Hades Pronunciation:  hay'-deez Roman Name: Pluto God of the Underworld & Wealth Special Weapon:  Helmet of Invicibility Animal:  Cerberus Flower:  Narcissus Tree:  Cypress Son of: Cronus & Rhea Wife: Persephone Sexual Affairs:  Minthe (Persephone changed her into a plant called the Hedyosoms (mint) People would avoid saying Hades name aloud when they prayed to him, they would pound their heads on the ground. For the stoy of The Rape of Persephone, see Demeter

The Underworld

The Underworld was realm to Hades and his queen, few people who came into the Underworld hardly ever left with exception to the Furies.  The Underworld is seperate from the world above by five rivers.

Acheron- the river of woe Cocytus- the river of lamentation' Phlegethon- the river of fire Styx- the river of unbreakable oath by which the gods swear Lethe- the river of forgetfullness

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