Persephone

Persephone (, Persephonē) is the goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld in ancient Greek religion and myth. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is married to the god Hades, with whom she rules over the souls of the dead. As a vegetation goddess, she presided over the bounty of the harvest as it emerged during the season of spring. 

Persephone and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which promised initiates a reward in the afterlife. The tale of her being abducted by Hades, during which she was tricked into eating seeds from a pomegranate (the food of the dead), served to explain the cause of the seasons, and is one prominently featured in ancient Greek literature. Her symbols included the pomegranate, flowers and seeds of grain. During the summer she would rise up from the underworld to be with her mother Demeter. The goddess Proserpina is her Roman counterpart. 

 Birth and Early Life 
Persephone is the daughter of two powerful gods in Greek mythology. Zeus, was the king of all gods. Demeter, her mother, was goddess of the harvest, agriculture and fertility. Her mother was affectionately known as 'Mother Nature'. Persephone was born as a result of one of father's numerous affairs. Being born to a goddess of agriculture, it would come as no supride that Persephone is a goddess of spring and new life.

Category:Greek gods and goddesses
Category:Gods and goddesses of the underworld
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