King of Underworld - Chapter 178



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Epilogue – Hades of the Dark Wiki (1)

Hades.

God of the underworld, wealth, justice and mercy.

1. Overview

The god of the underworld in Greek mythology. Also called Pluto.

He is the god who rules over the underworld, a world full of the dead, but he is not one of the twelve gods who can sit on the golden throne of Olympus.

He is one of the three gods along with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon.

To the ancient Greeks, Hades and Pluto were considered the same god, but their domains were treated differently depending on their names.

This can be seen in the fact that when discussing the underworld and justice, Hades is mentioned, and when discussing wealth and mercy, Pluto is mentioned.

However, from the perspective of ancient people, death and the afterlife were treated as very fearful things, so if you look at official documents or records of the country, you will see that the name Pluto was used much more often than Hades.

2. Features

The symbol of Hades is mint. In Korean, it means the plant peppermint.

According to legend, it was created by Menthe, the goddess of mint, whom Hades favored, and offered to Hades. As a god of mercy, he recognized the plant’s efficacy and usefulness and spread it throughout the world.

Mint, also known as Pluto’s Grace, is said to have been used to deodorize corpses and as a medicinal herb.

He has many deities in his charge. He is called the god of wealth because of the treasure he possesses called the Cornucopia.

The concept of judging the dead after death was combined with the godhood of justice and mercy. Perhaps because of this, the belief in Hades continues to this day, despite being a sinister god of the underworld.

The underworld was considered a space completely separated from the living world, and the authority of Hades, the king of the underworld, was truly powerful.

Even Zeus, the king of all gods, could not interfere with the affairs of the underworld and was held in high esteem by those who had the enormous task of managing both the underworld and Tartarus.

3. Phase / Combat Power

As soon as the King of the Underworld put on his helmet, he completely disappeared from Typhon’s sight, even allowing him to catch sight of Hermes, who boasted of being the fastest man on Olympus.

[Iliad] (Plutus translation 18. 267-268.)

You are worthy to stand before heaven.

Uranus (Ancient History, Records of the Gigantomachia. 2024. Translated by Plutus)

Well, if it were up to you now, you’d be stronger than Poseidon.

Zeus (Iliad. 35. 562-563.)

The strongest man in Olympus, excluding Zeus.

To the ancients, the underworld was considered as fearsome as the bottomless depths of the sea and the striking lightning.

In early epics such as Homer’s Iliad, Zeus, the king of the gods, is said to be more powerful than all the other gods who live on Olympus.

However, this only discusses other gods, excluding Poseidon and Hades, who are part of the same trinity.

When Poseidon rebelled against Zeus, he said that if he could get Hades involved, he would be victorious. So it seems that if two of the three gods joined forces, they could defeat Zeus.

Originally, the status was only that high with the deity of the underworld, but as time passed and the deities of mercy and justice were added, the status rose even higher.

As the perception that he was one step ahead of Poseidon spread, it was also for this reason that Poseidon often backed down in conversations between Hades and Poseidon.

( From the beginning, he was the god of justice and mercy, so he had the upper hand from the start. This is the reason why even Zeus, including all the gods, often struggles.)

Judging from the story of King Perseus, it seems that even a small fate can be twisted like Zeus, the king of the gods.

However, it is presumed that fate, which brings about great changes to the world, cannot be changed, such as by condoning Zeus’ actions that cause the Trojan War, saying that it is a predetermined fate.

During the long Gigantomachia, near Thebes, where Hades was worshipped as the god, Cronus descended in the body of Gigas.

The fact that he went to the living world himself and stopped his father gives us a glimpse into the ancient idea that even time cannot overcome death and that no one can escape death.

In the process of obtaining the cooperation of Nyx, the goddess of the night, in preparation for Gigantomachia, he briefly confronts Uranus, the primordial god.

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Uranus, who saw Hades come to find him, lightly waves his hand and blows an interstellar wind (the wind that blows between stars), but he takes it head-on and even sends Pegasus, which he is riding, back to the ground safely.

Uranus’s words upon seeing this are the best. His words that he alone is qualified to stand before him (Heaven) are what shows Hades’ strength.

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Also, Charybdis, the daughter of Poseidon and second in command of the sea, who survived being struck by Zeus’s thunderbolt, tried to eat humans…

He creates a black pillar that destroys everything between the sea and the sky, and gives Charybdis a little lesson. Judging from the fact that humans have disappeared into the whirlpools in the sea since then, that attack must have been quite painful for Charybdis.

In addition, he made the great hero Hercules feel a cosmic horror when he met his eyes, and no Gigas could stop the charging chariot of Hades in the battle on the Plain of Plesra.

There are many records that show his strength. (In the first place, there is no way that one of the three gods would be weak.)

3.1. Weapons

His main weapons are the Kynee, which he received from the three Cyclops brothers, the bident, a forked spear, and the sword Styx, which was given to him by his wife, the goddess Styx.

He was active in the Titanomachy and Gigantomachia using the cunei, a transparent helmet that made him invisible.

According to legend, not even Cronus or Typhon could recognize him wearing the Cyneae.

The Easy Window Vident is an item that was directly presented to Hades by Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths.

It is said that he was very satisfied after receiving this veil, although he regretted not having a weapon like Poseidon’s trident or Zeus’ thunderbolt.

The Black Styx was a sword given to him by the goddess Styx, who later became one of his wives, after he defeated the Titans and became the god of the underworld.

It is a famous sword with a dark blade and a cold aura, forged by the power of the River Styx… but it is said that later, when Hades proposed to the goddess Styx, he made the sword into a ring and gave it to her as a gift.

4. Relationship with the gods

Hades married the goddess Styx, the goddess Lethe, who ruled the river of forgetfulness, and Persephone, the goddess of spring and seeds.

The only concubine he had was Mente, the aforementioned goddess of mint.

Even Hera, the goddess of the family, did not criticize him for having three real wives, not just concubines.

Perhaps it was because all three wives truly loved Hades and turned a blind eye to his harem that they did not find fault with him (alpha males in ancient Greece).

His relationship with the other twelve Olympian gods is a bit complicated.

He was respected as a fair and merciful god by all, but if you look at the anecdotes in mythology… when the gods did something wrong, they were dragged to the underworld by Hades and made to work. (Working hell)

It is recorded that more than half of the twelve Olympian gods were dragged to the underworld after causing trouble. They were shown to have become considerably more docile afterward.

This is also why he was given the status of a god of justice.

This is because the goddess of justice, Dike, came to him and asked him to become the god of fairness, as he was known as the only god of mercy among the Olympian gods who looked down on mortals.

(It would have been difficult for Dike, who protected law and justice, to point out the mistakes of gods stronger than himself, so he seemed to have sought Hades’ protection.)

Persephone, the goddess of spring and seeds, whom Hades fell in love with and abducted while patrolling near Mount Etna where Typhon’s body was buried.

Some people thought she held a grudge for being kidnapped and fed food from the underworld…

According to the Iliad, the fact that those who ate the food of the underworld were destined to remain there was so well-known that no god knew it. It is claimed that Persephone, who fell in love with Hades after he saved her from the attack of the Giants, deliberately ate the pomegranate.

In fact, it is more convincing to argue that Hades, who is a god of justice and mercy and who does not turn a blind eye to the torment of mortals even though he is a fellow Olympian god, would not kidnap a goddess.

He also had a good relationship with the goddess Demeter, Persephone’s mother. Naturally, this is more trustworthy.

What’s unique is that they are not on bad terms with the primordial gods, the Protogeni.

Except for Gaia, the Earth-Mother, who was hostile to Olympus, several other primordial gods were friendly to him. Nyx, the goddess of the night, was fond of Hades, and Tartarus allowed him to imprison sinners within himself.

Uranus, who had his penis cut off and turned into a goddess, also shows his own acknowledgment of Hades, who withstood his attacks.

Several gods belonging to the underworld, such as Thanatos, Charon, Moros, Ceres, and Morpheus, maintained a somewhat horizontal and friendly relationship with Hades.

However, in Gigantomachia and elsewhere, everyone followed Hades… Although he was usually respectful to elder gods like Thanatos, judging from the fact that the god of death accepted the punishment he gave without complaint, it seems that he was not a bad leader as the king of the underworld.

(In fact, it may be natural since even if all the gods of the underworld attack, they cannot reach Hades alone…)

In addition, there are records of her being close to the goddess of hunger, Limos, the goddess of discord, Eris, and the three sisters, goddesses of vengeance.

His personality, or rather his divine nature, which allowed him to befriend even the gods that everyone else was reluctant to meet, became a factor that supported Hades’ status, knowingly or unknowingly.

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