and half of the year upon the earth with Demeter. When Persephone is in the underworld, there is winter, when she is on the earth there is spring and summer.