PERSEPHONE: Goddess of the underworld
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Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology.She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter,goddess of the harvest.Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her ,even Hades wanted her for himself.One day,when she was collecting flowers on the plain of Enna,the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her.None but Zeus,the all-seeing sun,Helios,had noticed it.
Broken-hearted ,Demeter wandered the earth,looking for her daughter until Helios revealed what happened .Demeter was so angry that she withdrew herself in loneliness,and the earth ceased to be fertile.Knowing this could not continue much longer,Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to make him release Persephone .Hades had grudgingly agreed, but before she went back he gave her pomegranate seeds to eat.When she later ate it ,it bound her to the underworld forever and she had to stay one -third of the year with Hades.On the other months she stayed with her mother.
When Persephone was with Hades ,Demeter refused to let anything grow and winter began .This myth is a symbol of the budding of dying and nature .
Broken-hearted ,Demeter wandered the earth,looking for her daughter until Helios revealed what happened .Demeter was so angry that she withdrew herself in loneliness,and the earth ceased to be fertile.Knowing this could not continue much longer,Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to make him release Persephone .Hades had grudgingly agreed, but before she went back he gave her pomegranate seeds to eat.When she later ate it ,it bound her to the underworld forever and she had to stay one -third of the year with Hades.On the other months she stayed with her mother.
When Persephone was with Hades ,Demeter refused to let anything grow and winter began .This myth is a symbol of the budding of dying and nature .