Hades

Demeter, Persephone’s mother, wants her daughter back from the underworld, and because of that she comes in conflict with almost literally every Olympian god. After finding out that her daughter was given to Hades by Zeus, Demeter goes to live with the mortals for a while, then has a temple built for herself in Eleusis. She secludes herself in the temple, and, being the goddess of harvest and agriculture, makes it so that no seed grows for a whole year. The…

told him to trick Cronus into eating a poisoned plant so that he would throw up Zeus’ siblings. The other Titans became angry that the siblings were ruling, so they revolted. The three most powerful God’s, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, were all fashioned weapons. Poseidon was given a trident, Hades an invisible cap, and Zeus received lightning bolts. With the power of all the siblings, the mighty Titans were defeated. Tartarus, a pitch black pit, is where Zeus sent the Titans, and power was…

Cronus was told that he was bound to get overthrown by his sons like he overthrew his father and he ate his children.They had Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and Zeus but all of them were swallowed by Cronus but were still living in his stomach. On the other hand, when Zeus was about to be born, he was replaced with a rock that was wrapped around with cloths by Rhea so…

Heracles. Zeus was the youngest son of both his parents, Cronus and Rhea of all their six children. When Zeus was born, his dad Cronus had intentions to swallow his last son Zeus, like he did to the other five children as all five were born ;Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. But Rhea saved Zeus by hiding him away in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. Later when Zeus had grown up, he caused Cronus, his father, to puke up his siblings. After saving all of them, his brothers and…

very colorful family history, is often represented through many symbols and drawings, and has a number of interesting myths about him. Poseidon was one of the big three born to Cronus and Rhea alongside his brothers Zeus, the god of the sky, and Hades, the god of the underworld. He also had three sisters, Hera, Demeter and Hesitia. Poseidon gained control of the sea when the three brothers overthrew their father and took over. He married Amphitrite the marine-goddess and had…

Hellenism is a traditional ancient greek polytheistic religion. Those who believe in Hellenism believe in the twelve Olympian gods; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Athena, Apollo, Artemis,Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, and Hermes (although there is speculation if other gods are more important than these). They typically believe these gods lived on Mount Olympus, a mountain in Greece, that at the time, was too high for anyone to visit. Their beliefs are similar to the Romans. The Roman…

I personally thought was very interesting is that anyone invited to the festival was sworn to secrecy. So little is known about them because of that. This festival was celebrating the return of Persephone after she had been abducted by her uncle, Hades. In an article by N.S. Gill he used a quote that I believe is important: According to Helene P. Foley, in The Homeric hymn to Demeter: translation, commentary, and interpretive essays. She says that substantial remains of the cult begin in the 8th…

The House of Hades is a fantasy book by Rick Riordan. The book starts directly after Percy, the son of Poseidon, and Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, fall into Tartarus, a primordial deity and the darkest part of the underworld, and follows the progress of the Seven of the Prophecy as they struggle to close the Doors of Death before it’s too late. Along the way Hazel, the daughter of Pluto, takes Hestia, the goddess of magic, as her patron goddess and has to select a fate for the Seven. After…

gods, goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. She was the daughter of Uranus, the sky god, and Gaea, goddess of the earth. Rhea then got married to her brother Cronos and had six children. The children they had were named Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus. These six children grew up to be known as some of the most famous greek mythology gods ever. Rhea´s most famous story is about her six children. Cronus ate all of them except Zeus. He ate all of them because…

Nyx. Nyx was the greek goddess of the night. There was also a greek goddess and/or Queen of the underworld Persephone. She ruled the underworld with her husband Hades. Persephone was greek goddess Demeter and greek god Zeus's daughter. Hades and Persephone were sometimes included as part of the twelve Olympians, Although in general Hades was excluded, because he resided permanently in the underworld and…