Hades

Hades - God Of The Underworld

"Welcome, Spartan! Come in! Make yourself at home. This time, you won't be leaving." - Hades

Hades is the God of the Underworld and husband to Persephone. He holds power over the dead and manipulation over the souls of the living. Being one of the most prominent gods, he is also one of the more powerful.

Hades was one of six children of Cronos and Rhea, and the oldest male of his siblings. He was married to Persephone, who he kidnapped. He and his siblings were rescued by Zeus from the Wrath of Cronos. Then, when the Titanomachy came, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon, the principal gods that battled, fought for humanity and, along with the other Olympians, emerged victorious. After the battle, it proved necessary to organize the Cosmos. Thus war, the three brothers drew lots. Poseidon got the waters and the Oceans, Zeus the heavens and the rule of the gods, and Hades became the God of the Underworld, its deepest part being Tartarus, a place of suffering and pain and the battle ground of the Great War. The Underworld is also referred to as Hades.

In Greek mythology, Hades rarely interfered with mortals (unless they tried to cheat death), and was rather passive and unselfish. Ironically, he is often portrayed as evil in modern connotations. His Roman equivalent is Pluto. Hades refers to both the ancient Greek Underworld (the abode of Hades), and to the god of said domain. Hades in Homer referred just to the God; the genitive, Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead.

In Greek mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronos and Rhea. According to myth, Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans, claimed rulership over the universe, including the underworld, air, and sea, respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. Because of his association with the underworld, Hades is often interpreted by moderns as the Grim Reaper, even though he was not.

The Romans referred to Hades as Pluto, from his Greek epithet, meaning "Rich One". In Roman mythology, Pluto was called Dis Pater and Orcus. The corresponding Etruscan God was Aita. Symbols associated with him are the Helm of Darkness and the three-headed dog, Cerberus.

In Christian theology, the term "Hades" refers to the abode of the dead. This is parallel to the Hebrew Sheol (????, grave or dirt-pit) and the English Hell (Old English, hel), which was derived from Norse mythology for the land of the dead.
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