persephone
Persephone is the goddess of the Underworld, springtime, vegetation and maidenhood. She is also the daughter of Demeter and the wife of Hades. When Persephone was gathering flowers in a field, Hades came out of the Underworld to kidnap her and take her to the Underworld to be his wife. After spending some time in the Underworld, Persephone was released by Hades who had been told by Zeus to do so, so that Persephone can be reunited with her mother Demeter. But Hades gave Persephone some pomegranate seeds to eat. As a result of this, she had to return to the Underworld to spend the third part of every year there with Hades.
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