Mythology

Hades

 

AppleMark

Hades is a very selfish god. Hades once abducted DemeterŐs daughter, Persephone, and brought her back to the underworld. If she ate, then she would be forced to be his wife forever. Obviously Hades does not care how Persephone or her family feels. All he cares about is himself and getting a wife. Another example is whenever a new soul comes into the underworld, Hades always tries to make the soul have the worst punishment possible like making a soul push a boulder to the top of a mountain. When the soul gets halfway, the boulder rolls back to the bottom. This demonstrates that Hades does not care about how hard the soul has to work. In conclusion, you can see that Hades is a very self-centered god.

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By Ryan, June 2006