Underworld

Stories tagged Underworld:

• Demeter and Persephone Jul 29, 2025

  

  Demeter and Persephone

  Long, long ago, when the world was young and the gods walked more freely among mortals, there was no winter. The earth bloomed in eternal spring, flowers danced in perpetual sunshine, and the harvest never failed. This blessed time was the gift of Demeter, the great goddess of the earth and growing things, whose love for all living creatures kept the world green and abundant.

• Hades and the Underworld Jul 29, 2025

  

  Hades and the Underworld

  When the ancient Greeks contemplated death, they did not imagine a heavenly paradise or fiery hell as later religions would. Instead, they envisioned a shadowy, neutral realm beneath the earth—a place where the spirits of the dead would continue a diminished version of existence, neither in torment nor in joy, but simply… persisting.

• The Myth of Sisyphus Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Myth of Sisyphus

  In ancient Greece, in the city of Corinth, there once ruled a king named Sisyphus who was renowned throughout the land for his cunning and intelligence. No puzzle was too complex for him to solve, no riddle too difficult for him to unravel, and no scheme too intricate for him to devise. But Sisyphus possessed a fatal flaw that would ultimately lead to his doom: he believed himself cleverer than the gods themselves.

• Orpheus and Eurydice Jul 28, 2025

  

  Orpheus and Eurydice

  In ancient Greece, when gods still walked among mortals and music was believed to have the power to move mountains, there lived a man named Orpheus, son of the Muse Calliope and either Apollo or the Thracian king Oeagrus, depending on which tales you believe. What is not disputed is that Orpheus possessed a gift for music unmatched by any mortal before or since.

• The Abduction of Persephone Jul 27, 2025

  

  In the golden age when the world was young and eternal spring blessed the earth, there lived a goddess whose very presence made flowers bloom and crops flourish. Her name was Demeter, and she was the goddess of harvest, grain, and the fertility of the earth. With hair like ripened wheat and eyes the color of rich soil, Demeter possessed the power to make the earth green and abundant.