Ruling the dead and the Underworld and it's deities.
During the six months without Persephone, Hades typically focused on ruling the Underworld and overseeing the souls of the dead. He maintained order, carried out judgments, and managed the realm of the afterlife while waiting for Persephone's return.
Persephone was Demeter's daghter, so when hades kidnapped her, of course Demeter wanted her back. Eventually, the time Persephone spent with Demeter and the time with Hades was divided. When Persephone was with Hades, it was Winter. When she was with Demeter, it was Summer.
The time Persephone spent with Hades was meant to represent winter.
Some believe that Persephone spent 9 months (Some believe 6 months) of the year living in the underworld with her husband, Hades, and the rest of the year with her mother, Demeter, in Olympus.There is some question about the amount of time she spent in Hades. As Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 ("Persephone") expressed it, 'So it was arranged that she should spend two-thirds (according to later authors, one-half) of every year with her mother and the heavenly gods, and should pass the rest of the year with Hades beneath the earth."But some people say she would go to her lover.
She usually spent time with her husband Hades, or her mother Demeter.
Demeter is Persephone's mother. Demeter is the goddess of harvest. Persephone was the goddess of Spring. One day Hades kidnapped her and took her to the Underworld where she became the Queen of the Underworld. She now lives in the Underworld 6 months a year. The other 6 months is spent with her mother.
Common belief is that Persephone spent 9 months (Some believe 6 months) of the year living in the underworld with her husband, Hades, and the rest of the year with her mother, Demeter, in Olympus.There is some question about the amount of time she spent in Hades. As Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 ("Persephone") expressed it, 'So it was arranged that she should spend two-thirds (according to later authors, one-half) of every year with her mother and the heavenly gods, and should pass the rest of the year with Hades beneath the earth."But some people say she would go to her lover.
Common belief is that Persephone spent 9 months (Some believe 6 months) of the year living in the underworld with her husband, Hades, and the rest of the year with her mother, Demeter, in Olympus.There is some question about the amount of time she spent in Hades. As Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 ("Persephone") expressed it, 'So it was arranged that she should spend two-thirds (according to later authors, one-half) of every year with her mother and the heavenly gods, and should pass the rest of the year with Hades beneath the earth."But some people say she would go to her lover.
Common belief is that Persephone spent 9 months (Some believe 6 months) of the year living in the underworld with her husband, Hades, and the rest of the year with her mother, Demeter, in Olympus.There is some question about the amount of time she spent in Hades. As Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 ("Persephone") expressed it, 'So it was arranged that she should spend two-thirds (according to later authors, one-half) of every year with her mother and the heavenly gods, and should pass the rest of the year with Hades beneath the earth."But some people say she would go to her lover.
Persephoen has one third of the year is spent in the Underworld with Hades, while two-thirds of it is spent with her mother Demeter.
Persephone spends Spring/Summer/Autumn with Demeter, her mother.
Zeus had promised Hades his daughter Persephone as his wife, Zeus neglected to mention this to Persephone and her mother Demeter; Hades had created a flower for Persephone, and Persephone and her maiden goddess companions found it in exploring a field of flowers, Persephone plucked the flower and Hades thought this a acceptance of his love for her, and took her to his realm where he found out he had kidnapped Persephone (who in some myths isn't at all opposed to being Hades' Queen) and when Demeter ventured into the underworld Hades greeted her and said Persephone was allowed to return if she had not eaten of the food of the underworld - she had, so she spent the winter with Hades and in rest of the year with her mother; it goes differently how long exactly, but winter is the return of the sorrow of Demeter having lost her daughter.
Winter.