12/5/2023 0 Comments Myth of persephone and hadesDespite being a dreaded queen, she showed mercy in some cases. She was a feared goddess that mortals invoked the name Persephone in curses. Persephone dwelt half of her life in the underworld as a goddess though little is taught of her life above the ground. After the deal was made, Demeter agreed to restore earth’s fertility and returned to Mount Olympus. They all accepted that Persephone will spend half of the year in the underworld as a goddess and the rest of the year with her mother Demeter. Rhea who was the mother to Zeus, Demeter and Hades gave them an option that they all accepted since by eating the seed, Persephone had made a deal of remaining in the underworld. It was understood that if one took food from the underworld, the person was to remain in the place or spent a given time of the year in the place. Persephone is therefore forced to spend one-third of each year under the earth with Hades, and two-thirds with her mother and the community of gods on Mount Olympus. Hades agreed to let Persephone leave but he gave her some food from the underworld. Demeter’s condition was that Persephone was to be brought back to her leaving Zeus with no choice but to return the princess. Zeus reacted by sending a parade of to goddess Demeter to beg her restore earth’s fertility and return to Mount Olympus. According to Tobin (187-200), Zeus worry was that there will be no offering for the gods. This went for one year but Zeus realized that all human will starve if Demeter was allowed to persist. Persephone was being abducted and that Zeus was involved, she declared hunger on earth and failed to return to Mount Olympus. Helius told them what happened but told Demeter that Hades was fit to marry Persephone an idea she refused to accept. They all went to sun’s god Helius to enquire since the god had an ability to see everything happening beneath the sun. On the tenth day, Demeter got information from goddess Hecate that Persephone was taken by someone but she didn’t know who the person was. Demeter threatened to launch her revenge on the earth and make it barren destroying all human kind if Persephone was not found. Demeter’s anger was high that she destroyed everything on the earth bewailing her lost daughter. The search took Demeter nine days and nights with no food, drink or even bathe and rest (Tobin 187-200). The goddess searched her everywhere, high and low and to every corner of the earth with vain. Hades took Persephone with him to the underground and made her his wife and the goddess of the underworld.Įvents happened after the kidnapping with Demeter coming to pick her daughter only to find that she was missing. The earth opened in front of Hades chariot for them to get through with the hole closing upon their entrance. Although the princess made some pleas to the companions and the mother to save her, no one heard them (LOCHHEAD’S, L. The event was so swift that no one among Persephone’s companions witnessed. Hades figuratively deflowered Persephone leaving the plain behind scattered with blossoms of every color. Hades had appeared in a four-horse chariot in the plains thundering and swopped the princess with one hand.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |