Persephone is believed to stay on Earth during Spring, Summer, and Early Fall. She returns to the Underworld in late fall and that is what causes winter.
In Greek mythology, Persephone spends half of the year on Earth with her mother, Demeter, and the other half in the underworld with her husband, Hades. This cycle represents the changing seasons: spring and summer when Persephone is on Earth, and fall and winter when she is in the underworld.
Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, was responsible for the fertility and productivity of the earth. When her daughter Persephone was taken to the underworld by Hades, Demeter's grief caused the earth to become barren and infertile until Persephone was returned to her, symbolizing the changing of the seasons.
In Greek mythology, it is said that while Persephone is in the Underworld, her absence causes the earth to enter a period of barrenness and cold known as winter. With her return in the spring, the earth blooms and life is renewed. This cycle symbolizes the changing seasons and the promise of new beginnings.
Demeter's sadness is associated with the changing seasons in Greek mythology. When she grieves for her daughter Persephone, who must spend part of the year in the underworld, she withholds her blessings from the Earth, causing winter to fall upon the land. When Persephone returns in the spring, Demeter's joy brings about the rebirth of plant life and the return of warmth to the Earth.
Well from what I remember from the story I read,Persephone's mother Demeter,who was the god of harvest and seasons and stuff,had gotten the chance to see Persephone for 6 months and is happy,which is why we have Summer and Spring,then she must return to the underworld,in which at this time Demeter is sad and angry, that's why we have Fall and Winter,and why we have a change in seasons Hope this helped, Sharmaine
Persephone is a Goddess of the Earth, and the Goddess of the Underworld.
Persephone lives both with the living and in the Underworld.
With Demeter upon the Earth or Olympus.
Persephone was the score of seasons - in winter she was below in the Underworld, in spring she arose to the Earth, in autumn she returned again to the Underworld.
Persephone ate of the pomegranate in the Underworld, and thus every year must go to the Underworld - then return to Earth.
In Greek myth, it is because of the abduction of Persephone that the Earth/we know the seasons: for Persephone also ate of the pomegranate in the Underworld and every year must return between Earth/Olympus and Underworld.
Either in the Underworld or on Earth or Olympus.
Returning to the earth with Demeter.
Persephone missed both her mother and the life she'd known on earth .
Every year when Persephone returns from the Underworld her mother Demeter allows Spring to return to the earth.
Who: Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter What: Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld When: Persephone as the daughter of Demeter was born a goddess of Spring; upon her abduction to the Underworld by Hades, she became his wife and Queen of the Underworld Where: Somewhere in Greece. How: Persephone is goddess of Spring when Hermes and Hecate escort her to Earth from the Underworld, where she is greeted by Demeter and the Seasons: when Persephone returns to the Underworld she goes in Autumn Why: Persephone exists to explain the seasons in a fundamental way.
With Persephone's myth, the Earth/we know the seasons of spring, summer (when Persephone returns to the Earth, reigning with Demeter Queen of the Harvest/Earth) during autumn Persephone departs and dwells in the Underworld with Hades as Queen of the Underworld. We already know these things, but this is how the ancient Greeks explained the seasons.