In many countries May 1st is Labor Day, but in Greece it is so much more! The month of Μάιος (May) owes its name to Maia, a nymph associated with fertility and the earth, but it is also dedicated to the goddess of agriculture Dimitra and her daughter Persephone, who emerges from Hades and comes to earth to restore life . In May we celebrate the victory of life over death and of summer over winter, a bit as if May had the magical property of making everything new.