Hades: God of Death
In the ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Hades is the god of death and wealth. He is the eldest son of Cronus, ruler of the titans. Hades is also known as Plouton and “The Unseen One”. Hades is an eerie and dismaying god. He is the king of the Underworld and is not thought of as the friendliest of the gods. Hades is not terribly concerned about the wellbeing of people other than those closest to him, such as his siblings, wife, and children. Although many people would like to remove Hades from existence, he actually plays a vital role in both Mythology and the explanation of the existence of the universe.
After Cronus, Hades’ father, received a prophecy that he would someday be overthrown by one of his children, he attempted to eat all of his offspring. However, Rhea, mother of Hades, managed to hide Zeus, her youngest son, in a cave and save him from being swallowed by his father. Zeus was later able to retrieve his siblings by causing his father to regurgitate them. Together, him and two of his brothers
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It was on one of these journeys that he met and fell in love with the love of his life, Persephone. She later became his wife and the queen of the Underworld. Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Hades abducted Persephone, taking her back to the Underworld to make her his queen. Demeter went into mourning causing the crops and harvest to fail. Also, creating winter. Hades and Demeter worked out a deal where Persephone would have to stay with Hades during the winter, Demeter’s mourning stages. She would be released back to Earth in the spring. Her return each year brought a good harvest to the people on Earth. This myth is intended to give the mortals a reasoning behind the rough years on the people of Earth’s crop growing and a reasoning behind the different seasons. They have two children, Melinoe, and