The Abduction of Persephone
Hades desired a bride and petitioned his brother Zeus to grant him one of his daughters. The god offered him Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. However, knowing that the goddess would resist the marriage, he assented to the forceful abduction of the girl. When Demeter learned of this, she was furious and caused a great dearth to fall upon the earth until her daughter was returned. Zeus was forced to concede lest mankind perish, and the girl was fetched forth from the underworld. However, since she had tasted of the pomegranate seed, she was forced to return to him for a portion of each year.
The Moral: The moral of this myth is that a mothers affection can not be overthrown. Demeter never gave up in the search for her daughter, even grieving herself into destroying the harvest and threatening the great god Zeus. This myth is one of my all time favorites do the ambition Demeter had to rescue her daughter from the evil Hades.
Work Cited:
"HADES : Greek King of the Underworld, God of the Dead ; Mythology ; Pictures : HAIDES, PLUTO." Greek Mythology. Web. 2 May 2014.
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