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The name is either borrowed from the Roman god, Silvanus or the original source of the Roman god's name. [41] Sethlans: Etruscan blacksmith and craftsman god, often wielding an axe. Equivalent to the Greek Hephaistos and Roman Vulcanus. [41] Summanus: Etruscan god of nocturnal thunder, often said to be Zeus's twin or opposite. Śuri
Hades (/ ˈ h eɪ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: ᾍδης, romanized: Hā́idēs, Attic Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdεːs]), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. [2] Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him ...
In writing of the mineral wealth of ancient Iberia (Roman Spain), he says that among the Turdetani, it is "Pluto, and not Hades, who inhabits the region down below." [ 18 ] In the discourse On Mourning by the Greek author Lucian (2nd century AD), Pluto's "wealth" is the dead he rules over in the abyss (chasma) ; the name Hades is reserved for ...
Hades fell in love with her and abducted her to the underworld. She lived out the span of her life in his realm, and when she died, the god turned her into a white poplar which he placed in the Elysian Fields. To celebrate his return from the underworld, the hero Heracles crowned himself with a branch of this tree. [1]
Pluto holding a bident in a woodcut from the Gods and Goddesses series of Hendrick Goltzius (1588–1589). A bident is a two-pronged implement resembling a pitchfork.In Greek mythology, the bident is a weapon associated with Hades (), the ruler of the underworld.
Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto . Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages , when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love.
Hades appears in the Kingdom Hearts series with a personality based on his appearance in the Disney movie Hercules. James Woods reprises his voice as Hades. Hades appears in Age of Mythology and Age of Empires: Mythologies. Hades plays a major role in Herc's Adventures. Hades is the main antagonist in Kid Icarus: Uprising, voiced by S. Scott ...
The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros and Aphrodite are called by their Latin names (Cupid and Venus). Also, Cupid is depicted as a young adult, rather than a fat winged child (putto amorino). [28] The story tells of the quest for love and trust between Eros and Psyche.