6 months. She ate 6 pomegranate seeds so each seed equaled a month.
Persephone only spends 6 months in Hades. -Indiriel ________________ In the underworld
The Underworld with Hades, her husband.
Persephone only spends 6 months in Hades. -Indiriel ________________ In the underworld
Autumn-Winter
Persephone stays with Hades in the Underworld for 6 months of the year.
Demeter had to compromise with allowing Persephone to spend part of the year in the Underworld with Hades because of the agreement struck between Hades and Zeus. This compromise was the result of Persephone eating six pomegranate seeds in the Underworld, which bound her to spend a portion of each year there.
Persephone was not punished. She ate the food of the Underworld, so had to spend part of a year therein with her husband Hades.
The Underworld with Hades. When it is winter; plant growth returns with her.
Every year, Persephone spends the autumn/winter (when plants die) with Hades, and returns with spring/summer.
Persephone did return to spend half the year on Earth between her mother, Demeter, and then to the Underworld to be with her husband, Hades.
Persephone would have to spend a part of the year in the Underworld with Hades.
Persephone spends 9 months of the year in the underworld with her husband Hades. This period corresponds to winter when nature appears dormant.