Ceres  Roman goddess of corn
 
The Roman goddess of corn. Ceres was also mother-goddess as well as the goddess of fertility. Ceres was indistinguishable from Demeter, her Greek counterpart.

Ceres was the mother of Proserpina (Greek Persephone) by Jupiter (Zeus). Ovid wrote the Roman version of her daughter abduction by Pluto (Hades). She was the consort of Liber.

The Ceralia, her festival, was held on April 19.