Persephone: Bringer of Life or Destruction? | Fate & Fabled

There is evidence that Persephone was an underworld goddess before she was ever a nature goddess, referred to as "Despoina", or "the Queen", so as to avoid using her real name. She's definitely a chthonic deity to a greater degree than she is a nature deity, since MOST of that is Demeter's job, anyway.

Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions did a similar deep dive into Persephone and she found that her origins and myths are far older then that of Hades. While Hades is a god from the classic era, Persephone is a goddess from the bronze age, and could possibly be one of the original rulers of the underworld Great video as always guys!

The only silver lining for Persephone is that Hades stayed loyal to her despite being a king of his own realm, and the two being together for only 3-6 months in a year

Persephone is always such a fascinating subject because it really has so many layers on autonomy, patriarchal customs, and of course the dynamics of love. Really fun illustrations and storytelling as always!

Fun fact: Persephone's role as the underworld Queen probably predates Hades being a God at all.

Glad you mentioned how all versions of Persephone’s versions were taken without consent. Regardless of how in-love she was with Hades in some myths, taking someone without consent is never ok.

I adore Persephone, she’s one of my absolute favorite goddess in mythology and it was her story that made me fell in love with it in the first place as a child.

Demeter's character after Kore's abduction reminds me of Parvati who later became Annapurna. Demeter reacted similarly to how Parvati reacted to Shiva.

I learned in my college class that kore means maiden. It was a title. Not her name. Persephone was always her name. It means thresher of wheat. A name fitting for the daughter of Demeter. I've never heard the part with the nymph.

Persephone may be one of the female characters in Greek mythology that has the most agency, yet the way she transformed Minthe into mint is still an honest reflection of female intrasexual competition under patriarchy. In the end, it is always easier to be a rebel, but difficult to be a revolutionary.

i always find it ironic that hades being persephones uncle always comes up, when zeus' wife is his sister i think.

It's weird hearing Hades been spoken of in such a negative way. He's always one of the nicest ones, especially when it comes to his wife. Even the kidnapping was painted in a neutral light, one that was okay during the time.

if you go off of the original hymn of demeter, both hecate and helios helped demeter find persephone and hades tricks her into eating the pomegranate seeds by saying she can return to her mother then brushes her lips with the pomegranate seed so she has consumed some of it and has to stay for some of the time, instead of being based on the number of seeds consumed. also theres a whole section of the myth in that text that sets up the eleusian mystery cult in the mythology by talking about a son of an important mortal who demeter tries to make into a god by placing him in the hearth to burn away his mortality and feeding him ambrosia but is interrupted by the boys mother, so he must remain mortal but demeter grants him her favor, and demeter reveals herself and forces eleusis to build a grand temple for her to divert her anger from them

Would you guys mind attaching source documents to your video descriptions? I enjoy your summaries and following your research process would be fun

I like the variant of this myth where Hecate is the informant in question as it really enhances her role as a cthonic underworld god with her being the goddess of crossroads and magic who resides in the underworld

Ayyy, it's so awesome seeing Persephone getting more attention and love beyond her kidnapping from Hades; glad that Persephone's original name, Kore, was brought up, since it hardly ever comes up 🥰

I’m from Canada, so I’ve always wondered how’d they account for those random snowfalls in May with this story. Is it that Persephone had a fight with her mom and went back to the Underworld to calm down for a few days lol?

My favorite depiction of the myth has to be the Hades video game, especially since we actually get to see Persephone as a grown woman after everything has gone down. It also has my favorite depictions of the Greek gods in general, especially Demeter.

The interpretation of Greek Mythology from the game Hades is my favorites.

I think one of the main reason why i am fascinated with persephone is how she shows the duality women can wield inside themself. Being both zhe goddess of spring/resurrection depicted with flowers AND being the queen of the underworld. She can also be an image of resilience. Or a modern day interpretation of her managing her work life balance of working with her mother for nature, spring and then spending time with her hubby in hades lol