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No, but Persephone ate the pomegranate seeds, and was bound to the underworld for six months out of the year. Wiki on!!
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How does the location of the underworld affect Persephone Demeter and Hades?
Demeter mourns her daughters lose every year, and winter comes to the earth. Persephone must go between the realm of Hades and the earth every year. Hades either must await Persephone or is with her.
What was some of minor god Persephone's uniqueness?
She was the Greek's explanation for seasons. She was taken by Hades to his realm of the underworld, and Hades tried enticing her to become his wife. However, her mother, Demeter, asked Zeus to intervene. Zeus agreed to command Hades to return Persephone; on the condition that she had eaten nothing of the Underworld. Demeter received her daughter back, only to find that Persephone had eaten Pomogranite seeds in the Underworld. Zeus negotiated a compromise between Hades and Demeter. Persephone was to become Hades' wife, but she was allowed a half of the year with her mother, Demeter. So, she was to spend 6 months in the Underworld and 6 months on the surface of the earth. The seasons thing comes in at this point. Demeter becomes lonely and sad when at her daughter's annual leave and causes the natural world to lie dormant. Fall and Winter. When Persephone returns, Demeter rejoices and the plant begin to grow again. Spring and Summer. In the Underworld, Persephone was thought to influence Hades' judgement of the dead.
Does Demeter love persephone?
She does indeed. When Persephone was kidnapped, Demeter searched desperately to find her, and when Persephone mut leave for the underworld, Demeter is so unhappy that she causes horrible weather for all of us to suffer. (harsh hot summers or miserable cold winters, depending on which version of the myth.)
How did Demeter find Persephone?
Demeter found Persephone with the help of Hecate and Helios.
What happened when Demeter could not find Persephone?
When Demeter could not find Persephone, she killed all of the palnts, flowers and crops.
Hades Demeter and perspehone and involved in the myth of?
Where Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and then Demeter went looking for her and when she found her daughter, demanded her return only to find that Persephone had then eaten of the food of the Underworld, she was then made to spend half the year with her mother and half with Hades as his wife.
What did Demeter ask poiseden for?
Demeter asked Poseidon to help her find her daughter Persephone, who had been taken to the Underworld by Hades. Poseidon revealed that Hades was responsible and guided Demeter to him.
How did Hades and his wife get married?
Hades' wife Persephone was tricked into marrying him. When she fell into a hole that led to the underworld, she remembered what her mother (Demeter, goddess of agriculture) had told her; never eat anything in the underworld. When Demeter couldn't find her daughter, she was crestfallen and depressed, searching for Persephone each day. Finally after a few months, Hades hated to see Persephone look so sad, so he offered her a deal; if she ate 3 - 4 pomegranate seeds, he would let her go. Forgetting what her mother told her, Persephone agreed to the deal. When Hades let Persephone out of the underworld, Demeter was rejoicing with glee until Persephone told her about the seeds. Demeter immediately changed from happiness to sadness, because since Persephone ate the 4 seeds, she would have to live as Hades' wife in the underworld for 4 months. This Greek tale explains why we have the season of winter. Hope this helped! ~Max
What was the deal struck between Demeter and Hades?
well, the story is that Persephone, goddess of spring, was the daught of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, and Zeus, god of lightening. Hades came to Zeus asking if he could take Persephone down to the underworld and make her his bride. Zeus agreed, saying that if Hades could get Persephone to go with him to the underworld, he could make her his bride. Hades found Persephone picking flowers in a field with her friends and took her down to the underworld on his chariot. However, when Demeter couldn't find her daughter, she came to ask Zeus if he knew where Persephone was. When she learned what had happened, she threatened that if her daughter wasn't returned, she would prevent anything from growing. Under the threat of death for man kind, Zeus said that Persephone could return IF she hadn't eaten anything in the underworld. Unfortunately, Hades had tricked eating Persephone into eating a few pomegranate seeds. In a compromise, they agreed that Persephone would spend 9 months of the year with Demeter (spring, summer, and fall) but would return to her husband for the other three months (winter).
Did Hades ever get married?
Hades did actually get married. The story goes like this:Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, was playing in the fields while her mother was tending to the earth. Hades saw her and thought her the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. He came up from a hole in the earth and swept Persephone back to the Underworld. Persephone was lonely and took to wandering the gardens.Meanwhile, Demeter had gone on a crazy search for her daughter. When she couldn't find Persephone, Demeter went to Zeus, begging he help her find their daughter. Zeus was able to find Persephone and allowed her to come back to her mother as long as she hadn't eaten the fruit of the Underworld.Unfortunately, Persephone managed to eat seven pomegranate seeds. She had been terribly hungry and said it had onlybeen a few seeds. But Hades- desperate to keep his beloved- replied that the seeds were enough to matter.Hades and Demeter made a deal. Persephone had to stay in the Underworld for half the year and could go back to her mother for the other half as long as Persephone married Hades. Demeter and Persephone agreed.And that's how Hades was married.
Did Demeter find her daughter after being abducted by her brother Zeus?
Zeus did not abduct Persephone, Hades did. They were in a garden when Hades noticed her. He immediately grabbed Persephone and fled to the underworld. Some people think that Zeus had a part in devising a plan to kidnap her, but whether that is true or not, I do not know. When Hades grabbed her, Persephone let out a loud scream. Demeter heard this and dropped what she was doing to help her daughter, but when she arrived, Persephone was gone. Demeter wandered the country side looking for her daughter, completely forgetting her task as an Olympian Goddess. Greece was plauged with droughts and crops would not grow. Demeter wandered for a great deal of time before Zeus ordered Hades to return Persephone. Hades pretended to comply but first tricked Persephone into eating a pomegranat seed. If you eat food from the underworld you are immediately property of Hades. Zeus and Hades then worked out a compromise. Persephone would stay in the Underworld for 9 months and would be returned to Demeter for 4 months. Thus we have the seasons. Demeter is too depressed to work with her daughter gone, so crops won't grow in the winter. When Persephone is with her mother, crops flourish.
What is Demeter's sign?
For the Greek goddess Demeter, the best known sign is the cornucopia which, represents the harvest. Demeter was the mother of the harvest. When her daughter Persephone was captured by Hades she went on a hunt to find her. During this time, she left her duties undone until her daughter was returned from the Underworld. This is how the Greeks explained Winter.
