Episode 133: Wealth
Editor: Bre BoswellReleased: 29 November 2020Content warning: implied trauma
Hades opens up about his past – something he’s never truly done before.
Feeling nervous, he teleports them throughout the house before Persephone suggests he talk to her through the bookcase in his library, so he can feel more comfortable.
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He struggled to adapt to the outside world, even as Metis and Hera appeared to encourage him. Hades went through similar physical reactions to Persephone, growing gems out of his skin in times of stress.
Persephone is compassionate as he tells his story but they are interrupted by a visitor at the door. Hermes appears, asking to speak to Persephone.
“When you’re in it, it feels like it’s going to last forever. But it doesn’t, and it will get better.”
Hades
What we learned from Hades’ past:
His father Kronos did not want children, but he did want Rhea. Rhea convinced Kronos to let her keep him, but by his sixth birthday, Kronos devoured him.
Hades was in his father’s stomach for 13 years with no one to keep him company apart from Kronos. Hades was so desperately alone that he was relieved when Kronos did speak to him.
Zeus freed Hades, but Kronos fought against it, resulting in severe cuts and gashes.
Hades' recovery begins. He discovers that he has brothers, one of whom (Poseidon) suffered the same fate as him, although Kronos had intentionally kept them separate.
WHAT WE LEARNED, INSIGHTS, AND OTHER EASTER EGGS:
In Mythology, a prophecy was foretold that Kronos would be dethroned by one of his children. In some versions, it was Gaia who told him this. Fearing his fate, Kronos decides to eat his children. Zeus was the only one who “escaped”, because Rhea had tricked him into eating a stone. Other versions state that Rhea gave Zeus to Gaia and asked her to hide him.
Kronos is also known as “Father Time.” In Hesiod’s poem, Works and Days, the Golden Age or the first age of men was ruled by Kronos.
OTHER EPISODES:
The Dread Queen has arrived, and Kronos is not prepared.