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What happens every year when Persephone comes back up from the underworld?
When Persephone emerges from the underworld, it marks the arrival of spring and the return of life to the world. This event symbolizes rebirth, growth, and the cycle of the seasons in Greek mythology.
When is Persephone and hades anniversery?
Every year when persephone comes back to the underworld for six months after she leaves for six months
What happens to Persephone the daughter of Demeter?
Persephone was promised to Hades as his bride by Zeus, Persephone's father. He did this without informing Demeter or Persephone. Hades arose from the Underworld to claim is bride, thus abducting her and taking her back to the Underworld. While she was there she ate pomegranate seeds which binds her to the Underworld for half of the year, and allows her to return to the surface and Olympus for the rest of the year.
Why was Persephone not allowed to return back to her mother?
Persephone had ate the pomegranate the food of the Underworld.
Why does Persephone have to go back to the underworld?
Persephone ate of the pomegranate; a food Hades gave her in the Underworld; so she spends half a year in the Underworld and half with her mother Demeter.
Did Hercules have to go get Persephone as one of his 12 tasks?
He did not. However, he did have to go to the underworld and bring back Cerebus, the three headed dog guarding the underworld, but it was Zeus who brought back Persephone. P.S- Persephone ate 6 pomegranet seeds, so to be fair to Hades and Demeter, Persephone was forced to stay in the underworld for 6 months every year.
Who did Hades snatch to take back to the underworld?
He snatched Persephone back to the Underworld because he was lonely.So he had the aid of Zeus and Hermes to help him
How does Persephone come back to earth?
Hermes and Hecate guide her way out of the Underworld.
How is Persephone associated with pomegranates?
when Persephone was captured by hades( god of the underworld), her mother weeps for her none stop. So she asked Zeus to get Persephone back for her, so Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld to retrieve Persephone. When he told Hades about Zeus's order, Hades then said to take her, but before she left he gave her a pomegranate to eat. He ended up tricking her because for the number of seed she ate she would stay in the underworld with Hades for that number of months and the rest of the months she would go back to her mother. That is why when Persephone is in the underworld, her mother weeps and nothing grows, but when she comes to her mother at home her mother is happy and everything is bountiful and grows. Just like winter and summer.
Why did Hades steal Persephone and how?
Hades took Persephone while she tended/played in the fields about Enna: with his house carriage he took her back into the Underworld.
Which greek god is the reason for winter?
In Greek mythology, Demeter, the goddess of harvest and agriculture, is often associated with the changing seasons. When her daughter Persephone was taken by Hades to the underworld, Demeter's grief caused her to neglect her duties, leading to the barren winter months.
Why could Persephone not go back to earth?
Persephone could not go back to Earth because she ate pomegranate seeds while in the underworld, which tied her to the realm of the dead. As a result, she had to spend part of the year in the underworld as the wife of Hades, and the other part on Earth with her mother, Demeter. This myth explains the changing of the seasons, with Persephone's time in the underworld corresponding to winter.
