There are several cultures where forehead touch greetings are common. The Disney movie Moana is based on Polynesian culture, and the way Moana connects with the giant goddess Te Fiti at the end is very reminiscent of the way Hades connected with his titan mother as a child. This forehead-to-forehead greeting is called hongi among the Maori and honi among Hawaiians. It is also practiced in the Tibetan and Bedouin cultures.

The connection here is the idea behind the trope that true love awakens (or in many stories, true love’s kiss). The comparison could also be made to Snow White.

Not only does Persephone have seriously long hair, there was a visual similarity to the Tartarus tree leading Hades Persephone that seemed to resonate with Rapunzel trapped in her tower.

Both seated atop a statue, Mulan struggles with a decision about her future in perhaps the same way Persephone struggled with her powers.

There are possible multiple parallels between Lore Olympus and Beauty and the Beast.

Persephone imagines acting out against Minthe with “venom” and the image of her caged looked similar to when Captain Hook trapped Tinkerbell in Peter Pan.

Cinderella