Saturday, April 24, 2010

Clash of the Gods

With "Clash of the Gods" being aired on Astro History channel, I suddenly found myself interested in the Greek mythology. The episode that I watched today (first time watching) was about Hades, the King of the Dead and the ruler of the Underworld. Although I've heard of Hades before in games such as God of War and Dante's Inferno, I did not know much about him (or other related Gods in the Greek mythology).
There was too much going on in the 1-hour documentary to be written out here, you can research some background info about him using Wikipedia. Right now, I'm trying to find the whole season 1 of "Clash of the Gods" with the Hades episode being the 3rd out of 10.

It is weird considering the fact that I don't actually believe in this kind of things *cough* Christian Bible *cough*. Probably that's because games and recently made movies were greatly influenced by the mythologies (you have to admit, those Gods sound and act pretty cool).

So here's the breakdown of Hade's family tree:

Alias: King of the Dead/Ruler of the Underworld
Father: Cronus
Mother: Rhea
Brothers: Hades (eldest), Poseidon, Zeus
Sisters: Hestia, Hera, Demeter (mother of Persephone)
Wife: Persephone (WTF, incest?!)
Guardian of the Underworld: Charon (the ferryman who ferries the dead from the upperworld across River Stygx to the underworld), Cerberus (three headed dog, Guardian after crossing River Stygx)

Want to know more about the family and how he became ruler of the underworld, you have to watch the documentary to find out =D

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