Greek Legends and Myths : THE GOD HADES IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. But when I read the story of demeter from the same website it was different so im confused. As Zeus had already promised him one of his daughters, he agrees to Hades marrying Persephone. The Greek myths are allegorical, and I bet the smart ancients knew better than to take them literally. As Persephone engaged in play and with the rest of the group, her attention fell upon the potently fragrant valley nearby and she couldn’t take her eyes of the yellow flower narcissus. Before leaving the underworld, Persephone had been persuaded to eat four seeds of a pomegranate.
A mistake to be so linear. Hades isn’t even supposedly that evil, as far as I know -he drew straws and ended up with the Underworld. Worried as she was, she asked all as to the whereabouts of her beloved daughter. She in time welcomed this arrangement as a mature woman does the presence of a strong man in her life. Demiter noticed that Persephone had quite red lips.
The myth of Hades and Persephone is associated with the coming of Spring and Winter: When Persephone comes to the Earth, it’s springtime. He just does his job. 59-Greek Myths: The Violence of Our Ancestors. Because both Hades and Zeus grabbed the sky and earth respectively, they’re power never diminished. All comments are displayed anonymously. Hades says “I took you down to the underworld because I wanted to have a living girl to be my bride”. “Because you will have to go back to the underworld three months every year. No doubt the “fundamentalists” would have disagreed, just as benighted Christians do today. It was not a punishment and in fact was not a bad place as Persephone found out in time which is the reason she stayed there every year during the winter and with her mother in the summer. Everything is born under the sky and everything gets put back into the ground, so their respective kingdoms continue to grow. The daughter of Demeter, the goddess of harvest and grain, she as well was the goddess of vegetation. You see Hades, under her, beneath the earth? We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. He also probably knew that she wouldn’t give him the slightest chance knowing she was a Goddess of life and he was, technically, a God of death. But she was allowed to spend the remaining two-thirds of the year with her Earth Mother, Demeter. Let’s not forget that Hades also contains Elysium, the Elysian Fields. The myth of Hades and Persephone is one more myth of love and abduction in the Greek mythology. “Why no one really likes it when he comes of parties”. It drained her energies as the narcissus only came out after a lot of pulling. Hence a compromise was announced by Zeus, the leader of the Gods, that Persephone would spend the summer with her Mother and the winter with her husband as the Queen of Hades. Well, maybe Eris was. From this came the vigorous galloping sounds of multiple horses and such sudden happenings only froze the frail beauty to her feet. One is, though, for sure. thank you from me as well! She spends six months of the year underground along her husband, Hades. Persephone eats the seeds, then Persephone goes back to see her mother, Demiter. Home / Tag: Persephone. Suddenly Hades used magic and made a big hole at the water. https://www.shmoop.com/persephone-demeter-hades/summary.html, http://classictales.educ.cam.ac.uk/stories/metamorphoses/demeterandpersephone/transcriptdemeterandpersephone.pdf, http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HaidesPersephone1.html, https://lyricstranslate.com/en/o-efialtis-tis-persefonis-ο-εφιαλτησ-τησ-περσεφωνησ-nightmare-pe.html. This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. The nymph held tightly. i think ‘bringer of destruction’ maybe?? !” Persephone says. “Imagine a world where nothing grows. But, in time, Persephone did fall in love with Hades and appreciate the separation from her suffocating mother. Actually, Hades was the Lord of the underworld and God of death and riches. The goal was to enchant Persephone and attract her, away from her guides. I dislike the fact that everyone shadows Hades over the true god of death, Thanatos. As the girl (Persephone) played with her companions, they caused the ground to split underneath her. Actually Persephone stayed, because Hades tricked her into eating 3 Pomegranate seeds. They fell down in to the underworld. These were foods that belonged to the underworld. i am also in the process of putting together a project for school. The myth says that in one of the rare times he left the Underworld, he traveled above ground to pursue her, while she was gathering flowers in a field. So she grasped it all at once. Persephone’s hand slipped out of the nymph’s grip. “Why are you crying mother?” said Persephone.
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