Hades (Pluto)

Romans did not think much of the Underworld and death and ghosts; these aspects of their religion were largely borrowed from Greek myth.

Rhea and Cronus, their parents, were the ruling Titan god and goddess; they were deities at birth, and they were swallowed whole by Cronus, not eaten.

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Hermes did.

Cerberus the three headed hound of Hades.

He is not Olympian, Hades dwells in the Underworld by preference rather then the lofty heights of Olympus.

Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus were three of the six children of the Titans Rhea and Cronus, their sisters were Hera, Demeter, and Hestia; each child was swallowed whole at birth by Cronus, save for Zeus the youngest who Rhea hid away.

the river Lethe and the river Styx. if there are more then I don't know them

Hades' wife is Persephone, Persephone is a Goddess. Gods and Goddesses don't die, they are immortal.

He made Hades a helmet that could make him invisible.

Yes once in a while they did fight but they also fought or drew sticks to see who was going to get what. Zeus won so he chose the heavens, Poseidon got second so he chose the sea, and last but not least is Hades and he lost so he got the Underworld.

Not at all. He is often feared, but not hated.

No; he is the god of the dead, the dead dwell in his kingdom if someone is brought back from the dead it must be asked of him before the individual is successful.

Attached link is to vase art of Hades palace.

Charon does not allow Dante to cross the Acheron river because he is a living being.

It is a modern mistake to call Hades "Hell".

--Acheron: the river of woe/sorrow, the ferryman Charon ferried the dead into the Underworld via this river. Possibly a branch of the river Styx.

--Styx: the river of hate, it was said to wind around Hades nine times. Sometimes it is mentioned that Charon was responsible for ferrying the dead across this river, and this may be because the two rivers merge

--Cocytus: the river of lamentation. Cocytus flowed into the river Acheron.

--Pyriphlegethon/Phlegethon: the river of fire, it flowed into Tartarus.

--Lethe: the river of forgetfulness; those that drank from the river forgot about their former lives.

**All of the rivers but Lethe are mentioned in Homer's Odyssey. All of these rivers meet at a marsh, called by some sources the Stygian Marsh.

I should also mention Oceanus. Oceanus was a great body of water (ocean/river/stream) that encircled all of the earth. The dead entered Hades from Oceanus.

*The Regions/Sections of the Greek Underworld (in no particular order)*

Fields of Asphodel/Asphodel Meadows- This is where the shades of those people that were equally good and evil stayed.

Erebus- a region of Hades that the dead passed through shortly after dying. Mentioned more frequently in later myths.

Elysium/Elysian Fields- This is where the heroic or virtuous were sent, chosen by the gods.

Tartarus- The deepest, lowest region of Hades, it was said to be as far beneath Hades as the earth was from the heavens. In later myths it was depicted as a place of punishment, much like the Hell of Christianity.

Imagined gates within the Underworld, associated with Hades, the god of the Underworld.

Being a God its self is a superhuman quality.

Hades does have the ability to punish the souls of the departed if he sees fit.

He can come and go to and from the Underworld anytime he pleases; for council on Olympus, for battles, and such of that like.

Hades was worshipped out of fear of the people that worshipped him. They prayed that he wouldn't take them away or anything.

When Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades pulled sticks to see who got what. Zeus got first choice, and picked sky, Poseidon got water, and Hades was stuck with underworld. Land was for the humans.

Yes Hades loved Minthê; but when she claimed to be superior to Persephone, she was proved less powerful.

The Helm of Darkness forged for him by the Cyclops during the Titan war.