2007-01-18 11:53:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It is the nature of the seasons. When Persephone is in Hades, it is winter and nothing grows and when Persephone is with Demeter, it is spring and nature blooms
2007-01-18 11:58:12 · answer #1 · answered by David C 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The myth is one of fertility and cycles. The early Greeks believed in the balance of male and female energies to create life. Hades was not just the god of the Underworld but represented the male fertility or potency of the land. The myth recognises that growth in nature needs the cycles to create and bear fruit. Demeter is the ever giving creative force of the feminine and Hades is the masculine, Persephone is the seed. The pomegranate is used to signify the seed once conceived which Hades then has to release back to Demeter to propagate, grow and bear fruit. The seed (Persephone) is then returns to the warmth of the earth until the process happens once more. Hence the cycles of growth and the seasons.
2016-05-24 05:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Deborah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also, the pomegranite seeds, depending on the version you read, persephone ate either three or six, corresponding to the amount of time she has to spend in the underworld every year...
2007-01-18 18:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The change of seasons.
2007-01-18 12:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by Smurfette 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that's a tricky question..
2016-08-23 15:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋