Fine Art Giclee on archival quality matte white paper so your print lasts against the test of time.
8" x 10"
Both the Goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone embodies the cycle of life and the duality of fertility and death.
Persephone, daughter to the Goddess of the Harvest and Seasons, Demeter, was abducted by Hades, God of the Underworld, and taken to the Underworld to be made his queen. Now, given the nature of myths, there are several versions of how this happened.
Before Persephone became the "Dread Queen" of the Underworld, her name was Kore, meaning "maiden", and she lived on Earth with her mother Demeter. The most common version of the myth tells of Kore picking flowers in the woods when suddenly the Earth opens up and Hades emerges, capturing her and taking her to the Underworld. A distraught Demeter the spends days and nights searching for her daughter, neglecting all of her duties, and throws the world into famine. When Demeter learns of her daughter's whereabouts, she demands the King of the Gods, Zeus, to summon her back, or else she will starve the Earth by leaving it barren. Before Persephone goes back to her mother, Hades (some versions say Hermes under the orders of Zeus) gives Persephone six pomegranate seeds to eat. After having her daughter returned to her, Demeter learns that because of some weird Olympian rules and because Persephone ate the pomegranate seeds, Persephone can only spend part of the year on Earth. The rest of the year, Persephone must spend in the Underworld with Hades.