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Persephone (Proserpina)

In Greek mythology, Persephone was the queen of the Underworld. Her Roman equivalent was Proserpina. She was a goddess of vegetation.

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Who did Persephone hae a love connection with?

Hades: King of the Underworld, husband of Persephone.

Persephone also loved Adonis.

When did hades first see Persephone?

I guess Hades thought she was beautiful and he wanted her for himself.

How did Persephone help Adonis?

Persephone freed him from the chest that Aphrodite had put him in and given to her.

What is the best color for Persephone?

The best colors for Persephone are probably spring colors like exp: yellow, green, baby blue, light orange... colors like that would be good. if it is for a project i would use all if not more colors like that and make it very light and flowing.

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If it is for her Maiden or Spring aspects I would choose lighter colours; colours that resemble Spring and the Earth.

Otherwise I would select darker colours like black and red.

What is the difference between Persephone Greek mythology and Proserpine Roman mythology?

Persephone was the queen of the underworld and was abducted by and became the consort of Hades. Proserpina was the wife of Pluto who was god of the underworld. Their stories are very similar.

What does the 3 month period represent in the Persephone story?

Between Autumn and Spring is winter, this is the season during which Persephone resides in the Underworld.

Did Persephone have accessories?

No: she would need none as Queen of the Underworld and ruler of the Furies.

What was Hecate personality?

Hecate was benevolent to Demeter when the goddess was searching for Persephone; and when found, Hecate became the companion-handmaiden of Persephone.

What are Persephone's talents?

Her talents are tied into Persephone being both the goddess of Spring each year and Queen of the Underworld when not above the earth.

Who are in persephone's family?

Hades is Persephone's husband, Zeus and Demeter are her parents.

Persephone's aunts and uncles are Hestia, Hera, Poseidon and Hades.

Who are Persephone's family?

Her husband and uncle is Hades. Her father is Zeus and Demeter her mother. In Orphic Hymn, her children are considered to be the Furies, Melinoe, and Zagreus by either Zeus or Hades.

Why was Persephone worshipped?

Persephone was both the Queen of the Underworld (the place all mortals go when they die) and the goddess of Spring (when life wakes upon Earth: as her mother Demeter causes all plants to grow).

Who heard but did not see the abduction of Persephone?

Demeter did. Persephone's mother, Demeter, heard the cry of Persephone while she was being carried away by Hades. Hades was the lord of the dead, and carried her to the Underworld.

What was persephone role?

Persephone is both the goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld.

What is Persephone's character status?

Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and Queen of the Underworld beside her husband Hades. Her companion there is the goddess Hecate. She spends half the year above the earth with her mother and half below it.

Who did Zeus send to bring Persephone back?

Demeter, her mother, demanded it: or no living thing would grow. Now half the time Persephone is in the Underworld it is winter, and when she returns it is spring.

Why did Hades steal Persephone?

Because Zeus promised Persephone to Hades as his wife.

Demeter is able to force Zeus to change his mind about the marriage of hades and Persephone what does this tell you about the great earth mother?

Demeter didn't force Zeus to change his mind about Hades' and Persephone's marriage.

Hades and Persephone were/are married. However Demeter was able to persuade Zeus into convincing Hades to release Persephone from the Underworld. Due to her protest in causing the earth to stop growing, stop creating life, and becoming an eternal winter. However Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds when during her time in the Underworld, which causes Persephone to return to the Underworld for half of the year. Which causes the earth to fall back into winter again. Thus the cycles of the seasons.