northerntrash:strwbrrylove:MYTHOLOGY MEMES - (GREEK) HADESHades (also known as Haides, Aides, A
northerntrash:strwbrrylove:MYTHOLOGY MEMES - (GREEK) HADESHades (also known as Haides, Aides, Aidoneus, or Ἁδης) was King of the Underworld and God of death and the dead. He presided over funeral rites and defended the rights of the dead. Hades was also the God of the hidden wealth of the earth presiding over its treasures. From the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the mined wealth of gold, silver and other metals, he reigned over them all.Upon his birth, Hades was devoured by Kronos along with four of his siblings. Zeus later freed them from their father’s bowels, and together they drove the Titan gods from heaven and locked them away in the pit of Tartaros. When the three victorious brothers drew lots for the division of the cosmos, Hades received the third portion, the dark, dismal realm of the underworld, as his domain. He soon desired a bride and petitioned his brother Zeus to grant him one of his daughters. The god offered him Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. However, knowing that the goddess would resist the marriage, he assented to the forceful abduction of the girl. When Demeter learned of this, she was furious and caused a great dearth to fall upon the earth until her daughter was returned. Zeus was forced to concede or let mankind perish, and the girl was fetched from the underworld. However, because she had tasted the pomegranate seeds offered to her by the God, she was forced to return to him for a portion of each year.Hades was depicted as a dark-bearded, regal god, as either Aidoneus, enthroned in the underworld, holding a bird-tipped sceptre, or as Plouton, the giver of wealth, pouring fertility from a cornucopia. The Romans named him Dis, or Pluto, the Latin form of his Greek title Plouton, “the Lord of Riches.” -- source link