Helios told Demeter all about how Hades had dragged Persephone into the underworld. The myth says that she even disguised herself as an aged lady and with lighted torched in her hands roamed the Earth for nine long days and nine long nights.įinally, she met Hekate, the deity of magic, witchcraft, spirits and crossroads, at the dawn of the 10th day who had pity at her dismal condition and asked her to seek help from the all seeing Helios, the sun god. It was only the river Cyane who helped her by washing over the belt of Persephone, indicating that something gravely wrong had happened.ĭemeter went mad and hunted for her daughter everywhere. Nobody could tell her anything at all and furious that they couldn’t protect her child, she cursed all the nymphs into becoming heinous women with plumed bodies and scaly feet, called the sirens. Worried as she was, she asked all as to the whereabouts of her beloved daughter. Goddess Demeter trying to find Persephoneĭemeter rushed back to where she had left her daughter and found only the Cyane river there with the other nymphs weeping. Bereaving her friend’s kidnap, Cyane melted into a pool of tears and formed the river Cyane at the spot. Out of all her friends only the naiad Cyane tried to rescue the crying Persephone but she was no match for the powerful Hades. From this came the vigorous galloping sounds of multiple horses and such sudden happenings only froze the frail beauty to her feet. But suddenly, to her utter fright, she saw the tiny hole from which she had drawn out the flower shaft, began to rapid grow in size until it started to resemble a mighty enormous chasm. It drained her energies as the narcissus only came out after a lot of pulling. Persephone danced her way to the garden alone and tried to pluck the narcissus from the bosom of Gaia. The goal was to enchant Persephone and attract her, away from her guides. The flower Narcissus was planted there by Gaia, who was following the orders of Zeus. She called upon her playmates to accompany her, but they couldn’t possibly go with her as leaving the side of their water bodies would result in their death. As Persephone engaged in play and with the rest of the group, her attention fell upon the potently fragrant valley nearby and she couldn’t take her eyes of the yellow flower narcissus. Persephone and flower Narcissusĭemeter went to supervise her bountiful crops. That morning when Demeter descended on Earth with her daughter Persephone, she left her to play with the sea nymphs called Nereids and the Naiads who were the freshwater nymphs of the lakes, springs and rivers. The myth of Hades and Persephone also has a different version in this one Demeter was present when Persephone was kidnapped by God Hades but was tricked by Zeus and Hades. A different version of the myth of Hades and Persephone
The myth says that Persephone was very unhappy, but after much time, she came to love the cold-blooded Hades and lived happily with him. Persephone slipped beneath the Earth and Hades stole her to the Underworld where he made her his wife. As the girl (Persephone) played with her companions, they caused the ground to split underneath her. One day Hades, God of the Underworld, saw Persephone and instantly fell in love with her.Īdis (Hades) confided his secret in his brother Zeus, asking for help, so the two of them concocted a plan to trap her. The myth says that in one of the rare times he left the Underworld, he traveled above ground to pursue her, while she was gathering flowers in a field.
Hades fell in love with Persephone and decided to kidnap her.
Hades and Persephone: the beginning of the myth The myth of Hades and Persephone is one more myth of love and abduction in the Greek mythology. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of nature. Hades was the brother of Zeus and the god of the underworld. The myth of Hades and Persephone is one of the well known Greek myths.
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