“Her return to the underworld in winter, conversely, saw the dying down of plants and the halting of growth.” Persephone is a Greek Goddess of spring, and the queen of the underworld. She was abducted by her future husband and raped. She was taken to the underworld and was fed 6 pomegranate seeds, even though she was told never to eat food from the underworld. Eating food from the underworld is a dangerous thing, unfortunately that is exactly what Persephone did. In some versions of the myths Persephone ate the seeds because she loved her husband and wanted to see him. In others she just ate the seeds because she was starving. However, her mother was Demeter the Goddess of spring so she could control the weather. Considering she could control