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The goddess Persephone is known for many different things. She is also known as the goddess of nature, growth, fertility, love, innocence, and much more. Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She is the wife of Hades, king of the Underworld. She is known for her beauty and incredible kindness, which in the Underworld took a toll on her personality.

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Persephone with her parents, Zeus and Demeter

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Zeus, the God of the Sky, and Demeter , the Goddess of Harvest, are the parents of Persephone.

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One day, Persephone was picking flowers from a field. Suddenly, the Earth opened up and Hades appeared on a chariot. He took Persephone and carried her down into the Underworld.

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Hades, God of the Underworld and Persephone's husband

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Hades, God of the Underworld and Persephone's husband

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Hades was the God of the Underworld. He is also Demeter and Zeus's brother. He fell in love with Persephone and wanted her to himself. He made a plan to kidnap Persephone and take her to the Underworld with him.

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Demeter mourning her daughter, Persephone

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When Persephone was abducted, Demeter fell into a deep depression. She withdrew into herself and caused the Earth to not have any harvest and become cold and dry.

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Persephone eating a pomegranate from the Underworld

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When Zeus heard the cries of the mortals, he went to Hades to order him to release Persephone back to her mother. But Hades had tricked Persephone into eating a fruit from the Underworld, which bound her to the Underworld forever. This meant she could only stay on Earth for six months of the year and the other six months she stayed in the Underworld.

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When Persephone visited Earth to be with her mother, Earth would be rich of fruits and vegetables and it would shine brightly. When Persephone went back to the Underworld, Demeter would become sad and withdraw to herself, making the Earth cold and barren. The Greeks labeled this as the changing of the seasons.

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At first, Persephone hated Hades for what he did to her. But Hades would shower her with gifts and affection because of how much he was in love with her. She eventually fell for him and the two married, making her Queen of the Underworld.

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Hades and Persephone had two children, Melinoë and Zagreus.

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Persephone as the Queen of the Underworld

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Persephone became a feared Queen once she married Hades. Her nature changed quite a bit from the former airy, carefree being she was. As Queen of the Underworld, she represented the cycle of death and rebirth.

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Persephone was celebrated in many ways by the ancient Greeks. Numerous festivals were held to honor life.

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Pomegranates and flowers are used most to symbolize Persephone.

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Persephone helped very much in both realms

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Whenever Persephone returns to Earth, she helps out her mother Demeter to give back to the Earth a lot. She helps her mother harvest grains and plant flowers to appease the mortals living on Earth.

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Persephone is also known for being the Goddess of Passion and Fertility. In some myths, she is said to hold a "box of beauty" which she would lend to other gods or goddesses to enhance their beauty and charisma.

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Persephone and Aphrodite arguing over Adonis

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Persephone had a conflict with the goddess Aphrodite, over a mortal named Adonis.

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Persephone's mint plant (Hades mistress)

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When Persephone found out Hades was having an affair with someone else, she cruelly punished him by turning his mistress into a mint plant.

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Persephone is said to have a temper that consumed her. As kind is she was, when she was said to be angry she turned into a completely different person.

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Persephone's father Zeus transformed himself into a serpent and impregnated Persephone. Her son Zagreus was born and he was said to be an incarnation of Dionysus.

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Artemis is Persephone's best friend. They are also sisters as their father is Zeus.

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Persephone has many powers that she gained after becoming queen of the Underworld. She has the ability to communicate with the dead, find the darkest places on Earth during the day and much more.

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Grains represent Persephone's love of agriculture very much. When she would be on earth, she would avidly help her mother harvest as much as she could.

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Hecate is the one who guides Persephone's mother Demeter to Helios, the Sun God, who revealed to Demeter that Hades had taken Persephone to the Underworld. When the decision to spilt Persephone's time was made, Hecate travelled to the Underworld with Persephone every year and remained with her.

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Demeter's grievance over her daughter's abduction and the hand she had in her spending six months on earth heavily inspires the journey into motherhood. She showed how a mother-daughter bond can be so strong that it can break many barriers.

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Persephone's kind nature is reflected when she hears the "cries of the dead" and chooses to stay and comfort them. She willingly enters the Underworld and stays back to help the dead move on and take them into her warm embrace.

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Persephone, Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld

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Persephone is one of the most known Goddess's in Greek mythology. Her story is one of legends and went on to inspire so many more stories and myths. Though it did not start out happy, Persephone eventually made a name for herself and became on of the most powerful Greek gods there was.