Persephone

Persephone was the goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld.

Parents

Zeus and Demeter.

Important Relationships

Wife of Hades.

Hades wanted to get married and asked Zeus if he could marry his daughter Persephone, but he was scared that Persephone’s mother wouldn’t allow them to be married so Zeus suggested that Hades kidnap Persephone. When Demeter realized that her daughter was missing, she was so sad and angry that all the crops across the earth stopped growing and she would not let them grow until she had her daughter back. Zeus had to make sure that Persephone was returned so that mankind didn’t all starve and die. However, before she left Persephone ate some pomegranate seeds so had to remain in the underworld with Hades for some of the year each year.