~ CERE  id+ | SOFT AS WAX |       see> CERA
^u      id+ | CERUMEN CEREBRUM |
     lat    CERA     WAX
     gr     KHEROS   BEESWAX      see> HONEY
     med>   CERUMEN  WAX FROM THE EAR CANAL
     sp     CEREBRO  BRAIN
     biol>  CERION   genus of SNAILS
            CEREUS            CACTI
      sp    CIRUELA  PLUM
      eng SINCERE implies MENDED WITH WAX
          hx> CRACKED MARBLE WAS MENDED WITH WAX
~ CEREAL  lat CEREALIS from
              myth> CERE or CERES THE GODDESS OF CEREALS
~ CEREBELLUM  diminutive for CEREBRUM
              note CEREBRUM AND CEREBELLUM ARE AMONG THE
                   SOFTEST ORGANS OF THE ORGANISM
     EVEN SOFTER THAN WAX or CERA      see> HONEY
     biol> THE BRAIN IS WAX LIKE IN CONSISTENCY
     med> BRAIN LIKE ORGAN IN THE POSTERIOR AND
          LOWER CRANIAL CAVITY CONCERNED WITH
              MOTION AND BALANCE
~ CEREBRAL    CONCERNING THE BRAIN from
              lat CEREBRUM = BRAIN
~ CEREBRO~    prefix for BRAIN
              sp CEREBRO = BRAIN
~ CEREBRUM    lat = BRAIN     see> MIND
              med> IT IS ESTIMATED THAT
     THERE ARE 100 TRILLION
     BRAIN NEURONAL CONNECTIONS or MORE THAN THE
     NUMBER OF GALAXIES IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE  IT IS
     ESTIMATED THAT EACH NEURON IS CONNECTED TO 15000
     OTHER NEURONS  THESE CONNECTIONS ARE TRIGGERED
     BY EARLY SENSATIONS TO WHICH AN INFANT IS EXPOSED
     THE " MOZART EFFECT " DENOTES THE POORLY UNDERSTOOD
     PHENOMENON OF HEIGHTENED SPATIAL REASONING OF CHILDREN
              EXPOSED TO CLASSIC MUSIC
~ CEREMONY    RITE  RITUAL  FESTIVAL  CELEBRATION  LITURGY
              perhaps coincidental
     lat   CERE  relates to HONEY and WAX IN CANDLES
           CERES            PEACE and FLOWERS
     hx>   CAERE            SITE NEAR ROME WHERE
                            RITES TOOK PLACE
     gr    KHEROS           BEESWAX
           KHORA            MAIDEN  YOUTH
         myth> CORA is an EPITHET for PERSEPHONE
~ CERES  akin to see> ISIS
^u       main entry is see> DEMETER
  KERES    note her daughter was
  KORA and both have to do with
  CORN and GRAINS
  KORA     in ukr CRUST note
  KERNEL
  SEED
  CEREAL
  id+ | GODDESS OF GROWTH |
  id+ | GODDESS OF FERTILITY |
  id+ | GODDESS OF ABUNDANCE and PEACE |
  ply> | CEREAL and CERES deserves CEREMONIES |
  CERES is also known as
  DEMETER         in Greece she stood for AGRICULTURE or
  CIBELES         or
  CYBELE          her PHRYGIAN NAME as GROWTH Goddess or
  RHEA            or FLOW
                  from RHEA FLOWS FERTILITY  as in sp
  RIO             or
  RIVER           as the FERTILIZING RIVER NILE and
  RHEOLOGY        or the study of FLUID DYNAMICS or
  VESTA           which reminds of GROWTH by INVEST or also
  HESTIA          the ROMAN GODDESS OF THE HEARTH and HOME
                  ROMANS also called her
  TERRA           or
  TELUS           IN HONOR OF THE EARTH
  MAGNA MATER     GREAT MOTHER
  MATER DEI       MOTHER OF GODS
  BONA DEA        GOOD MOTHER which in EGYPT WAS
  OPS or OPIS     perhaps to do with
  OPUS            or CREATION and CREATIVITY
  TURRITA         like see> CYBELE she is depicted with
                  A TOWER LIKE HEAD DRESS
  hx> HER HISTORY IS OBSCURE
  myth> main entry is see> DEMETER
        related to see> CYBELE
  The FATES decreed that
  "CERES AND HUNGER MAY NEVER MEET"
  CERES is often linked with
  THE FURIES
  HARVEST
  GRAIN
  FRUIT
  FLOWERS
  GRASSES
  HER ATTRIBUTE IS THE CORNUCOPIA
  see> CORN
  see> HORN
  myth> see> DEMETER
        in Rome FESTIVALS by
  PLEBEIANS held GAMES called
  CERALIA in homor of
  CERES and her daughter see> PROSERPINA
  lit+ " CERES FIRST TURNED THE EARTH
         WITH THE CURVED PLOUGH
  SHE FIRST GAVE CORN AND CROPS
  TO BLESS THE LAND SHE GAVE LAWS
  ALL THINGS ARE CERES' GIFT ... " OVID [#]
  in Metamorphoses [13] v 340
  art> Peter RUBENS [#] 1577-1640
       WAS A HIGHLY EDUCATED ARTIST AND DIPLOMAT
  IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE
  HE PAINTED " PEACE AND WAR "
  AS A GIFT HE DELIVERED TO
  KING CHARLES I OF ENGLAND
  now in the NATIONAL GALLERY in LONDON
  THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS CERES or
  GODDESS OF THE EARTH
  SHARING HER RICHES or BOUNTY
  SHE SUCKLES PLUTUS or GOD OF WEALTH
  ADJOINING ARE OTHER SYMBOLS
  MINERVA      or WISDOM
  MARS         or WAR and
  ALECTO       or FURY
  CHILDREN     or THE FRUIT OF MARRIAGE are led to a
  CORNUCOPIA   or ABUNDANCE held by
  BACCHUS      or ONE OF THE FERTILITY GODS helped by
  MAENAD       or FEMALE FOLLOWERS OR PRIESTESSES OF BACCHUS
  PUTTO        or ANGEL holding an
  OLIVE WREATH or SYMBOL OF PEACE and a
  CADUCEUS     or THE EMBLEM OF GODS GIVEN TO MERCURY
  astr> CERES IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE ASTEROIDS
        REVOLVING BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER NOTED IN 1801
  biol> some soft mollusks are named CEREAL
  see> PROSERPINA  see> PERSEPHONE  see> DEMETER  see> RHEA

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