Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade and Zeus’s personal messenger Poseidon (Neptune): god of the sea Other gods and goddesses sometimes included in the roster of Olympians are: Hades (Pluto): god of the underworld Hestia (Vesta): goddess of home and family Eros (Cupid...
Tartarus- The lowest region of the underworld. Hesiod claimed that a brazen anvil would take none days and nights to fall from heaven to earth, and nine days and nights to fall from earth to Tartarus. Tartarus rose out of Chaos and was the destination of wicked souls. Uranus banished his...
Hel was banished by Odin to the underworld named after him, Helheim, which lies deep in Niflheim. Helheim is on the banks of the River Nastronol, which is equivalent to the River Aqueronte in Greek mythology. There, he received the power to dominate nine worlds or regions, where he dist...
In greek mythology, Persephone is the goddess of the Underworld. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. She was a beautiful girl and everyone loved her. But Hades wanted her for himself. Abduction One day, when she and the Oceanids were collecting flowers on the...
A comprehensive guide to the underworld gods and goddesses of Greek mythology including Hades, Persephone, Hecate, Erinyes, Charon, Erebus, Nyx, and other minor deities.
Because of his two births, Dionysus had two mothers. One was Persephone, the goddess of the underworld and married to Hades. His other mother was a princess of Thebes named Semele. In both stories, Zeus, the god of lightning and lord of the skies, was his father. Like so many other ...
Persephone, the goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, represents the duality of life and death. Her story of abduction by Hades and subsequent return to the earth’s surface for part of the year is symbolic of the seasonal cycle of growth and decay. Persephone’s personality is oft...
Goddessofmarriage.ARES Godofwar GodofstormsLovedwarandmassacre Aphrodite Goddessofloveandbeauty.Bornfromthefoaminwater.Picturedasthemostbeautifulbeingintheuniverse.HADES Godoftheunderworld.Zeus’sbrotherRulerofthemyriadrivers(riveroflamentation,riverofhate,etc.)POEIDEN ...
Hades (ᾍδης): King of the underworld and the dead. Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστοςs): God of fire, metalworking, and crafts. Hermes (Ἑρμῆς): God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language, and writing. Hestia (Ἑστία): Virgin goddess of the hearth...
the seas, and Hades was given the underworld (Hamilton,1942). He is considered to be lord of the undead and king of the underworld but is not a manifestation of death itself (Hamilton,1942; Roberts,2007). He was also considered the god of precious metals hidden in the earth, which led...