Meanwhile all the fruits of the earth ceased, and a general famine threatened to extinguish the human race. […] Demeter swore that she would neither return nor allow the fruits of the earth to grow until her daughter was restored to her. […] Swine were sacrificed because they injure the fruits of the earth. […] It is he that causes the fruits to ripen; he also dispenses to mankind the blessings of civilization. […] This new earth will produce its fruits without labor or care, perpetual spring will reign, and sin and misery will be unknown.