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Why did the queen of underworld eat pomegranates?
Persephone was not the Queen of the Underworld until after consuming the pomegranate, after which she was bound to the Underworld and thus Hades and became his wife and so Queen of the Underworld.
What would happen to Persephone if she ate something in the underworld?
Persephone did eat something in the Underworld. She was given pomegranate seeds to eat, which she did, thus binding her to the Underworld for half of the year.
In the Odyssey who is in the underworld and can't drink or eat?
Tantalus.
Are there any loopholes around eating in the underworld in Greek Mythology?
No; If you eat something of the Underworld, you must then part of your time there.
What did Persephone eat that made her have to return to the underworld for part of the year?
The pomegranate.
What do cerberus eat?
Cerberus eat live meat and when they do, the dead souls that live in the Underworld can escape but they cannot leave.
What does Cerberus eat?
Cerberus eats spirtis of the underworld... the lost souls who enter
How does Hades guarantee that his wife must always return to him?
He tricked her into eating some pomegranate seeds, and those who eat food of the Underworld, must stay in the Underworld.
Who is Persephone who are her parents who is her husband and how did she come to be with him what did she eat that proved to be bad for her?
Persephone is a vegetation goddess and also the queen of the Underworld. Zeus and Demeter are her parents. Hades is her husband. Hades and Persephone met when Hades kidnapped her into the Underworld and she became the queen of the Underworld. She ate six pomegranate seeds in the Underworld which made her trapped in the Underworld for six months per year.
What would happen to presephone if she ate someting in the underworld?
The ancieant myth about Persephone and Hades states that any living thing that eats food from the underworld must remain there for all time. Perssphone did eat six pomigranet seeds however, and therefore must spend six months of every year in the underworld. This myth was used by the Greeks and Romans to explain winter (Persephone was the goddess of spring and growing things)
Are Gods and Godesses immortal?
Yes, if you eat a golden apple from the tree in the underworld you were apparently immortal
What is the name of Egyptian's god of the underworld and the afterlife?
Anubis was the god of death and underworld, his head was a jackals because at the time, jackals would eat the unhidden mummies and the jackal was a good animal to represent death Osiris is the god of the Underworld. The difference between the two of them is that Anubis "supervised" the dying process and escorted the dead to the Underworld. Actual control of that realm was relegated to Osiris.
