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Hades (mythology)

Hades
God of the Dead, of the Underworld, the Subterranean Regions, Death, Darkness, The Earth, Fertility, Riches, Mortality, Afterlife and Metals.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Hades/Serapis with Cerberus
Abode The Underworld
Symbol Cerberus, cornucopia, sceptre, Cypress, Narcissus, Keys, Serpents
Personal Information
Consort Persephone
Children Zagreus, Macaria, The Erinyes
Parents Cronus and Rhea
Siblings Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Chiron
Roman equivalent Dis Pater, Orcus

Hades (/ˈhdz/; Greek: Háidēs) was the ancient Greek chthonic god of the underworld, which eventually took his name.

In Greek mythology, Hades was regarded as the oldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although the last son regurgitated by his father. He and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated their father's generation of gods, the Titans, and claimed rulership over the cosmos. Hades received the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Poseidon the sea, with the solid earth—long the province of Gaia—available to all three concurrently. Hades was often portrayed with his three-headed guard dog Cerberus.

The Etruscan god Aita and Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus were eventually taken as equivalent to the Greek Hades and merged as Pluto, a Latinization of his euphemistic Greek name Plouton.


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