The Untold Truth Of The Queen Of The Underworld

While this should come as no surprise to anyone who has any familiarity with the Greek gods, Persephone's mother, Demeter, was the sister of her father, Zeus. The fact that her parents were brother and sister is an inevitability. After all, all of the gods are related, and all the major gods the ones

While this should come as no surprise to anyone who has any familiarity with the Greek gods, Persephone's mother, Demeter, was the sister of her father, Zeus. The fact that her parents were brother and sister is an inevitability. After all, all of the gods are related, and all the major gods — the ones that have a high tendency for popping out little gods, are brothers and sisters — Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, etc. Plus, if it's ever unclear who the dad is in a Greek myth, just assume it's Zeus, because that is more often than not correct. As is practically always the case with Zeus and his children, the consorting that led to the birth of Persephone was less than consensual, per Ancient Origins.

Needless to say, the abduction of Persephone by Demeter's non-lover/brother with assistance from her lover/brother put a strain on whatever complicated relationship Demeter hoped to retain with Zeus. To make things even dicier for the mother goddess, in her search for her daughter post-kidnapping, she was pursued by her third brother, Poseidon, who wanted to be more than just a brother (according to ThoughtCo). It's a mess.

And not to complicate matters even further, but Persephone never had any children with Hades. She, in fact, only ever had two children: They were both unsurprisingly by Zeus and, equally unsurprising, neither conception was consensual.

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