Hades – Mythopedia Hades was a fearsome Greek god and ruler of the Underworld So dreaded by the Greeks that they didn’t dare speak his name, his most famous act was abducting Persephone, goddess of springtime
Persephone – Mythopedia Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home
Cerberus – Mythopedia Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld In most literary and artistic representations, Cerberus had three heads and a mane of snakes
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Pluto – Mythopedia Pluto was the Roman counterpart to Hades, the Greek deity who ruled the underworld of the same name A wizened Pluto leans on his staff as his three-headed hound Cerberus keeps watch in this statue from the second century CE
Tartarus – Mythopedia Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus
Aether – Mythopedia The shining Aether, child of Erebus and Nyx, was the embodiment of the upper air, the radiant home of the gods Aether was the brother of Hemera, the personification of the day, and in some traditions was her consort as well
Hestia – Mythopedia Hestia was the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, rulers of the cosmos before the Olympians; her siblings included Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus
Endymion – Mythopedia Endymion, son of Aethlius and Calyce, was a king of Elis whose remarkable beauty won him the love of Selene, goddess of the moon In the best-known tradition, the gods caused Endymion to fall into an eternal sleep so that he would remain young and handsome forever
Sisyphus – Mythopedia Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus