Wednesday, October 12, 2011

MELISSA TREJO-HADES

           HADES WAS ALSO KNOW AS PLUTO.PLUTO WAS NAMED AFTER HADES SO HIS MOON WAS NAMED AFTER CHARON THE FERRYMAN ON THE RIVER STYX.WHEN HADES WENT UP TO THE EARTH HE TURNED INVISIBLE.HIS SYMBOL OR ATTRIBUTE IS THE SCEPTER OR THE HORN OF PLENTY.IT WAS SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN.

          HADES IS ONE THE THREE MAIN GODS.HE WAS BORN ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE.HE HAS TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS AND THEIR MOM IS RHEA AND CRONUS IS HIS DAD.WHEN THEY WERE ALL BORN THEIR DAD SWALLOWED THEM BUT ZEUS WAS BORN AFTER THEM.RHEA TRICKED CRONUS ON SWALLOWING A ROCK AND SHE TOOK HIM TO THE NYMPHS.THERE HE GREW UP AND WENT BACK TO HIS DAD AND TRICKED HIM ON DRINKING A LIQUID THAT CONTAINED A HER, SO HE COULD THROW UP HIS SIBLINGS AND TOGETHER THEY DEFEATED  CRONUS.ZEUS PICKED THE HEAVENS TO RULE, POSIDON PICKED THE SEA, SO HADES ENDED UP GETTING THE UNDERWORLD TO RULE BUT HE DIDNT LIKE THIS.HADES BECAME GLOOMY JUST LIKE THE UNDERWORLD.

          HADES WANTED A COMPANION WITH HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD.HE ONCE SAW PERSEPHONE IN A MEADOW.HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER BUT HE KNEW THAT SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO MARRY HIM SO HADES KIDNAPPED HER AND RAPED HER.SO SHE HAD TO STAY WITH HIM HALF OF THE YEAR WITH HIM BECAUSE HER MOM DEMETER NEED HER WITH HER SINCE SHE FELT SAD.

          THE UNDERWORLD WAS A PLACE WHERE SOULS WENT WHEN THEY DIED.HIS DOG CERBERUS GUARDED THE ENTRANCE TO THE UNDERWORLD SO SOULS COULD ONLY PASS.IF YOU WERE REALLY BAD YOU HAD TO GO TO THE PIT OF TARTARUS. THE RIVER STYX WAS LOCATED IN THE UNDERWORLD.THE RIVER WAS FILLED WITH LOST DREAMS.TO PASS THE RIVER YOU HAD TO PAY THE FERRYMAN SO HE COULD TAKE YOU ACROSS.HADES PETS WERE A THREE HEADED DOG,BLACK HORSES,AND VARIOUS HOUNDES.

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