There are more candidates than 12 for the number 12, but it is the 12 gods of Olympus, the main god of Greece, but it has been controversial since ancient times whether Hades, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, should be included in the 12 gods of Olympus. ..
This time, let's take a look at Hades, which is called Pluto in Rome and Pluto in English.
The eldest brother of the Zeus family, the children of Cronus and Rhea
Cronus, who defeated Uranus, was afraid that his child would come to kill his father as he did.
"Patriicide" is an eternal theme, as seen in the ancient Greek King Oydips and the modern Karamazov brothers, and is even a psychological term.
Only his youngest brother, Zeus, survives and eventually overthrows Cronus.
After the overthrow of Uranus, Zeus took control of the world, his second son Poseidon ruled the sea, and his eldest brother Hades ruled the underworld.
There are several reasons why Hades ruled the underworld, including the theory that when Cronus spit out Hades, the order of birth was reversed, but this blog is a peaceful lottery theory. Has been adopted.
As for Hades, there are few stories that play a leading role, and other gods often appear in the story of the leading role. The famous ones are the story of Asclepius and the story of Orpheus.
Asclepius was displeased with Hades because he was so proficient in medicine that he finally revived the dead. As expected, Zeus seems to be weak at the request of his brother Hades, and throws lightning at Asclepius and makes him a dead person.
Zeus is a mysterious god, and while killing himself, he pitifully raises Asclepius to heaven and makes it "Ophiuchus".
Another famous story is the story of Orpheus.
Orpheus personally reminds me of the game Persona 3, but it was originally the name of a lyre master in Greek mythology, and when his wife was bitten by a poisonous snake, he went to see the dark world.
Normally, it is a punch line to be eaten up by Cerberus, the three-necked guard dog of hell, in a blink of an eye, but in front of Orpheus's lyre, all of them are powerless and captivate the humans of the underworld one after another.
Even Hades was fascinated by the wonderful tone, and Orpheus told me to return his wife to the ground if the following conditions were met.
The condition was that we should never look back until we escaped from the underworld.
It is a sad story that Orpheus is anxious when he is about to leave the ground and finally looks back at him.
Not limited to Orpheus, one of the reasons why things fail is that they are anxious. I also have one. I'm worried and I have to try to do something about it. I've lost a lot because of that, but sometimes people can't win the feeling of anxiety about something.
Hades and Persephone
The only story in which Hades is the protagonist is the story with Persephone.
Hades is quite serious, unlike Zeus and Poseidon. He is very serious because he may be the eldest brother.
However, it is scary when a serious man goes out of control. One day Hades falls in love with the spring goddess Persephone, who is bathing.
It must have been a love that burned like a tornado.
Hades wants to marry Persephone, so she goes to her father, Zeus, for permission to marry her.
Hey, some might wonder if he's going to marry his niece, but Zeus is married to his sister, and Cronus and Rhea are his sister and brother.
By the way, Persephone's mother is Demeter, the god of fertility, and she is also Zeus' sister. Zeus gives Hades permission to marry without Demeter's permission.
I didn't hear Demeter-I wouldn't say it like the Dachou Club, but she's still indignant and gets into the underworld to get her daughter back.
The trouble was that Demeter, the god of fertility, disappeared on the ground, and all the crops on the ground died.
Zeus, who was troubled by the stones, told Hades to return Persephone, but it was too late and Persephone ate the pomegranate of the underworld.
It was said that those who ate the food of the underworld would go to the underworld for the number of months she ate the pomegranate grains because it was a rule to become a resident of the underworld. When the spring goddess Persephone disappears, winter will come to the earth.
In this way, the four seasons were born on the ground.
For this reason, Persephone also has a face as a queen of the underworld, and she may be included in the Olympian 12 gods.
Pluto, the Roman name for Hades, is also the etymology of celestial bodies translated as plutonium and Pluto, and has recently become a model for the ancient weapon Pluto in One Piece.
By the way, Hades has appeared as the strongest egg monster in the half-ripe hero that was released by Square Enix a long time ago. It was overwhelmingly strong among all the characters in which she appeared, showing her strength as the king of the underworld.