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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Orpheus – Mythopedia
Orpheus was the most famous musician of Greek mythology His music had power over all living things—though he could not save his bride Eurydice from death
- Homeric Hymns: 2. To Demeter (Full Text) - Mythopedia
(347–356) “Dark-haired Hades, ruler over the departed, father Zeus bids me bring noble Persephone forth from Erebus unto the gods, that her mother may see her with her eyes and cease from her dread anger with the immortals; for now she plans an awful deed, to destroy the weakly tribes of earthborn men by keeping seed hidden beneath the
- Hecate – Mythopedia
Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice
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