Persephone is a picture book retelling of the classic Greek myth.
SUMMARY OF PERSEPHONE AND HADES MOVIE
(Her speciality is mythology, and she worked on the movie set of "Lord of the Rings.") She does some amazing fantastical work that you can see on her blog, here.Įvaluation: The story of Persephone has a lot of appeal, and will no doubt inspire many questions from young readers (recommended for ages 7-10) about origin stories, mythology generally, and even morality. When she was back in Hades, winter would come to the Earth, and when she returned, Demeter once again is happy, and Earth once again bears fruit.Įnglish Illustrator (and sculptor) Virginia Lee uses lovely watercolors to depict the splendor of the Greek Gods and the changing emotions of the main actors in this story. In any event, she was allowed to return, but she had to go back to be with Hades for three months of the year - one for every seed she had eaten. (Other versions have her eating six seeds.) In this retelling, she takes three pomegranate seeds.
Hades agreed to let her go, but asked Persephone to eat something first to have the strength to return. Zeus, like many men, took a while to notice anything was different, and when he did, he sent his messenger Hermes down to Hades to retrieve Persephone. No one recognized the Great Goddess, wrapped in her cloak, weeping and waiting for the world to die of hunger.” The daughter wouldn’t eat, and the mother caused the earth to freeze up and bear no plants. Persephone was depressed, and Demeter was angry. Hades decided Persephone should be his queen, so he scooped her up and took her down to his kingdom. This book retells the fascinating story from Greek mythology of Persephone, the lovely daughter of the Earth Goddess Demeter, who attracted the eye of Hades, King of the Underworld.
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