This myth starts out with a young beautiful goddess named Persephone (Also known as Kore, meaning young maiden). So imagine, she's in a pretty meadow, minding her own business, picking some flowers with her nymph friends and her mother, Demeter, when she sees a narcissus. It?s this flower, that represents deathly stuff, lets just say it?s not a happy flower. But poor innocent Persephone picks it anyways. Then all of a sudden the ground starts to shake and opens- up. Hades rises, grabs her, and pulls her away to the Underworld in his chariot. Persephone screams, and Demeter, hears her. Demeter goes all crazy looking for Persephone.
The Myth of Persephone
This myth starts out with a young beautiful goddess named Persephone (Also known as Kore, meaning young maiden). So imagine, she's in a pretty meadow, minding her own business, picking some flowers with her nymph friends and her mother, Demeter, when she sees a narcissus. It?s this flower, that represents deathly stuff, lets just say it?s not a happy flower. But poor innocent Persephone picks it anyways. Then all of a sudden the ground starts to shake and opens- up. Hades rises, grabs her, and pulls her away to the Underworld in his chariot. Persephone screams, and Demeter, hears her. Demeter goes all crazy looking for Persephone.
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