Persephone

Persephone is the Greek Queen of the Underworld.

Mythology
Persephone was extremely loved by her mother, Demeter. One day, Persephone was playing in a meadow and picking flowers when she attracted the Lord of the Underworld, Hades. Hades created a flower away from all of the nymphs that she was playing with. Persephone went to pick the flower and when she did, the ground opened up and Hades with his dark chariot and horses sprang out. He grabbed Persephone and dragged her back down to the Underworld.

When Demeter realized that her daughter was missing she searched far and wide until she eventually discovered that her daughter was in the Underworld. She went to Zeus and he sent Hermes to fetch Persephone. However, Persephone had eaten some pomegranate seeds while she was in the Underworld, making her eternally connected to it and she had to return. Zeus decreed that Persephone would spend six months with her mother and six with Hades. The six months where Persephone was away from her mother, became the winter months as Demeter stopped everything from growing.

Abode
Persephone is the Queen of the Underworld. She also presided over spring growth and the Eleusinian Mysteries. She is often depicted as holding a flaming torch or sheafs of grain.

Family

 * Father: Zeus
 * Mother: Demeter
 * Husband: Hades
 * Children: Melinoe or See All