Hey dear Hive Community, first of all I hope that you are all well and that you had a day that was full of positive experiences! Today I would like to talk about the Greek mythology and hope you can learn something new.
In this post I would like to present you pictures that I created with the help of artificial intelligence and depict the Greek god Hades. Hades is also one of the children of Rhea and Cronos and he is also known as the god of the underworld who rules in the underground and he leaves them it rarely. Among his companions were the well-known dog Cerberus which guarded the entrance to the underworld and devours everyone who approached him and only a few overwhelmed him and made it into the underworld. The twins Thanatos and Hypnos were also at his side and Charon was known for bringing the souls that Hermes had brought him into the underworld over the rivers Styx and Acheron. Hades is most of the time depicted as a strong, bearded and gloomy figure as well as strict God and from the underworld there was no escape and to the most important attributes belonged his scepter as well as a helmet with which he could make himself invisible which was produced by the Cyclops. One of his tasks was also to guard the treasures and mineral resources that are in the underworld and helped that the roots of the plants grew well.
When Hades was born, he was devoured by his father Cronos at birth together with his other siblings and he was then liberated and since cronos was defeated, they divided his ruling territory and Hades received the underworld. According to legend, Hades fell in love with the daughter of Demeter Persephone one day and since she did not return his love, he decided to kidnap her and Demeter then became very angry and complained to Zeus. Hades even threatened to get the dead souls from the underworld if Persephone was taken from him and then Heracles freed her, but there are different traditions about this legend. According to a legend by ovid, Hades had a mistress named Minthe and out of jealousy Persephone transformed her into the well-known plant mint and the botanical name is also linked to this legend. Also in the twelve tasks of Heracles the underworld was mentioned and Heracles once had the task to visit the underworld to kidnap the dog Cerberus and in honor of Hades, some temples were built and his cult was celebrated in various places such as Athens or Olympia.
Thanks for taking the time to read through my post and I hope you like it and can learn something new about mythology!
