![]() He didn’t care much for the drama of the living world as he paid full attention to his duties below. He did not particularly enjoy bloodshed and instead favored balance and order. Unlike more Satanic figures, Hades was passive or even altruistic. In any case, they were fairly loyal to each other (with a few exceptions) and the two ruled equally as king and queen. Persephone’s initial willingness has always been in debate. At the urging of Zeus, Hades abducted Persephone and made her his wife, much to the ire of Demeter, who was very protective of the girl. Most famous is the story of Hades and Persephone. Hades was not satisfied but was bound by the drawn lot. After this, the realms of the world were split between the three brothers – the sky and heavens to Zeus, the seas to Poseidon, and the Underworld to Hades. He was later freed by Zeus and followed his brother into a successful war to overthrow Cronus. Hades was the eldest of Cronus’s children and the first to be swallowed by the Titan. Thanatos was sometimes conflated with an aspect of his cousin Hermes, Psychopompos. ![]() He was also the second or third cousin to all of the Olympian gods, with the exception of Aphrodite, who through her conception from Uranus’s shorn genitals was either a cousin or niece. He was also brother to the Moirai (Fates). Thanatos had several hundreds of siblings, including Eris, goddess of strife, Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, and Charon, ferryman of the dead. Their aunt and uncle were Gaia and Tartarus. Their parents were Nyx and Erebus, siblings born from Chaos. Thanatos’s twin brother was Hypnos, god of sleep. Through his siblings he had many divine and mortal nieces and nephews, including many other Olympians. Their parents were the Titans Cronus and his sister Rhea, and their grandparents Uranus and his mother Gaia. His brothers were Poseidon and Zeus, and his other sisters were Hera and Hestia. His beloved companion was the three-headed dog Cerberus, the son of Echidna and Typhon. Melinoë and Plutus were sometimes also their children. Hades ruled the Underworld alongside his wife Persephone, whose mother was Hades’s sister, Demeter. What’s the difference between Hades and Thanatos? Family Hades
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