God of the Underworld

I am the God of the Underworld and I control what happens to the people after they die. I seem to be gloomy, cruel, and a shadowy figure. I sometimes make people do things that they do not like to do. Who am I? I am Hades, the God of the Dead and Tortured.

I am the middle son of Cronus and Area, and I really don't care for the safety of any Mortals, because to me you are just another toy added to my dark and gloomy kingdom. I say this because when you come to Tartarus, you will be tortured by me and other dark creatures of the Underworld.

I will take it upon myself to tell you about the creatures that reside in my glorious kingdom, but don't expect too much information, because well then there will be no surprises left.

First there are the three judges of the Dead; Minos, Rhasdamanthys, and Aeacus. These three judge you Mortals after you die. If you were not bad, but not good either you will be sent to a place near the River of Forgetting. If you were good, you will be sent to Elysuim near the River of Rememberance. And if you were bad in life, you will be sent to a place behind my castle and you will be tortured for all your eternity after death.

There are the three Furies; they are horrible withered, savage coal-black women with snakes for hair, faces like dogs', wings like bats', and burning eyes. They torture the bad souls and sometimes they come here to Earth and torture the sons that treat their mothers bad, no matter how bad the mother is.

There are the forty-nine Danaids, the daughters of Danaus, King of Argos. They were forced to merry their forty-nine cousins, sons of their father's brother, Aegyptus. Their father helped them kill their husbands, so now they are condemned in Hell for all eternity.

There is Tantalus of Lydia. He stole some Ambrosia, a food reserved for the Gods, and gave it to you Mortals to eat; moreover, he divulged divine secrets to Humans. It got worse when he invited the Olympians to dine with him and proceeded to serve them his son. He was punished for this crime by being banished to the Underworld, where he suffered from constant hunger and thirst, because the water in which he stood vanished as soon as he wanted to drink from it, and the branches laden with delicious fruit that surrounded him shrank back whenever he reached for one. Ok poor, poor Tantalus, always so hungry and thirsty, but nothing to eat or drink!

Next is Sisyphus of Corinth, he betrayed the Gods. So when he did die of old age, he had a severe retribution for his wicked like waiting for him with me in Hell. For all eternity he was assigned to roll a giant boulder up a mountain, but each time just before reaching the summit the boulder would roll back down to the starting point because of its own great weight. I enjoy watching his futile efforts.

Finally, there is Cerberus, my giant three headed dog. He guards the entrance to my Kingdom. He allows people to pass into the Underworld, but he does not allow them to come back out again. He is such a good three headed dog!

I shall tell you a little more about myself. I like the gloominess and silence of my Kingdom. I'm almost always hidden in the shadows of the Underworld. My symbols are the cornucopia, the horn of plenty, and the scepter, which is either a wine glass or a staff, you make your pick.

My family is very stretched out, and I really don't care about half of them, mainly my younger brother, Zeus.

Poseidon is the God of the Seas. There is Hera, Demeter, my wife Persephone, and many others, because Zeus went and married every woman under the sun just to make Hera jealous.

And guess what?

I LIKE JEALOUSY!

Now you Mortals have a good day and do something evil so you can get tortured by my shadowy friends!