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Hades (Pluto)

Hades is the god of the underworld in Greek mythology. Hades, along with his brothers Poseidon and Zeus, defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the underworld sea and air.

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Where was Poseidon eaten by his father?

There is no geographic location given, but Kronos replaced his father as the personification of the Heavens, so it stands to reason it occurred there.

How is cerberus loyal?

well he does guard the land of the dead for Hades so I goes that makes him loyal

Is Cerberus a hell hound?

Cerberus is a three headed dog belonging to the God of the Underworld, Hades.

Who was the river Styx ferryman?

Charon; He required money before he ferried the dead. If you did not pay him, he would send them of to wander till they found the paupers entrance or just for 100 years, spent meandering on the shores of the rivers.. That's why when someone dies in Greece, the put a coin under their tongue. Charon also ferried souls across the Acheron. His name can mean "keen gaze", giving reference to feverish eyes, or blue grey eyes, characterizing the anger that Charon was often described as being full of. He is often described as a rather gruesome creature, from "a sordid god" in Aeneid book 6, to a scruffy old man in Hercules Furens. Also associated with Charon are Charun (the Etruscan version), Haros (the modern Greek version), and Phelgyas. The coin placed in the mouth of the dead is called Charon's obol.

Which myth Hades Demeter and Perspehone are involved in?

They are involved in the myth in which Hades falls in love with Persephone, and abducts her to the underworld to be his wife. Demeter, who loved her daughter more then anything, stopped doing her job and searched for Persephone. She found her in the Underworld and talked to Zeus. An agreement was made that half the year Persephone is with Demeter (Spring/Summer) and half the year Persephone is with Hades (Fall/Winter)

What city is Hades the main god?

Hades was worshiped alongside other Greek gods and goddesses at: Attika, Korinthia, Argolis, Lakonia, Elis, Phokis, Thesprotia, Karia and Kyme, as well as other sites.

Hades Demeter and perspehone and involved in the myth of?

Where Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and then Demeter went looking for her and when she found her daughter, demanded her return only to find that Persephone had then eaten of the food of the Underworld, she was then made to spend half the year with her mother and half with Hades as his wife.

Why would the Greeks pray to Nyx?

Well, Nyx was the personification of night, so perhaps they prayed for a safe night's sleep or the safety of those who worked at night.

What possessions does the greek goddess Persephone have?

Persephone is most often depicted with and represented by a pomegranate. She has also sometimes been depicted holding a flaming torch and grains of wheat.

Are osiris and Pluto the same?

No. Osiris was the Egyptian god of death. Pluto is the Roman god of death.

How does the location of the underworld affect Persephone Demeter and Hades?

Demeter mourns her daughters lose every year, and winter comes to the earth.

Persephone must go between the realm of Hades and the earth every year.

Hades either must await Persephone or is with her.

How does Cerberus the three headed dog affect the world today?

No, Greek mythology is the religion of the ancient people of Greece - not today.

How was Apollo related to Hades?

Zeus is the father of Hercules, and Hades is the elder brother of Zeus.

In short, Hades was the uncle of Hercules.

What was Hades the god of?

Hades is the Greek God of the Underworld, the dead, and wealth/riches. His Roman equivalent is Pluto (also called Dis).

Who is the major villain and hero in ROMAN mythology?

You can't sum up all of Roman Mythology into a single story with one hero and one villain.

Why was Hercules sent to the underworld?

What kind of question is that?!

It was his 12 labor to get cerberus (the three-headed dog that gaurded the gate to the underworld) a live back to Greece

What is the name for roman heating?

hypercourst but I'm not sure how you spell it, you can check the dictionary.

Did Hades ever have love affairs aside from Persephone?

Nobody really knows. Hades was never married. But taking Persephone as his wife and queen of the underworld was by force. It was never Persephone's choice.

According to Ovid and the geographer Strabo, Hades took the nymph Menthe or Minthe as his mistress. Persephone jealously trampled the unfortunate girl, transforming her into a plant, known as mint.

What was the river Lethe also called?

The River Lethe is the river of forgetfulness and is one of the five rivers of Hades. It was believed that the newly dead who drank from the River Lethe would lose all memory of their past existence.

The other four rivers of the underworld are Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, and Styx.

Acheron, which means "river of woe", is the river used by the old ferryman Charon would transport the dead from the land of the living to the realm of Hades.

Cocytus means "river of lamentation". The people who were not properly buried were doomed to wander the banks of this river for most of their afterlife.

Phlegethon was the river of fire. Although the fire burned, it did not consume anything with its flames.

Styx means "hate". This was the river that separate the realm of the living from that of the dead. Many accounts say it wraps around Hades nine times.

What was a bad place in Greek Mythology?

Some say that Hades was a bad place but I heard people were dying to get in.