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A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.
Perihelion: The Prophecy was created by only three people: Gyula Szentirmay (coder), Edvard Toth (graphic designer) and Zoltán Végh (musician). The whole management over the project was in hands of Edvard Toth who was responsible for the artwork, design, concept and story (in-game script and dialogue is big in size for almost 80 pages of written text). [1]
Persephone was abducted by Hades, who desired a wife. When Persephone was gathering flowers, she was entranced by a narcissus flower planted by Gaia (to lure her to the underworld as a favor to Hades), and when she picked it the earth suddenly opened up. [64] Hades, appearing in a golden chariot, seduced and carried Persephone into the underworld.
The trip to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world. [1] The hero or upper-world deity journeys to the underworld or to the land of the dead and returns.
In Greek mythology, Lethe (/ ˈ l iː θ iː /; Ancient Greek: Λήθη Lḗthē; Ancient Greek: [lɛ̌ːtʰɛː], Modern Greek:) was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the Amelēs potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all those who drank from it ...
Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. [3] He and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, defeated their father's generation of gods, the Titans, [4] and claimed joint rulership over the cosmos.
The Battle of Olympus takes place in ancient Greece which is being terrorized by Hades, the dark ruler of the underworld. Helene, the lover of Orpheus, is kidnapped by Hades. A top-down map of Greece shows various dungeons and ancient Greek city-states for the player to visit on their journey.
1st century sculpture of Pluto in the Getty Villa. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto (Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the Greek underworld.The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself.