Figuring Out That “Fertility Goddess” Crossword Bit
Alright, so picture this: me, my lukewarm coffee – because I always forget about it – and the daily crossword. Most days, it’s a nice little challenge. Some days, though, you get a clue like “Fertility goddess,” and your brain just goes… poof. Nothing. Or worse, too many things.
My first few stabs were useless, totally off the mark. Started thinking about all those Greek goddesses, you know? Aphrodite, Demeter… Demeter was close, with the harvest thing, but the word just didn’t feel right for the spot I was looking at, even before I had any letters. It’s a gut feeling sometimes with these things. Or maybe I was just having an off morning. Who knows.
Then my mind wandered over to Egypt. They were big on life symbols, right? Like that ankh thing, the key of life. Makes sense, fertility, life, it’s all connected. So, I thought, maybe Isis? She’s a major player. But the letters I did have from other clues just weren’t lining up for I-S-I-S. Waste of good brainpower, that was.
So I’m sitting there, staring. Thinking this crossword is out to get me today. Then I remembered something about the Romans. They basically copied the Greeks but changed the names, the lazy bums. But they had their own specific domains. Agriculture, grain, harvests… that’s peak fertility, isn’t it? And then it hit me. Ceres! That’s the one. Roman goddess of all that stuff. The motherly type, bringing forth the crops.
C-E-R-E-S. Five letters. Slotted it in. Bingo. Later clues confirmed it, which is always a relief. You ever get that feeling? Like you’ve wrestled a particularly slippery pig and finally got it in the pen. Yeah, that.
It’s not always about being a history buff. Sometimes it’s just about letting your brain chew on it, go down a few wrong paths, and then stumble onto the right dusty old fact you forgot you knew. Anyway, that was my little victory for the morning. Now, what was I doing before this… oh yeah, the rest of the crossword.
