Hades
Hades is the lord of the dead and ruler of the nether world, which is
referred to as the domain of Hades or, by transference, as Hades alone.
He owns all the wealth in the ground and the people referred to him as
the Rich One. They were frightened to say his real name for fear that it
would attract his attention. Black sheep were offered to him, and the
sacrifice was performed with the face averted. Mortals who enter his
world had no hope of returning, and so Hades was characterized as
pitiless and inexorable. Hades had abducted Persephone and made her his
wife.
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