Following her departure, Hades forbade all mentions of her in the House, and as such she remains a figure of mystery. She is known only from a flashback sequence triggered by Zagreus sleeping in his room , and from conversations between Zagreus and Nyx. Her mother Demeter will also confide in Zagreus regarding her daughter. She reveals that Persephone's father was an ordinary mortal and a farmer, and that she called her Kore , although she later took on the name Persephone.
She left her mother at some point in the past, and Demeter departed from Olympus in a vain attempt to search for her. Demeter seems to pay no heed to rumors surrounding her disappearance, even doubting her brother Helios when he told her that Persephone journeyed to the Underworld. On the other hand, Hades is unsympathetic to Zagreus' attempts to pry more information about his mother, although he does mention that she always despised the name Kore.
Before the events of the game, nobody in the House except for Nyx and Hades themselves knew that Persephone was Zagreus' mother; by the start of the game, everyone in the House sans Hypnos has learned that this is the case. The Olympian gods are, however, still unaware of this fact at the story's start, and do not know Zagreus' true motives in escaping the Underworld. Little is known regarding Persephone's appearance, until Zagreus breaks out of the Underworld and reaches Greece.
In one conversation, Thanatos mentions that Zagreus has "her eyes. One of them, anyway. This is proven to be correct when Zagreus meets his birth mother for the first time. Persephone can only be gifted Nectar once she returns to the House of Hades ; if this is done, she will give you the Pom Blossom. Persephone's affinity gauge is maxed out at 9 hearts, requiring the gifting of 6 Nectar and 3 Ambrosia.
Persephone's favor involves her asking Zagreus if she was a good mother. The affinity gauge will unlock once this conversation is triggered. Interestingly, she does not mention Zagreus in the note at all and instead wishes well for Cerberus. It is the narrator who accidentally tells Zagreus that she was related to him at all, providing him the revelation that spurs Zagreus to escape from the House. Nyx, who was left to care for Zagreus after Persephone's departure, mentions that this fact of his lineage and her and Hades' lies tell him only half the truth.
Eventually, it is revealed that Zagreus was initially stillborn, and thus was not named until Nyx convinced the Fates to revive him, hence why Persephone did not mention what was, to her, a tragedy. Demeter : Persephone found her mother to be overbearing and controlling, implied to be somewhat similar to the relationship Zagreus and Hades shared.
It became one of reasons why, when Zeus spirited Persephone away to the Underworld, she came willingly. Persephone spent years avoiding her mother and the other Olympians, due to the potential ramifications of what could happen if they discovered that Zeus had taken her and she married Hades it is repeatedly suggested that should Demeter discover the truth, it may lead to war between the Olympian and Cthonic gods.
This continued even after she left the Underworld. When she returned to the Underworld, Persephone discovered the eternal winter her mother had placed upon the Earth. Meanwhile, the loss of Persephone had changed Demeter, turning the once generous and fair goddess of season cold and vengeful. Once Persephone announces herself to the Olympians with a slightly altered retelling of the events that had transpired to suggest that Persephone had simply run off , she is simply relieved to know her daughter is alive.
From there, Persephone and Demeter reach an agreement where Persephone must spend 6 months of the year on Olympus, and spend the rest of her time with her husband and son, and Demeter, humbled by having lost her daughter before due to her harsh treatment, seems to have softened up on Persephone significantly. Whenever Persephone is in the Underworld, she regularly asks Zagreus to send her regards.
However, either on her own accord or, more probably, after being tricked by Hades, Persephone had tasted one pomegranate seed before leaving the Underworld. What does the story of Persephone teach us? What was Persephone's symbol? Who is the goddess of underworld? Who is the beautiful goddess of nature? Which is the Greek goddess of spring flowers and nature?
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There is life in death, and death in life. The Demeter Hymn contains the foundation myth of the Eleusinian Mysteries - renowned religious rites which took place at Eleusis, near to Athens.
Initiation into the Mysteries held out the prospect of making death less threatening. The establishment of Persephone as a feminine presence in the Underworld, as described in the Hymn, corresponds to the notion that death is not as terrifying as it could have been had Hades alone been present as ruler in the world of the dead. Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender Turn your face away from the garish light of day Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light And listen to the music of the night.
The plea of Hades to Persephone is quite different in the Hymn, but the desperate loneliness of the two males in their dark realms is something that they have in common. This again shows how significant the myth of Demeter and Persephone was in the lives of women and girls in Greek antiquity. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom.
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