King of Underworld - Chapter 179



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Epilogue – Hades of the Dark Wiki (2)

4. 1. Relationship with Zeus

My brother was already truly a king, so he did not covet the position of king of the gods.

Zeus (Iliad. 34p)

Zeus’s most dependable brother and trusted assistant.

After his victory at Titanomachy, Poseidon constantly tried to check Zeus or rebel, but Hades did not.

When Hera, Apollo, and Poseidon eventually rebelled and surprised Zeus while he was sleeping, Hades heard the news from the goddess Thetis and went up to Olympus to confront Poseidon.

After this incident, Zeus seems to have come to trust his brother Hades more firmly.

We can see that he trusts Hades even in matters related to his power, such as granting Hades’ request to release Prometheus.

(Of course, since the afterlife is a place separate from this world, he may have been less wary of his brother, who is already the king of the afterlife.)

As in the scene from the Iliad described above, the name Zeus gave to Hades changed roughly after the Great Flood.

You can notice this in the part where he uses a title that carries the meaning of respect and recognition, unlike before when he was called Hades.

5. Appearance

He was considered a cold-faced handsome man with black hair, black eyes, and an all-black outfit.

Darkness and night, etc. It seems that he was depicted that way because the color black was close to death and the underworld he was in was perceived as gloomy.

Originally, the records imagined him as a majestic middle-aged man like his younger brothers Zeus and Poseidon, but over time, he changed into a young man.

It may be to match the plausibility of his appearance (a true winner and alpha male) of having rejected the persistent courtship of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, and having three legitimate wives recognized by Hera, unlike his debaucherous brothers.

However, because of Hades’ status, it is described that mortals who encountered him, including Orpheus, felt a terrible fear and primal dread of death rather than appreciation for his appearance.

6. The good god who cares for mortals

In Greek mythology, the gods were free to abuse humans.

The gap between immortals and mortals is truly vast, and there are countless gods who kill or curse humans for the slightest offense.

It is not uncommon for the Olympian gods to cause a great flood to destroy the world or kill humans when their corruption is exposed.

Even Athena, the goddess of wisdom, has committed several reprehensible acts, such as the anecdotes of Arachne and Medusa.

In this ridiculous myth, the only god who is consistently merciful to humans is Hades.

As can be seen from the fact that, despite having the fearsome status of a god of the underworld, he was revered as a god of mercy and justice, human belief in him was great.

The afterlife and the living world were thought to be completely separate places, but they often appear in the human world, befitting their aspects of mercy and fairness.

Some of the gods naturally did not like Hades, who was too merciful to humans, but that was all.

Excluding the Protogenoi, no one has the power or status to defy the three gods. And who could dare to defy Zeus, the king of the gods, when he trusts Hades?

Even in the sleazy Greek mythology where rape and crime were commonplace, he was almost the only god of fairness with a clean back.

Even in terms of fairness, he is shown to have actions that are almost comparable to those of a sage in mythology, with the added aspect of mercy.

There is also a record that when passing judgment on King Oedipus, who had gone mad due to Gaia’s curse and had killed his people, he agonized with King Minos for hours… and that even after passing judgment, the goddess Lethe held him in her arms as he agonized over whether he had made the right decision.

He was a big man who would scold Poseidon and Zeus if they did something wrong, and he was never wrong in what he said. He was also very powerful, so he could be called the policeman of the gods.

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(The reason why Dionysus, who tried to steal Princess Ariadne from the hero Theseus, surrendered to Dike, the goddess of justice who borrowed the name of Hades.)

6. 1. The view of the ancient Greeks.

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They probably thought that no matter how cruelly the personified gods of natural phenomena treated humans, they would be judged fairly if they died and went to the afterlife.

That’s why, if you look closely at the stories in mythology… they take the gods who tormented humans to the afterlife and make them work (this is one of the reasons why the image of the afterlife in modern times has become similar to a civil affairs office), and even Zeus, the king of gods, or Athena, the goddess of wisdom, scolds them when they do something wrong.

You can see Hades, who has the same position as the King of Hell in the East, being very active.

Hades is always mentioned in the biographies of great heroes, such as Cadmus, Perseus, Bellerophon, and Hercules.

At one time, he was worshipped as a god who raised heroes. (This may have been because heroes were originally thought to be those who always faced death and overcame it or were not afraid of it.)

There is even a remarkable account that when the massacre of King Oedipus took place in Thebes, where his faith first began to spread, not a single priest of the temple of Hades fled.

In Greek mythology, the fighting power of heroes and humans is vastly different. King Oedipus, who became mad, is said to have prayed while approaching the temple of Hades after cutting down dozens of soldiers. He is truly a god who produces fanatics. (He even hears the prayer and descends to the world of the living to subdue King Oedipus!)

Is this the basis for this anecdote?

It is said that the ancient Greeks who believed in Hades feared the name Hades until the end, but on the contrary, they revered the name Pluto to the point of placing it on par with Zeus.

Places that worshipped Hades as their god included the famous Thebes, the Ethiopian region, Argos, and Troy, the main setting of Achilleia.

7. Creative works

In general, Hades in popular culture is portrayed as a cold and strict god of the underworld, but also as a good god who governs fairness and mercy.

Hades, the personification of the underworld and a hated god, has seen his reputation rise over time, and in modern times, he is consumed with friendly images such as [the conscience of Olympus], [the police of the gods], and [the tired civil servant].

However, the force of the three gods does not go away and is active in many places in secondary creations.

In the game, he summons Cerberus, the god of the underworld, and appears as the final boss who raises the dead. There is also a novel where he becomes an agent of Hades, who is enraged by the gods’ misdeeds, and fights the gods of Olympus.

It shows a frequency of appearance that is almost comparable to that of Zeus, the king of Olympus.

In Rebellion of the Dead Part 6, he is the final boss and boasts an incredibly high level of difficulty.

In phase 1, as the god of mercy, he calmly persuades the player and only sends appropriate restraints, but in phase 2, as the god of justice, he places debuffs proportional to the number of monsters the player has killed so far, and in phase 3, he manifests his true self covered in black darkness and boasts a bizarre pattern as the king of the underworld who wields powerful divine powers, and in the last phase, he puts pressure on the player while wearing a transparent helmet.

In the webtoon God of Olympus, he is a black-haired male god who assists the main character Zeus and shows friendly behavior, such as detecting Poseidon’s rebellion in advance and ambushing Olympus.

However, there are aspects similar to the original, such as scolding the reckless protagonist or raising objections to his opinions.

8. Others

– He is a man of principle who does not tolerate anything that infringes on his jurisdiction or breaks the rules, but perhaps it is because he has the added aspect of being a god of mercy…

There are often exceptions, such as Orpheus, who returned to the underworld to rescue his wife and became the god of music, or Hercules, who ordered his body to be immersed in the River Styx. (In this respect, even Hades, the personification of the underworld, clearly shows that the gods of Greek mythology are human.)

– There is a description that he is suspiciously close to the god of the east wind, Euros, who should have little or no relationship with him. (It is questionable why they are so close, since it is unlikely that Euros helped Hades with his love life.)

– Because there are so many anecdotes of gods who have done wrong being dragged to the underworld and made to work, the underworld where he is is often interpreted as [the most despised work place in the divine realm] or [a place of exile and a workhouse for the gods]. In creative works that reflect such interpretations, Hades is depicted as a very tired-looking civil servant who is busy with work.

– He is a god who is friendly to heroes, but also actively punishes them when they try to slaughter innocent humans. The scene where he scolds and sends back Polydeuces and Nestor, who almost caused the fall of Troy, is one of the few gag scenes in the Trojan War. (The best scene is when the heroes realize that the one who stopped them is Hades, who has possessed a human, and jump off the wall.)

– Judging from the fact that there are records of Alekto, one of the three goddesses of revenge, not attending Hades’ wedding and only shedding tears, and that Aphrodite tried to seduce him by mobilizing Kestos Himas but failed, he seems to have a very handsome appearance. (He was a male god who had both power, wealth, status, and humanity…)

– It is said that he strangely used his own sacred object, Quinae, as a test bench for weapons. He tested the strength of the Vident or Styx sword by hitting it against the transparent helmet…

– It is said that he had a very high reputation as a god who listens to the wronged and judges fairly. There are many records of not only the dead, but even the same gods complaining to Hades and asking for help.

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