The Greek myths are allegorical, and I bet the smart ancients knew better than to take them literally.

Bereaving her friend’s kidnap, Cyane melted into a pool of tears and formed the river Cyane at the spot. the pomegranate had worked on Persephone’s heart. Sure, maybe he didn’t physically rape her, but he did kidnap her and force her to marry him, and that is /not/ okay to glorify or romanticize. Hades kidnapped Persephone. You will have to go back soon” said Demiter. “No” said Persephone.

From this came the vigorous galloping sounds of multiple horses and such sudden happenings only froze the frail beauty to her feet. The World is rich in myths, folktales and legends.For example almost every town, city and village in Britain has its own special story, be it a Celtic legend, Dark … The warm months of spring and summer must yield to the cold and violence of winter, so perhaps the use of the word rape is unfortunate. The greedy goddess of love who had everybody’s heart at her fingertips in all three worlds but one, that of Hades. This carefully explains the change of seasons. But, nevertheless, she was a captive.

“He carried my heart away”, ” She stole my heart.” etc. Helped a lot! It would be reckless from our side to miss the resemblance of Hade’s fruit trick with Anu’s deceit of Adapa. As with all the other gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon, there are several myths and legends, in which Demeter plays a vital role. Her mother, Demeter weeps for her absence for winter. He took her away from Demeter her Mother. Persephone, once just the young virgin daughter of Demeter and Zeus, and the goddess of vegetation is now the queen of the underground as well.

Greek Legends and Myths : THE GOD HADES IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. As she bent to pick the flowers, the earth gaped under her feet and Hades’ cold grey fingers came out pulling her in. And this includes the myth of Hades and Persephone. She spends six months of the year underground along her husband, Hades. Actually, Hell is the place of eternal damnation, and Hades is the God of the Underworld.

Overall I love the concept of this story. Welcome to Myths and Legends. It drained her energies as the narcissus only came out after a lot of pulling. Hades is not evil!!! There they lived eternally as a “shade” (soul?). She searched mount Olympus. this information has been helpful.

Persephone did not require Hades to achieve womanhood. But she was allowed to spend the remaining two-thirds of the year with her Earth Mother, Demeter.

The term “etiological” or “origin” myth refers to those stories which introduce a “why” as well as a “how” something beyond our understanding works. !” Persephone says. But as they wilt and die, flowers represent fragility and the swift passage from life into death.

I wanted the info for a poem that I am writing. Demeter rushed back to where she had left her daughter and found only the Cyane river there with the other nymphs weeping. Demiter noticed that Persephone had quite red lips.

i think ‘bringer of destruction’ maybe?? 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.

You see the meadow? You see the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of growth? Thanks for the information! Suddenly Hades used magic and made a big hole at the water. Demeter, heard something bad had happened to her daughter. Nobody could tell her anything at all and furious that they couldn’t protect her child, she cursed all the nymphs into becoming heinous women with plumed bodies and scaly feet, called the sirens.

This was hardly the behavior of a “rapist” but more like a loving male partner. But simply state the FACT that this story was written in a society(ies) where war, rape, abduction and forced marriages were common place, so it stands to reason that a story with a metaphorical theme of eternal death (winter) and rebirth (spring) will be soaked in what was the norm then…. For spring and summer,her mom rejoices. It is not for a man to decide when or how, or even /if/ a woman reaches maturity, it’s the woman’s.

He just does his job.

So she called her son, Eros, over and said, “Look there, on the earth. Maybe even more gods have beguiled mortals and other deities.

The sculpture of Hades at the Heraklion Archeological museum. One is, though, for sure. thank you from me as well!

So she called her name. Other than that, I am very interested in this article. Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is known as the goddess of life and death. empty bodies, metal scrap, children and laminae. Hades says “I took you down to the underworld because I wanted to have a living girl to be my bride”. M.Poulos In the Greek myth book that I’m reading it says that Hades is the lord of the dead, Thanatos was the god of death, but Hades was the lord of the underworld. As I recall. Demiter noticed that Persephone had quite red lips. They are metaphorical. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of nature. There are so many different versions of greek mythology so lets just agree to disagree. Persephone, on the other hand, was treated well by the God of the underground, Hades. You are right about a woman’s choice, but remember how long ago the myth of Hades and Persephony was written! “Why no one really likes it when he comes of parties”. But Hades had already pulled a trick of his own. i agree with monte.

I really appreciate it.

The daughter of Demeter, the goddess of harvest and grain, she as well was the goddess of vegetation. Winter must also yield to spring and summer eventually. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a6c589ceb399739e89f2b9478c2846d5" );document.getElementById("bd35552ece").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The flower Narcissus was planted there by Gaia, who was following the orders of Zeus. If the story was written now it would be different I hope, like you say it should be the woman’s choice. “Because you will have to go back to the underworld three months every year. But, in time, Persephone did fall in love with Hades and appreciate the separation from her suffocating mother. Hades is the god of the earth (lowercase ‘e’) and everything in it, which include minerals, gems, the Underworld, and everything in between. This story is about the sexual maturation of the young female, moving into erotic relationship with men despite the perfectionistic demands of the man-hating matriarchy. Hades consulted with Zeus and they both decided to allow Persephone to live on earth for six months each year, while the rest of the time she would be on his side in the Underworld.