His palace seemed to be separate from other parts of his realm. Hades (Underworld) could also refer to Hades’ residential palace, which was called the House of Hades, where he lived with Persephone. The entire domain was divided into several regions, and having several different types of landmarks. See Hades under Deities of the Netherworld section, for more detail about the god of the dead.Īs I have said, the Underworld was subterranean domain of Hades, where the sunlight never shined, and the climate was either cold or chilling. The Earth was shared by all, but Zeus became the supreme ruler of the universe. Zeus receive the sky or Olympus, Poseidon became lord of the sea, while Hades ruled the Underworld. His wife and consort was Persephone or Prosperina (Prosperine) according to the Roman myths.Īfter the war between the Titans and Olympians, Hades and his two brothers decided to divide the universe between them. Hades was known in the Roman myths, as Pluto. Hades (Underworld) was the named after its ruler, Hades, who was the son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Hades is a popular name and it is often used interchangeably with the Underworld, for the entire subterranean realm. The domain of Hades has many different names, such as Underworld, Hades, House of Hades, Erebus, Tartarus, Elysium and Isles of the Blessed. Though, the ruler of the Underworld was named Hades, the netherworld itself was popularly called Hades. In classical mythology, the world of the dead or the netherworld has many different names. In the Greek mythology, the rulers of the Underworld were Hades and Persephone, which the Romans called Pluto (or Dis Pater) and Prosperina. For the Greeks and Romans, death was inevitable and all men were allotted to their fates, and all were given places in the Netherworld. Few gained godhood and fewer still gained places in the Olympus, the home of the Olympian gods and goddesses.įor people who read about the afterlife in Greek mythology, you must ignore the Christian and Islamic concepts of heaven and hell scenarios that are so common in medieval and modern religions. Almost all mortals would reside in the netherworld, after their death. The world of the dead or the netherworld was commonly viewed, by the ancient religions, to be a subterranean realm, ruled by a god or goddess, or both.
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