Up on Mount Olympus, Demeter heard her daughter’s terror-filled cries. She hurried to the area where the girls had been playing. Persephone’s friends had been frightened when their friend failed to return, but no one could tell where she had gone. Distraught, Demeter roamed the earth for nine days and nine nights, searching in vain for her beloved daughter.
On the tenth day, Demeter met Hecate, a goddess who lived in a cave near the spot where Persephone and her friends had been playing. Hecate had indeed heard Persephone’s