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Persephone and the Underworld
What if the changing seasons began with a mother's heartbreak and a daughter's journey into the land of the dead?
In Episode 9 of Legends and Fables 101, discover the haunting Greek myth of Persephone, goddess of spring and queen of the Underworld, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture whose grief changed the world forever.
When Hades, the god of the Underworld, takes Persephone to his dark kingdom, her mother searches desperately for her missing daughter. Overcome with sorrow, Demeter abandons her duties, causing the earth to wither and humanity to face starvation.
But when Persephone…
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