Family

- Parents: Cronus and Rhea

- Siblings: Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia

- Wife: Persephone

- Children: Melinoe, Macaria, Zagreus

Role and Attributes

- God of the Underworld, death, and riches

- Ruler of the dead and the Underworld

- Symbols: Scepter, Cerberus, drinking horn, cypress tree, Helm of Darkness, bident, serpent, cornucopia, narcissus, key

Myths

- Abduction of Persephone: Hades abducted Persephone, daughter of Demeter, to be... Sign in / Sign up to learn more about Hades

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• What were Hades' initial thoughts upon drawing the Underworld as his domain in the division with Zeus and Poseidon?
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