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Hades

Hades is the son of Cronus and Rhea. He holds a scepter and a horn of plentiness. These are considered as his symbols. He was worshipped in Nekromanteion where he also has a temple along theriver Styx. Hades is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. After the over throne of their Father Cronus, he drew lots with Zeus and Poseidon, for shares of the world. He had the worst draw and was madelord of the underworld, ruling over the dead. He is a greedy god who is greatly concerned with increasing the dead in the underworld. Those whose calling increase the number of dead are seen favorably.The Erinnyes are welcomed guests. There are three Erinnyes, Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto, the Erinnyes came from the blood of Uranus when he was castrated. He is exceedingly disinclined to allowany of his subjects to leave. He is also the god of wealth, due to the precious metals mined from the earth. He has a helmet that makes him invisible. He rarely leaves the underworld. He is mercilessand terrible, but not capricious. His wife is Persephone whom Hades abducted. He is the King of the dead but, death itself is another god “Thanatos”. The underworld is hidden in the earth. For most,life in the underworld is not particularly unpleasant. It is rather like a miserable dream, full of shadows, without sunlight or hope. A joyless place where the dead slowly fade into nothingness. Theunderworld is surrounded by a series of rivers: The Acheron (river of suffering “woe”), The Cocytus (river of lamentation), The Phlegethon (river of fire), The Styx (river of unbreakable oath by whichthe gods swear), and The Lethe (river of forgetfulness). Once across the rivers an adamantine gate, guarded by Cerberus, forms the entrance to the kingdom. Deep within the kingdom is Hades vast palace.Upon death a soul is lead by Hermes to the entrance of the underworld and the ferry across the Acheron. There is a single ferry run by Charon to take the souls across the river. Only those who can...