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Goddesses and Gods.wps - Welcome to Our Temple

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Lesser Known Facts About Hades<br />

Hades, God of the Underworld:<br />

Hades, also called Aidoneus, was the son of Rhea <strong>and</strong> Cronus (the lord of the Titans<br />

who ate everyone, including his own family, eventually). Fortunately, Hades was<br />

saved by his brother Zeus, who later gave Hades the underworld as his share of an<br />

inheritance. He was married <strong>to</strong> Persephone, who was condemned by Zeus <strong>to</strong> spend<br />

one third of each year in the underworld with Hades, for eating the fatal<br />

Pomegranate's seeds (which was the symbol of marriage). Hades has also been<br />

portrayed as Plu<strong>to</strong>. Homer said that <strong>to</strong> pray <strong>to</strong> him, one struck the ground with bare<br />

h<strong>and</strong>s or rods. Black ewes or rams were sometimes sacrificed <strong>to</strong> him. Plants sacred <strong>to</strong><br />

the God of the Underworld will always be Cypress <strong>and</strong> the Narcissus, <strong>and</strong> of course,<br />

the mint plant, which reminds him of a special Nymph.

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