Persephone is the goddess of the seasons, and the reason she is that, is simply that that's the way the ancient Greeks made it.
To explain the seasons.
The Greek gods gave the ancient Greeks a way to explain things they didn't understand. For example, the ancient Greeks used the myth of Persephone and Hades to explain the seasons. When Persephone was with Hades in the Underworld, she was miserable. So her mother, Demeter (goddess of agriculture) , kept everything from growing, causing winter. When Persephone was with her mother, she was happy, and Demeter brought summer to the world.
Persephone and Demeter
why's hades important to the greeks
They explained all the things that happen in nature. Such as, the 4 seasons. (Persephone). Poems were often how the Greeks wrote the myths.
They explained all the things that happen in nature. Such as, the 4 seasons. (Persephone). Poems were often how the Greeks wrote the myths.
Yes.
Persephone, as Queen of the Underworld, was a deity of death, to draw her attention was to invite death as the Greeks thought it.
Persephone is the goddess of the seasons, and the reason she is that, is simply that that's the way the ancient Greeks made it.
To explain the seasons.
It related to the gods to continuously explain the seasons with the accent of Persephone in spring and the decent to the Underworld causing winter.
Persephone is important because she is Zeus's and Demeter's daughter. She is also the Goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld.
It explained the seasons. After Hades stole persephone and made her his bride, he kept her in the underworld and in that time, Demeter was depressed so she gave the Greeks bad harvest, and with Persephone being in the underworld, no flowers could grow. This explained winter. During summer and spring, demeter and Persephone were re-united, so flowers bloomed on earth again, and the people's crops were revived.
It explained the seasons. After Hades stole persephone and made her his bride, he kept her in the underworld and in that time, Demeter was depressed so she gave the Greeks bad harvest, and with Persephone being in the underworld, no flowers could grow. This explained winter. During summer and spring, demeter and Persephone were re-united, so flowers bloomed on earth again, and the people's crops were revived.
The Greek gods gave the ancient Greeks a way to explain things they didn't understand. For example, the ancient Greeks used the myth of Persephone and Hades to explain the seasons. When Persephone was with Hades in the Underworld, she was miserable. So her mother, Demeter (goddess of agriculture) , kept everything from growing, causing winter. When Persephone was with her mother, she was happy, and Demeter brought summer to the world.
With Persephone's myth, the Earth/we know the seasons of spring, summer (when Persephone returns to the Earth, reigning with Demeter Queen of the Harvest/Earth) during autumn Persephone departs and dwells in the Underworld with Hades as Queen of the Underworld. We already know these things, but this is how the ancient Greeks explained the seasons.