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Persephone opening a cista containing the infant Adonis, on a pinax from Locri Epizephyrii. Adonis was an exceedingly beautiful mortal man with whom Persephone fell in love. [69] [70] [71] After he was born, Aphrodite entrusted him to Persephone to raise. But when Persephone got a glimpse of the beautiful Adonis—finding him as attractive as ...
Persephone and Hades ; Perseus and Andromeda ; Philemon and Baucis ; Phyllis and Demophon ; Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl , two volcanoes; Poseidon and Amphitrite ; Proserpina and Pluto ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Pyrrhus and Andromache ; Rama and Sita ; Sahadeva and Draupadi
Demeter is Persephone's mother and goddess of fertility. Demeter does not like her daughter's crush Hades at first, but changes her mind when Persephone says that Principal Zeus likes him. She owns a shop in the Immortal Marketplace called Demeter's Daffodils, Daisies, and Floral Delights. Hera is first introduced in Aphrodite the Diva. She is ...
The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Innate sexual aversion between siblings forms due to close association in childhood, in what is known as the Westermarck effect. Children who grow up together do not normally develop sexual attraction, even if they are unrelated, and conversely, siblings who were separated at a young age may develop sexual attraction.
Nyx and Erebus were also married siblings. The sea god Phorcys fathered many offspring by his sister Ceto. Among the many lovers of Zeus, some were his daughters. Persephone is the daughter of Demeter and her brother Zeus, and becomes the consort of her uncle Hades. Some legends indicate that her father impregnated her and begat Dionysus Zagreus.
Articles relating to the goddess Persephone, the queen of the underworld in Greek mythology. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.