This made Demeter angry, however, Zeus had made a compromise before where it was decided that Persephone will remain in the underworld for only one season of the year and come back during spring.Later Persephone learned that eating anything from the underworld would bind her fate with Hades and the underworld.When Hades heard the message from Hermes, he allowed Persephone to go back to her mother but not without forcing her to eat pomegranate seeds.Seeing Demeter in distress and the lands grow barren, Zeus decided to send his son, Hermes, to bring Persephone back from the underworld.Many gods came to request Demeter to take her curse back but Demeter refused to yield until she met her daughter again.Demeter, the goddess of food also presided over the sacred law and the cycle of life and death, therefore, when she learned about the abduction of her daughter, she cast a curse on earth and a great famine took over the lands.Zeus knew that Demeter would never agree to the union of her daughter and the king of the underworld, hence Zeus allowed Hades to take Persephone to the underworld against her will.Hades had madly fallen in love with Persephone and desired her hand in marriage. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus, the chief of gods, and Demeter, the goddess of food and harvest.Hades was the only deity in Greek Mythology who is said to have never resided on Mount Olympus. Hades did not feel satisfied by what he had received but since he had little choice, he moved to his new realm.Zeus ruled the skies, Poseidon ruled the sea and the solid land, whereas Hades received the underworld. The three brothers divided the realms of their father’s leadership after the victory.The conflict lasted for 10 years but ultimately the younger gods had defeated the older gods and confined them to Tartarus.Afterward with the help of Cyclops and Hecatonchires, Zeus and his siblings fought the War of the Titans.First the stone was gorged out and then his five siblings. When Zeus grew up, he gave an emetic to his father and forced him to pour out the 5 children from his stomach in reverse order.He was hidden in a cave with dancers who clapped loudly whenever the baby cried. However, Rhea had given Cronus a rock bundled in clothes in place of Zeus.To prevent this prophecy from coming true Cronus decided to eat all of his children. A prophecy revealed to Cronus that his own sons will defeat him as he had done with his father.Hades had three sisters and two brothers and all of them had been swallowed whole by Cronus as soon as they were born.He was one of 6 children of Rhea and Cronus. In Greek Mythology, Hades was worshipped as the deity of the underworld or home of the dead.Hades is depicted either with a scepter or with a cornucopia and was described by Homer and Hesiod as pitiless, loathsome, and monstrous.He simply protected his dominion and never let any inhabitant leave. However, Hades was not the god of death and neither was he one of the judges of the underworld.Hades had three children, namely, Macaria, Melinoe, and Zagreus, and is known as the best leader of the underworld.Demeter did not approve of the marriage of Hades and Persephone which is why Hades had to abduct Persephone and take her to the underworld. He was married to Persephone who was the daughter of Demeter, the deity of food and harvest.Later on, the Romans called him Pluto which is a pluralized form of Plouton. Hades is also referred to as the god of riches or wealth. Hades is often depicted with a dog possessing three heads called Cerberus.This shadowy place below the earth was also called Hades. The Ancient Greeks believed that once a person dies he leaves his physical body and the shadow of the dead person travels to the underworld in order to be judged.He is said to have possessed a helmet that could make him invisible. Hades means the unseen one and ruled over the dead who became inhabitants of the underworld.The province of Gaia was open to all three at the same time. While Hades received the underworld to rule, Poseidon ruled the sea and land and Zeus became the ruler of the sky. All three of them fought against Cronus and claimed authority over the cosmos. Hades had two brothers, Zeus and Poseidon.They were the descents of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth. Cronus was the leader of the first generation of Titans. He was the oldest male offspring of Rhea and Cronus.One of these deities was called Hades and he was said to be the lord of the dead and the king of the underworld. In Greek mythology and folklore, there are stories about various deities and mythical creatures.

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