Hades Mini Collection

• Hades - a gorgeous back reflective glitter that pictures do not do justice. The black represents Hades of course, and the reflective glitter represents the King of the underworld.
• Persephone - a milk bath dried flower dip, with all different colors and sizes of flowers. As the goddess of spring, the flowers represent the Queen of the underworld.
• Hidden Treasures - a gorgeous red holographic chunky glitter (it is from our Cheasy glitter stash, so it's an easy to apply chunky glitter!) The red signifies the rubies you might find in a hidden treasure.
• Underworld is a beautiful brown holographic chunky glitter (it's the Cheasy glitter, so it's easy to apply). The brown resembles the dirt of the earth, because underneath the dirt lies the underworld, and the holographic glitter resembles the hidden riches. Even if you're not a brown person, this color will get you in the feels.

Hades was the god of the dead and king of the underworld, and because of that he was often portrayed as being an evil god, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Hades was a fair and just god, and as the one who cast judgements on the souls that came to the underworld, his punishments often fit the crime. Sometimes Zeus would ask Hades to give special punishments, such as when Tantalus insulted the gods and fed the gods his own son (his punishment was to be eternally hungry and thirsty, even though food and drink was within reach), or when Sisyphus escaped death, twice. The story is one day Thanatos (spirit of Death) knocked on Sisyphus' door and asked him to sign his soul to him, and Sisyphus tricked him and told him he would sign when he had a pen. Instead of getting a pen, Sisyphus hit Death on the head with a boulder and hid him underneath his bed. Since Thanatos was held captive by Sisyphus, Ares (the god of war) noticed that no one was dying in the war he was watching, and found Thanatos being held captive by Sisyphus. Ares freed Thanatos and Sisyphus' soul was then taken and sent to the underworld, to Hades. Sisyphus pleaded with Hades to let him go back to the overworld because his wife did not do his burial rites properly. Hades agreed to let him go back only because Hades believed the rites should be taken seriously, and Sisyphus was supposed to return back to the underworld once he reprimanded his wife. Sisyphus did not return to the underworld, and instead lived a long life in the overworld. Because of the amount of souls that entered into the underworld daily, Hades forgot about Sisyphus. Until one day when Thanatos asked Hades what happened to the soul that held him captive. Zeus told Hades to give a special punishment to the man who cheated death twice, and so Hades told Sisyphus he could leave the underworld if he could push a boulder to the top of the hill. The boulder would roll down to the bottom of the hill just as Sisyphus got it to the top. For his trickery of the gods, Sisyphus had to push a boulder up a hill for eternity.

As the god of the underworld, many would try to plead with Hades to release their souls back up to the overworld, and because of his fair and just ruling, he rarely showed any sympathy. Only one time he was moved by the grief and music of Orpheus, who begged Hades to let him take his wife Eurydice back to the land of life and light. Hades agreed, with one condition - not to look back at his wife until they both reached the overworld. The couple reached the opening of the overworld, and upon seeing the light, Orpheus was so happy he looked back at Eurydice to share his delight, and she disappeared forever.

Hades is the only god out of his brothers Zeus and Poseidon, who stayed faithful to his wife, Persephone. Everyone knows the story of how Hades asked Zeus for Persephone's hand in marriage and Zeus told Hades to kidnap her, because her mother Demeter would never allow her to go with Hades. But there is another version, a version that doesn't paint Hades in such a bad light...one day, Persephone was playing in a field of flowers and she stumbled upon an opening to the underworld. She liked the underworld, and refused to leave. When she realized Persephone was missing, Demeter became sad and refused to let anything grow, by unleashing winter. When Zeus realized Demeter was not doing her job as goddess of agriculture, and that mortals would not be able to offer sacrifices to the gods, Zeus made Persephone return to the overworld to her mother. On her way back to the overworld, Persephone stumbled upon a pomegranate and ate 6 seeds, which tied her to the underworld for 6 months out of the year. So for 6 months, Persephone lives happily with her husband in the underworld, and the other 6 months she lives with her mother. During the months Persephone lives with Hades, Demeter is sad and so nothing grows, hence the reason for seasons.

Hades, god of the underworld, does not have a seat at Mount Olympus. He ruled the underworld fairly and justly, as one of the most peaceful and impartial gods, contrary to modern day adaptations.