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olympest:

Hades: You are under arrest.

Persephone: Again? Why?

Haded: For being too adorable.

Persephone, blushing: I’m not—

Hades: You are sentenced to cuddles.

Theoi Summary - Haides

Ἁιδης (ay-dees) - Haides AKA Hades, Aidoneus
God-king of the Underworld/Hades and the dead
Chthonic, Olympian generation

Symbols: Sceptre, helm, cornucopia, drinking horn, keys
Animals: Screech owl, cattle, hound
Colors: Black, gold, silver
Plants/Herbs: Cypress, mint, white poplar, asphodel
Stones/Crystals: Precious gems and metals, gold

Retinue: Erinyes, Minos, Aiakos, Rhadamanthys, Keres, Kharon, Thanatos, Kerberos, Oneiroi, the souls of the dead
Relations: Kronos (father), Rhea (mother), Persephone (wife), Zeus (brother), Hestia (sister), Poseidon (brother), Demeter (sister), Hera (sister), Minthe (consort), Leuce (consort), Erinyes (daughters), Zagreus (sometimes son), Melinoe (sometimes daughter)
Identified with: Plouton (Hellenic), Pluto (Roman), Dionysos (Hellenic), Dis Pater (Roman), Aita (Estruscan), Orcus (Roman)

Festivals: N/A

Epithets: Pluto (Of Wealth), Theon Chthonius (God of the Underworld), Polysemantor (Ruler of Many), Polydegmon (Host of Many), Polydectes (Receiver of Many), Necrodegmon (Receiver of the Dead), Necron Soter (Saviour of the Dead), Moiragetes (Guide of the Fates)

Aidoneus, Zeus, Poseidon

Fanart of the three brothers in @therkalexander’s The Good Counselor!

madness-and-gods: Tomb doors at The Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw, Polan

madness-and-gods:

Tomb doors at The Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw, Poland.


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