I just love the myth of Persephone, i mean the real, original version of it, because itâs not like she got kidnapped, no, this bitch was la-de-da-ing in a meadow and she just happened to find an entrance to the Underworld and she was like âImma check this outâ. And she just wanders into the Underworld and discovers that hey this place ainât too bad.
Meanwhile Hades is in the background â????? UM??? PRETTY GIRL??? WHY ARE YOU HERE?????? YOU ARENâT DEAD???âÂ
And Persephone (who was originally called Kore just a little fyi) just looked at him and said âI like it here. Iâm staying.â
And Hades kinda just went with it, until Demeter started throwing the temper tantrum of the millenium upstairs and Zeus had to intervene because this shit was getting out of hand and its actually his job to be admistrator of justice. Which considering the shit he gets up to is kinda histerical but thatâs another story there.Â
And basically Persephone wasnât a prisoner or kidnap victim at all she just really loved the Underworld and her (eventual) husband, and the Greeks feared her arguably more than her husband because Hades could be reasoned with but Persephone was the one laying the smack down on sinners, and really, who wouldnât be at least a little scared of someone whoâs name means something along the lines of âthe destroyerâ
Basically, Persephone is amazing and everbody needs to get on her level