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Persephone had eaten a pomegranate from the Underworld, the domain of Hades. It hints towards host and guest laws of ancient times and how they may have originally been linked to wives and husbands.
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Why did Persephone not return to to the land of the living?
She had eaten 6 pomegranate seeds after being kidnapped by Hades and if you eat food in the Land of the Dead, you must remain there. Therefore Persephone must remain in the underworld for 6 months of the year.
How did hades and Persephone become a couple?
Hades asked his brother Zeus if he could have Persephone for his bride, to this Zeus agreed without consulting Demeter or Persephone - Hades than took her, and Demeter showed her wrath until she got her daughter back, except Persephone had eaten of the pomegranate and had to return to Hades for half the year, this causes Demeter to make the land cold and barren (i.e. winter). Persephone return brings about spring.
Who is rolling a boulder up a mountain in the Underworld?
Siphyus because he tricked Persephone into letting him go back to "The Land of The Living".
Why couldn't Persephone return to the land of the living?
While in Hades she ate six seeds from a pomegranate, condemning her to live in the underworld for six months of the year. Eating in the underworld condemns one to stay there.Because she ate 7 or 8 pomegranate seeds (I think the number varies with each different version of the story)
When did hades take Persephone like the year?
Because it is a story from Greek mythology to explain the existence of seasons, I do not believe there was an actually year when Hades took Persephone. The myth itself states that Persephone was taken by Hades while away from her mother, Demeter, Goddess of the Grain, and brought down into the underworld to be his bride and his queen. While there Persephone was tricked into eating pomegrante seeds by a boy she had teased while in the world of the living. In most tellings of this myth she ate 6 seeds, but depending on where the myth was told/derived from, the number is different because the lengths of the seasons were different. Because she ate while in the underworld she had to stay with Hades for the number of months corresponding to the number of seeds she ate. Demeter was extremely saddened by the loss of her daughter and refused to help anything grow or be fruitful during the months when Persephone is in the underworld. However, when Persephone's months in the underworld are over and she returns to spend the remainder of the year with her mother, spring begins and Demeter allows the land to be fertile again.
Why could persephonwe not return to the land of the living?
Persephone had ate the pomegranate in the Underworld; so had to return to the Underworld a part of every year.
Who lets Orpheus return to the land of the living?
Queen Persephone and King Hades of the Underworld.
What cold to Persephone not returt to the land of the living?
Persephone could not return to Earth because she had ate of the food of the Underworld: so below she is Queen, and above she is the goddess of Spring. Because she was the daughter of Demeter who could make all plants grow or die, Zeus the father of Persephone and brother of Hades allowed her return for a part of every year.
Why did Persephone not return to to the land of the living?
She had eaten 6 pomegranate seeds after being kidnapped by Hades and if you eat food in the Land of the Dead, you must remain there. Therefore Persephone must remain in the underworld for 6 months of the year.
How does her mother celebrate Persephone's return to the land of living?
In the myths, Demeter (Persephone's mother) is the goddess of agriculture. The coming and going of her daughter Persephone from the underworld changes the season. As you can guess, when Persephone came back to earth it was summer while when she was at her husbands (Hades) side up on Earth it was winter.
Why could Persephone not return to the land living?
Persephone could not return to the land of the living because she had eaten pomegranate seeds in the underworld. This act bound her to spending a portion of each year in the realm of the dead, causing the cycle of seasons as she returned to her mother, Demeter, in the world above for the rest of the year.
How did hades and Persephone become a couple?
Hades asked his brother Zeus if he could have Persephone for his bride, to this Zeus agreed without consulting Demeter or Persephone - Hades than took her, and Demeter showed her wrath until she got her daughter back, except Persephone had eaten of the pomegranate and had to return to Hades for half the year, this causes Demeter to make the land cold and barren (i.e. winter). Persephone return brings about spring.
Why could phesephone not retutn to the land of the the living?
She couldn't return to the land of the living for six months because she ate six pomegranate seeds in the Underworld.
Who is rolling a boulder up a mountain in the Underworld?
Siphyus because he tricked Persephone into letting him go back to "The Land of The Living".
What is the reason for Spring?
According to Greek Mythology, the reason for Spring is the return of the goddess Persephone. She spends the Winter with Hades, which is why the land is barren and cold.
Why could Persephone not return to the land of the living?
At first it was because Hades was preventing her from returning. It is a rule that if you eat the food of the underworld you must stay there and she ate six pomegranate seeds so she then had to stay, but her mother was so upset that Zeus said she only had to spend six months a year there, one for every seed.
Why could Persephone not retern back to the land of the living?
Persephone was bound to the underworld because she had eaten pomegranate seeds while there. Eating food in the underworld meant she had to stay there for a portion of each year, leading to the cycle of her spending part of the year as queen of the underworld with Hades and the rest above ground with her mother, Demeter.
