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Hades

Contents

- who is hades?

- hades in Ancient Greece

- myth

- family tree

- what is Hades the god of?

- epithets

- his symbols

- roman myth

- most known epitheth

- Hades God of Dead explained

- Deities/creatures associated with Hades

- The underworld And how does the dead work

- Chthonic deities explained

- Hades’s lover

- Hades’s appearance

- hades in media

- source

- final

Who is hades?

Lord Hades is the king of the underworld, husband of lady Persephone, providor of home for ghost and God of many things. he is seen as “evil” and as “the devil” in many stories wich is not true. Lord Hades is kind and private Diety, but he will not hesitate to call you out. He is great to do witchcraft with. Lord Hades has many names/epithets, i personally use “the unseen one” (Hades Aidis).

Hades in Ancient Greece

ancient greece feared him. Feared him so much they gave him different names because they thought his name will bring death. Nobody really worshipped him or did much, they thought doing/saying things related to him would bring dead, wich is not true. They called him many things, one for example was: “Zeus of the underworld”. thats also why there isnt much information about him because no one talked about him.

Lord Hades’s most famous myth

One of his most famous myths is when he kidnapped Lady Persephone to marry her.

Lady Persephone was picking flowers with her mother, Lady Demeter (Goddess of agriculture) and a few friends in the Nysian meadows. Persephone saw a beautiful flower (some say it was a narcissus) and wandered away from the group to pluck it, only to see the ground opening right after she plucked it and Hades appeared with his four-horse golden chariot. Hades took Persephone and went down to the underworld to get married. This was sort of a arranged marriage, because before Hades abducted her, he asked Zeus (persephone’s father and the king of gods or known as god of lightning and thunder) to get married with her and Zeus approved. Demeter was devastated when she couldn’t find her only daughter, and she was really angry when she heard from Lord Helios (God of sun) and Lady Hecate (Goddess of witchcraft) that Lord Hades abducted her. Lady Demeter started aimlessly wandering around the world and neglected all her duties, and as the Goddess of agriculture and fertility, the people were dying of femine. Zeus did not like to see his people die and sent Hermes to get Persephone back from The underworld. She did come back but it was said that Persephone was either tricked/forced or willingly ate six pomegranate seeds from the underworld. It is said that eating food from the underworld would lead to you being connected to it and that led to Persephone only being 6 months in the underworld and the other 6 months with her mother. This is also how the seasons were made, in winter Demeter is upset without her daughter and so the earth is barren.

Other myths:

One of Heracles’s 12 labors was capturing Cerberus. Hades gave Heracles permission BUT without weapons/without harming Cerberus, Heracles succeeded. there are much more myths that I know and that I don’t know, but I can’t put them all here, it would take to long.

Family tree

Lord Cronus & Lady Rhea =

Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Zeus & Hades

Demeter + Zeus =

Persephone

Persephone + Hades =

No children (in myths)

Zagreus & Macaria (in Some myths)

Melinoe, plutus & Erinyes (in other myths)

What is Hades God of?

- Underworld

- wealth

- Funeral rites

- Dead

Epithets

Related to his role as ruler of the underworld:

- Hades Chthonius - Hades of the Underworld

- Hades Polyxenos/Polydegmon/Polysêmantôr

- Aidonius - Hades, Ruler/Host of Many

- Hades Pasiánax - Hades, the Universal King

- Hades Adesius - Hades of the Grave

- Hades Zefs Khthonios - Hades, Zeus of the Underworld

- Hades Larthy Tytiral (Etrurian) - Hades

- Sovereign of Tartarus

- Hades Ánax - Hades, the King

- Hades Polydegmenos - Hades, He Who Welcomes All

- Summanus/Manus/Mantus - Hades, Prince of the Dead

- Niger Deus - Hades, the Black God || Hades of the Infernal Regions

- “Zeus of the Departed”

- “The Other Zeus”

Related to his roles concerning death:

- Hades Nekrodegmôn - Hades, Receiver of the Dead

- Hades Agesilaos - Hades, Who Calls Man To The Underworld

- Hades Nekrôn Sôtêr - Hades, Saviour of the Dead

- Hades Hesperos Theos - Hades, God of Death and Darkness (for those who believe he and Thanatos are the same deity)

Related to his role as controller of the earth and its resources:

- Hades Ploutos - Hades of Wealth

- Hades Khamaizilos Dios - Hades of the Earth (“where he likes to be” is implied)

- Hades Theôn Khthonios - Hades, the Terrestrial God

- Tellumo - Hades, Who Provides to the Creative (denotes creative power of the earth’s resources)

- Tellus - Hades, Who Provides for the Productive (denotes productive power of the earth’s resources)

- Altor - Hades, Who Nourishes

Other:

- Hades Hagesilaos - Hades, Leader of the People

- Hades Eubuleus - Hades of Good Counsel ||

- Hades, the Consoler (supposedly references death as the end of sorrows)

- Hades Adámastos - Hades, the Unconquerable

- Hades Aidis - Hades, the Unseen

- Hades Aïdonefs/Aidoneus - Hades, the Singer || Hades of Nightingales || Hades of Sleep || Hades of Light || Hades of Poets || Hades of a Girl

- Hades Amenthes (Egyptian) - Hades, Who Gives and Receives

- Hades Axiocersus - Hades the Shorn (he was depicted without hair where this was used)

- Hades Clymenus - Hades, the Renowned

- Hades Euclius/Eucles - Hades of Good

- Report/the Famous/of Good Fame

- Hades Agetes/Hegates - Hades, the Conductor

- Hades Moiragetes - Hades, Guide of the Fates

- Hades Orkos/Orcus - Hades of Oaths, Hades, the Avenger of the Perjured

- Hades Opheius - Hades, the Blind || Hades of Prophecy (as the blind augers of Messenia we’re dedicated to him)

- Euchaites - The Beautiful-haired One

- Rusor - Hades, to Whom All Things Return

- Salutaris Divus - Hades, Restorer of the Dead

- Saturnius - Hades, Son of Kronos

- Uragus - Hades of Fire

- Urgus - Hades, Who Impels

- operatus - Hades, the Concealed

- Februus - Hades, To Whom Purification and Sacrifice Is Offered

- Hades, the Good and Prudent (not historical, but reflects how he was seen)

Negative (but everything can be twisted sometimes):

- Hades Agesander - Hades, Who Carries All Away (this references the Persephone myth; included because it exists but I’m not sure you’d want to use it)

- Hades Clotonius - Hades, the Infernal

- Hades Stygius - Hades the Hateful

- Deus - Hades, the Cruel God

- Hades Agelastus - Hades of Melancholy Countenance

- “Hades, the Tearless”

- “Hades, the Implacable and Adamant”

Given by Poets:

- The Grisly God (Homer)

- Ruthless King (Homer)

- Infernal [Zeus] (Vergil, he said Jove)

- Stygian [Zeus] (Vergil, same as above)

What are his symbols?

Flowers/plants:cornucopia, cypress, narcissus, mint plant & white popular

Animals: cattle, horse, serpent, owl, dog, (specifically, black dogs) screech & sheep

Other: key, pomegranate & chariot

Colors: black, gold, silver

Hades in Roman myth

- Pluto

- Dis Pater

- Orcus

His most known epithet

this is the epithet I have seen everywhere when I read about him. around the 5th century BC, the Greeks started referring to Hades as **Plouton**, he is the giver of wealth, God of wealth in this aspect. With riches, I mean riches from below, such as: soil, fertile, metal, crops & so on. Plouton became a Roman God who rules the underworld and distributed the riches below. This deity was a mixture of the Greek god Hades and the Eleusinian icon Ploutos, and from this he also received a priestess. Wich wasnt practiced in Greece. More names of Plouton: Ploutodotes or ploudoter. in the Roman-era, mythographers mixed Aita (epithet of Etruscan fire God), the Roman Gods Dis Pater (Roman God of the underworld) & Orcus ( Roman God of underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan & Roman myth) and Hades merged all together and became Pluto. itself a euphemistic title (meaning "the rich one") often given to Hades. Sophocles explained the notion of referring to Hades as Plouton with these words: "the gloomy Hades enriches himself with our sighs and our tears" Pluto and Hades differ in character, but they are not distinct figures and share two dominant myths. Summary: Hades was give the name Plouton because most of the minerals come from under the world (such as under-world) so he also ruled over them.

Hades God of Dead explained.

Hades is NOT the personafication of Dead, that’s Thanatos (God of dead, son of Nyx), Hades RULED the dead instead. Hades being associated with dead made people see him as evil but Hades was often portrayed as passive rather than evil; his role was often maintaining relative balance.

Deities/creatures associated with Hades

- Persephone (kore, queen of the underworld & goddess of spring)

- Demeter (goddess of agriculture)

- Zeus (king of gods & God of thunder)

- Hestia (goddess of heart)

- Hera (Queen of Gods & God of marriage)

- Poseidon (God of sea)

- Cerberus (gatekeeper of the underworld)

- Chiron

- Hermes (God of thievery & travel, personal messenger of Zeus)

- Thanatos (God of dead, son of Nyx)

- Styx (the river styx)

- Kronos (father of Hades, titan)

- Rhea (mother of Hades, titan)

- Cocytus (father of Minthe)

- Minthe (Hades’s lover)

- Phlegethon (river phlegethon)

The underworld And how does the dead work

Well first of all before I start, The underworld was also called; house of Hades or Haides.

it depends on how you die. If you die of old age, Thanatos will come and take youre soul, then Hermes will lead you to the underworld. Afterwards you need to pay the ferryman Charon to get to the other side of the river styx, how do you pay the Chiron? Well you have to be buried with a coin in youre mouth. Otherwise you have to wait for 100 years. After you passed the river, you have to go through Cerberus. Cerberus makes sure no dead soul leaves and no living soul enters. Then you get judged by the 3 judges; Minos, Rhadamanthys & Aeacus. they will decide where you go:

- Asphodel meadows

- Tartarus

- Elysium fields

- Isle of the blessed

Asphodel meadows: is where the people go who led a good life.

Tartarus: people who did wrong, such as Sisyphus etc.. this is basically hell. It isn’t easy to get into Tartarus.

Elysium fields: this is basically Heaven, here goes the Hero’s and all the best people such as Achilles etc..

Isle of the blessed: you get sent to isle of the blessed if you reincarnated 3 times and all those 3 times you Were a good person.

In order for you to forget you’re past life, you have to drink from the river Lethe to forget.

I will get into detail of the underworld in my next blog. Deities/creatures in the Underworld:

Cerberus

Charon

Kronus

Erinyes

Hades

Hecate

Hermes

Hypnos

Moirae

Nyx

Persephone

Thanatos

Persephone

Keres

Oneiri.

Chthonic deities explained

Chtonic is a aspect of the Deity. Hermes is not Entirely a Chthonic deity, his Psychompop (guide of dead) aspect is Chthonic but the messenger of Zeus and God of Thievery is not Chthonic. So some Deities like Hermes are in multiple categories.

chthonic: underworld

To pray, you’re hands face down

Ouranic: sky

To pray, you’re hands face up

Einalic: sea

To pray, you’re hands face forward

Hades’s lover

you might say, Persephone is the only Goddess Hades laid eyes on but that’s not entirely true. nymph Minthe (Hades’s mistress, daughter of Cocytus) was the lover, when Persephone found out, she killed her and Hades turned her into a mint plant

Hades’s appearance:

he is depicted having a full dark beard, unkempt hair that falls on his forehead, His attire usually consists of dark robes, other ways to recognize him is when he is with Cerberus, holding a bident or/and holding the helmet of invisibility. But be careful to not put any pictures of him, Hades is a private deity. As he had a epithet “the unseen one” he doesn’t want to be seen, do not put any statues or pictures of him, nything in general.

personality wise, he is said to be cold & stern.

Hades in media

For what I know right now, Hades is featured in:

Lore Olympus - you can read in webtoon. He is the lover of the protagonist (Persephone)

Blood of Zeus - he is the antagonist and will appear with Persephone in S2

Hades - a Netflix game, where you play as Zagreus and try to escape the underworld.

Percy Jackson - in the series, but I have not watched the series. I have seen some clips

GOD’ school: the Olympian Gods - is made by a YouTube animator. Hades is in; ep 6

Hercules - a Disney movie, I have not seen this film but I am pretty sure he is the antagonist.

Greek memelogy - Hades and Persephone - you can read this on webtoon, it’s just silly short comics about Hades and Persephone

Source

Thesolaceofsunlight (on tumblr)

Wikipedia (website)

Theoi.com (website)

Greek mythology (app)

Griekse mythologie encyclopedie (a Dutch Greek myth enclyclopedia)

Final

I pretty much wrote down everything I knew. Pls correct me if I am wrong, or missed some stuff. My next blog will be about Persephone.

Things I might make a blog about:

how to pray

Ouranic, chthonic & eilanic deities,

Underworld

Offerings & prayers

Offerings & prayers to Hades

Differences between working, worshipping and devoting

if anyone has a request I will do a deep Dive on it.

Im Open to critique aslong as you are respectful about it.

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