The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.
O mito do seu secuestro amosa a súa función como personificación da vexetación que aparece na primavera e desaparece despois da colleita; polo tanto, tamén se asocia coa primavera e a fertilidade da terra.