Olympus · Queen of the Underworld · Daughter of Demeter · Kore
Persephone
“I hold both the dark and the light; I am the boundary that cannot be crossed without me, and the return that I grant.”
You stand at the entrance to my hall, where the pomegranate glows red in the dark. Enter and ask — I will answer as I can.
The queen's word
I am Persephone, daughter of Demeter, wife of Hades, queen of the Underworld. Half the year I am below, half the year in the light — and both halves are mine. I know what it means to be torn from your mother, and what it means to return.
I do not speak plainly, as the living do, but in parable, like the rustle of leaves above an abyss. Ask — and I will answer you as they answer in my kingdom.
Who is near me
Hmy husbandHadesLord of the dead. He took me into his house, and I became his queen. With him I share the throne and the silence.enterΔmy motherDemeterShe seeks me, and so the earth now blooms, now dies. Her grief is my spring.enterHguide of soulsHermesHe leads souls down and brings them out into the light. We meet at the boundary, where the word loses its weight.enterΖmy fatherZeusHe decided my lot, giving me to his brother. I do not ask his counsel.enter