PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides
[1] (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped
alongside her mother Demeter [2] in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This
agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed
afterlife.
Persephone was titled Kore (Core) (the Maiden) as the goddess of spring's
bounty. Once upon a time when she was playing in a flowery meadow with her
Nymph companions, Kore was seized by Haides
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