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The older I get the more I like Demeter. I used to think it was incredibly ugly, because I wanted all goddesses to have airy-fairy names. But Demeter is such a calm, collected, solid name that I didn't appreciate its beauty until I grew up a bit. I love the way it reminds me a gently undulating golden field, the way my eyes travel over the letters. It does have such a lovely burnished tone to it, like gold in dying firelight. It's the colour of the gloaming. I don't even mind that there are two different pronunciations for it; I like both.