In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

For that matter, most of them were relatives who married each other. Persephone's mother Demeter had plenty of cause for ...

When Zeus notices that Hades' actions are causing widespread ramifications in the mortal world, Zeus brokers a deal with his brother to allow Persephone to return to her mother. However ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

Demeter makes everything grow. audio1. Demeter makes everything grow In the first programme of the series we meet the goddess Demeter - mother of Persephone - who makes the crops grow. In the ...