There once was a tail of Goddess and Gods Demeter, Goddess of Nature, Hades King of Hell and of course the powerful Zeus. Zeus and Demeter had a child together, Persephone was her name. She was raised in Sicily, far away from her father's eyes.
But one day Hades laid eyes on her, and he right away knew he had to make her his. The king of Hell got help from his brother Zeus; and together, they made a plan to steal Persephone away.
On a cool morning, their wait came to an end, the two brothers had a plan. Persephone was playing with her friends, but distracted by the shining beauty of a narcissus, she found herself alone in a field when suddenly, the ground opened under her feet. Hades appeared, riding his golden chariot and dragged the young girl to the underworld.
Deep down in the Kingdom of the deads, Persephone was mourning, Hades tried to explain why he had done such a thing, and confessed his love for her, but there was nothing to do. This cold, dark place terrified his beloved.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere, in heavens and on earth, but she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, she came across Helios who revealed her the truth. Furious, Demeter asked her brother Hades to return her daughter, but the king of Hell would not comply. Desperate, Demeter stopped growing fruits on earth. Forced to find a solution, Zeus asked his brother to comply with their sister's demand. And he did, only there was one condition: Persephone would be released if she hadn't eaten anything. Unfortunately, the girl had eaten some seeds from a pomegranate.
Zeus knew he couldn't keep mother and daughter apart. A compromise was found. Persephone was to live six months on earth and six months in the underworld each year. Therefore, whenever Persephone was in the underworld, her mother would be mourning and winter would come, however when her and her daughter were close, they would celebrate, and summer would replace winter.
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