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Why are pomegranates known as the fruit of death?

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The pomegranate was considered to be the fruit of the underworld because Hades's wife's mother is the god of the earth,so Hades wife's fruit is the pomegranate

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They are known as the fruit of death, because Persephone ate 6 of their seeds in the Underworld and is now trapped in there for 6 months a year.

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