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Why did Zeus finally agreed to have Hermes bring Persephone back to her mother?
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Persephone went into mourning after Persephone was kidnapped, and threatened that she would not let any crops grow until her daughter was returned to her. For a whole year, she kept the world from bearing food, particularly grain. A famine soon struck and Zeus, afraid that she would destroy humanity, sent Hermes to tell Hades to release Persephone.
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What is the main idea of the myth Demeter and Persephone?
that the love of a mother, Demeter, for her daughter, Persephone, is unbreakable.
Who did Persephone hang out with?
She usually spent time with her husband Hades, or her mother Demeter.
How was Persephone feeling when she lived on earth?
Very happy to be with her mother and see the earth fruitful.
What was the relationship between Persephone and Melinoe?
Melione is the daughter of Persephone and Zeus/Hades, presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead. She wandered the earth at night with a retinue of ghosts, striking fear into the hearts of mankind. She is then further filling a function of her mother, Persephone.
What is the moral of Persephone?
There is no moral, it is the ancient reasoning behind the seasons of spring/summer and winter. Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She is 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, and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed it. Broken-hearted, Demeter wandered the earth, looking for her daughter until Helios revealed what had 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 grudgingly agreed, but before she went back he gave Persephone a pomegranate (or the seeds of a pomegranate, according to some sources). When she later ate of it, it bound her to underworld forever and she had to stay there one-third of the year. The other months she stayed with her mother. When Persephone was in Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow and winter began. This myth is a symbol of the budding and dying of nature.
Where do the goddess Persephone live?
Persephone lived on Olympus before Hades abducted her and took her to his Underworld Kingdom. When her mother Demeter appealed for her daughter to be returned, Zeus took pity on her and ordered Hermes to bring her back to Olympus for half of the year, every year. Read more about this story in "Hermes the Olympian"
What is the story of Persephone and hades?
Hades abducted Persephone, Demeter her mother went in search of her and her duties were neglected and humans started to starve, then Demeter learned where Persephone was and demanded her daughter back and Zeus agreed so long as Persephone had not eaten or drank anything while in the Underworld, but she had; so Persephone spends half the year above the earth with her mother and half below with Hades her husband.
Who is Persephone's mother married?
Persephone's mother Demeter is not married.
Who is the father and mother of Persephone?
Persephone's father is Zeus. Her mother is Demeter.
Who is the mom of Persephone?
Demeter is Persephone's mother.
Who was Hermes' mother?
Maia was his motherMaia
Which god is the mother of Persephone?
The Greek goddess Demeter is Persephone's mother, or Styx is.
How did Demeter save Persephone?
It isn't really Demeter who saves Persephone, but Zeus. After Persephone is abducted by Hades, Demeter (the goddess of the harvest, and mother of Persephone), begins to neglect her duties. Humans begin to go hungry, so Zeus sends Hermes to the underworld, to talk to Hades. (Hades gives Persephone back, but she has eaten in the underworld and must return for a period each year. This myth explains the winter.)
Did Demeter save Persephone?
It isn't really Demeter who saves Persephone, but Zeus. After Persephone is abducted by Hades, Demeter (the goddess of the harvest, and mother of Persephone), begins to neglect her duties. Humans begin to go hungry, so Zeus sends Hermes to the underworld, to talk to Hades. (Hades gives Persephone back, but she has eaten in the underworld and must return for a period each year. This myth explains the winter.)
Who were Persephone's allies?
Persephone's allies included her mother Demeter, who was a powerful goddess of agriculture and fertility, as well as her husband Hades, the god of the underworld. Additionally, Persephone was often associated with other deities such as Hermes, who facilitated communications between the underworld and the upper world.
How is Persephone associated with pomegranates?
when Persephone was captured by hades( god of the underworld), her mother weeps for her none stop. So she asked Zeus to get Persephone back for her, so Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld to retrieve Persephone. When he told Hades about Zeus's order, Hades then said to take her, but before she left he gave her a pomegranate to eat. He ended up tricking her because for the number of seed she ate she would stay in the underworld with Hades for that number of months and the rest of the months she would go back to her mother. That is why when Persephone is in the underworld, her mother weeps and nothing grows, but when she comes to her mother at home her mother is happy and everything is bountiful and grows. Just like winter and summer.
Who are the Greek god Hermes's allies?
Hermes' allies are really all of the other Olympians except Hera, who was jealous of any offspring born from Zeus' union with his many mistresses. His popularity with everyone was mainly because he helped them find things out, gave them information about what was going on and because he always seemed to be in service to others. Hades must have been annoyed with Hermes because Hermes stole the Helmet of Invisibility from him and took Persephone away to Olympus every year. Don't you think that Persephone and her mother Demeter might have appreciated this?
