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I just love the myth of Persephone, i mean the real, original version of it, because it’s not like she got kidnapped, no, this bitch was la-de-da-ing in a meadow and she just happened to find an entrance to the Underworld and she was like “Imma check this out”. And she just wanders into the Underworld and discovers that hey this place ain’t too bad.

Meanwhile Hades is in the background “????? UM??? PRETTY GIRL??? WHY ARE YOU HERE?????? YOU AREN’T DEAD???” 

And Persephone (who was originally called Kore just a little fyi) just looked at him and said “I like it here. I’m staying.”

And Hades kinda just went with it, until Demeter started throwing the temper tantrum of the millenium upstairs and Zeus had to intervene because this shit was getting out of hand and its actually his job to be admistrator of justice. Which considering the shit he gets up to is kinda histerical but that’s another story there. 

And basically Persephone wasn’t a prisoner or kidnap victim at all she just really loved the Underworld and her (eventual) husband, and the Greeks feared her arguably more than her husband because Hades could be reasoned with but Persephone was the one laying the smack down on sinners, and really, who wouldn’t be at least a little scared of someone who’s name means something along the lines of “the destroyer”

Basically, Persephone is amazing and everbody needs to get on her level

i think the best part of that myth is that Zeus decided to change Kore’s name to Persephone (basically “the one who brings chaos”) only because she wanted to stay in the underworld and SHE WOULDN’T FUCKING LISTEN then Zeus, all-mighty king of the gods, kinda gives up and goes “fine, but you’re going to visit your mom” “also, I changed your name” “get rekt”

Also, if I’m not mistaken, Kore means “little girl” so imagine going from that to “chaos bringer”

I mean, going from little girl to chaos bringer sounds like a p solid deal to me, sign me up.

This may not be the version of the myth that’s commonly known and taught. But is is the original, from before it was altered to scare Greek/Roman girls into submission. Persephone was a badass bitch.

I was skeptical on her name meaning “chaos bringer” but I looked it up and apparently the “perse” (or “pertho”) in her name means “to destroy” while the “phone” means “murder”. Her name is literally “destruction murder”.

ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE MYTHOLOGY TALES

…. Holy fuck where can I find this

No, sorry, I hate to disillusion folks, but this is not the “original” version of the myth. It’s a feminist revisioning created by Charlene Spretnak in a book called Lost Goddesses of Early Greece. It should have been called “Lost Gods” because she pretty much took all the gods out of the stories, as I recall.

The earliest and thus, if you like, original version of the myth is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, which tells the familiar story of Kore’s abduction, Demeter’s wrath, and Persephone’s eventual acceptance of a role as Hades’ wife and queen of the dead.

NOOOOO. Imma check that book out though