Some Hades/Persephone Content I Think is Neat:
(In no particular order):
1. Punderworld: A beautiful illustrated WEBTOON that also tells the story of Hades, Persephone, and Demeter but in its own interesting funky way. I’m sure that most of the LO fandom has already heard about and read Punderworld but if you haven’t I sincerely ask that you give it ago, it’s just as well written and illustrated as LO so I recommend it!
2. Persephone: Hades’ Torment by Allison Shaw:
(18+ on this one) This take on the Persephone/Hades myth is a bit more mature (content wise) than the first entry. Obviously it retreads the myth in its own way once again, but the art work is gorgeous. The more mature content happens towards the end and that’s all I’ll say about that. This book is about $8.99 on Kindle and $28.01 in paperback so whatever you choose support the artist!
3. Animated Tales of The World: The Myth of Persephone:
Now this one is probably cheating but it’s so interesting to me that I had to put it on the list. This entry is a stop motion retelling of the myth, while it doesn’t exactly tread new ground it is a work of art in its own right.
Though please note that this series was an anthology series geared towards children, so it’s not 100% myth aligned (then again none of these are). If you’re not a fan of stop motion or it makes you uncomfortable I completely understand. But for anyone else that’s interested I’ll have the link here for it (I recently found a better quality video on Vimeo so here’s the link below!):
Winter, true love and a mothers mourning are explored in this animation about the Greek Gods.
4. The Goddess of Spring (1934):
So this one is also a cheat, this 9 minute animation is mostly Persephone focused (well as close to Persephone as this gets) .This is during that stretchy rubber hose phase of animation in Disney so there’s that. But the music is charming and the visuals have that painted classic feel to it (at least to me).
Although this entry barely makes it for me due to the portrayal of Hades (which slots him in as a devilish figure rather than anything close to the myths). I read somewhere that this animation was a prototype for Snow White and an animation study for how animated humans should move/be animated. Look it up if you’re interested it seems like an interesting story.
So if you find early animation like this charming and enjoy painting-like visuals and don’t mind how Hades is portrayed then here’s the link. (since it’s old this is the best quality I could find in English ): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35aspw
5. Hooked on Chthonics:
Okay so this is a reaaaal stretch for this list, but still one I enjoyed. This series is one that takes place primarily in the Underworld and follows the deathless chthonic gods. (So far) it’s an episodic light hearted read and definitely worth your attention.
6. Miscellaneous Myths: Hades and Persephone by Overly Sarcastic Productions
So this entry isn’t a story about P/H per say, but is instead an analysis of the myth and Persephone/Demeters origins as goddesses and how their characteristics, names, powers, etc. changed over time. I have been a fan of Overly Sarcastic Productions for years now and I find their retelling as/myth related content to be thoroughly well researched (and hilariously animated). So if you’ve never heard of them or haven’t watched their videos, I recommend you give them a chance!
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5ksZTvZN8&vl=en
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7. Hell Sweet Hell by Artcraawl
Another WEBTOON! This one only has three episodes so far at the time of writing, but the art is absolutely beautiful and the slice of life antics are cute. The author has an insta of the same name (artcraawl) with phenomenal art so I recommend reading the comic and following the artist!
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That’s all for now, as time goes on and I watch/read more P/H content I’ll expand this list! ✨✨✨
