Proserpine, the daughter of Demeter, was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the Underworld. According to myth, she ate six pomegranate seeds while there, binding her to Hades for six months each year. This arrangement created the seasons, as Demeter's grief during Proserpine's absence caused winter, while her joy upon her return brought spring and summer. Thus, Proserpine's time with Hades reflects the cyclical nature of life and growth.
The goddess of harvest Demeter had a daughter called Persephone. In mythology the lord of the underworld Hades kidnapped her down to the underworld to make her his wife. During her absence Demeter was grieving at her lost that all the crops etc. on earth died and mortals were going hungry. Zeus couldn't ignore the cries of the people anymore and arranged for Hades to give Persephone back to Demeter. But during her stay Persephone had eaten six pomegranate seeds. If one eats the food of the dead, then they are trapped in the underworld. Zeus struck a deal with Hades. Persphone would stay in the underworld fo six months and then return to her mother for six months aswell. The cycle would continue every year and so the seasons would change everytime Persephone left and returned.
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Persephone is required to spend part of the year in the Underworld due to her abduction by Hades, the god of the Underworld, who made her his queen. According to myth, Demeter, her mother and the goddess of agriculture, mourned her absence, causing the earth to become barren. To resolve the situation, a compromise was reached: Persephone would spend six months with Hades in the Underworld and six months with Demeter on Earth. This cyclical journey symbolizes the changing seasons, with her time in the Underworld representing winter and her return to Earth signifying spring and renewal.
It is Persephone, Demeter's daughter, who spends half of the year in Hades and half of the year with her mother. According to Greek mythology, Persephone (pronounced per-seff-oh-nee) is abducted and carried off to the underworld by the god of the underworld, Hades. While there, she eats pomegranate seeds, which bind her to remain with Hades for at least part of the year. In the spring and summer, when everything is new and blossoming, Demeter is expressing joy that her daughter is returned to her. In the fall and winter, when things die or go dormant, Demeter is grieving that she must be departed from her daughter.
As of February 2018, in 55 months time it will be September in the year 2022.
That for 6 months of the year, Persephone would stay with Hades in the Underworld. Then, she would get to come on land again.
Persephone stays with Hades in the Underworld for 6 months of the year.
It was only 4 months, Hades tricked Pheresphone into eating 4 pomegranate seeds. Eating anything from the Underworld condemns you their for a month, so Pheresphone had to stay in the Underworld for 4 months each year (Winter).
Persephone only spends 6 months in Hades. -Indiriel ________________ In the underworld
Persephone once lived with her mother, Demeter. However, she was abducted by Hades. After an altercation between Demeter and Hades, it was decided that Persephone would resides with Hades for 3 months of the year. The other months of the year she lives with her mother.
He was married to Persephone (Prosepina) who he captured and by tricking her into eating the fruit of the underworld (the pomegranate) he forced her two stay there 1/2 the year which is why there is the seasons because her mother is sad during winter. Hades is married to Persephone who was punished to be Hades queen because she was eating her mother Metia's crops. Zeus punished Persephone by sending her down to the underworld to live with Hades for 4 months of the year then was free to live the next 8 months with her mother.
The Underworld with Hades, her husband.
Persephone only spends 6 months in Hades. -Indiriel ________________ In the underworld
Hades stole Persephone for his wife one day. He kept her in the Underworld for 3 days, but eventually the gods found out and they tried to get him to free her. Hades made a deal with them and said that if Persephone had eaten anything during her stay, she would have to remain with him forever as his Queen. It turns out that Persephone ate 3 pomegranite seeds while in the Underworld, but she begged Hades to let her go. So, he decided that she would stay with him for 6 months every year, and for the remaining 6 months, she would return to the surface to live with her mother. :)
She was kidnapped by Hades and given a pomegranite which bound her to Hades forever. She was able to visit her mother, Demeter, only once a year for six months and then anther 6 months with hades
Some believe 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.
Hades persuaded Persephone to stay with him in the Underworld by offering her a position of power and privilege as queen. He also reminded her of the benefits and pleasures she could enjoy in the Underworld, such as being by his side and ruling over the souls of the dead.