Persephone only spends 6 months in Hades.
-Indiriel
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In the underworld
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.
What I've read was that she spent 9 months of the year in the underworld, I hope this helps!
It depends on what time of the year these months are during. Winter and Autumn are associated with the Underworld, while Spring and Summer are associated with Persephone returned to Earth.
In Hades for 3 months and with the Gods on Olympus for the other 9.
On Earth or Olympus with her mother Demeter.
It depends on the season - and what months. She is either on Earth, Olympus, or the Underworld.
Persephone spends Spring/Summer/Autumn with Demeter, 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.
It is likely that Persephone dwelt with Demeter either upon Olympus or the earth.
Persephone spends 6 months of each year in the underworld because earlier, Hades kidnapped her. He eventually promised to return her, but then tricked her into eating six seeds from a pomegranate, thus forcing her to spend six months of each year with him in the underworld. The greeks use this to explain winter, because supposedly her mother, Demeter, becomes very sad when her daughter is taken from her, and refuses to let anything grow on the earth.
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.