Hades is actually the name off the god of Hell, a brother to Zeus in Greek mythology. The Romans called him Pluto or Dis, but they also had another deity whos name, like Hades', became the name for the dead's home, that is Orcus. It is said that Hades was worshipped only by the Eleans.

He possessed a helmet, which was given to him by the Cyclopes. This helmet rended the wearer invisible and sometimes Hades lent it to both gods and men. Perseus put the helmet on his head when he went to kill Medusa and Hermes, wearing the helmet, fought the Giants. Athena at Troy put on the helmet of Hades, so that Ares should not see her.

Persefone
Hade's wife is Persefone, who, as her role as the Queen of the Underworld, is pale as a corpse and a terrifying creature who sometimes is identifed with Hekate, who is the ghosts and witches ruler and who rule over all the crossroads upon the earth.

Persephone was carried off by Hades and because of her eating a seed of a pomegranate in the Underworld had to divide her time between this and the upper world. She was the daughter of Demeter, and when Hades carried off her, Demeter went about seeking her daughter all over the earth with torches by night and day, and during that time she did not allow the earth to produce any fruits. When Zeus ordered Hades to send back Persephone, Hades gave her a seed of a pomegranate to eat, in order that she might not tarry long with her mother.

Not foreseeing the consequence, she swallowed it; and because Ascalaphus bore witness against her, Demeter laid a heavy rock on him in Hades. But later Heracles rolled away the stone of Ascalaphus, and then Demeter turned Ascalaphus into a short-eared owl. But some say Persephone was daughter of Styx. Minthe was the concubine of Hades; Persephone transformed her into a plant called Hedyosmos (mint).

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