| Names: | Hades (also, the place); Aidoneus; Lat. Dis; Orcus. |
| Epithets: | Of Many Names; Host of Many; The Wealthy One; Zeus of the Underground. |
| Powers: | King of the realm of death. Rich and hospitable: his halls are
open to all.
All the treasures hidden underground are his. Controls fertility. |
| Attributes and symbols: | Three-headed dog Cerberus; bident; pomegranate; chariot of horses. |
| Gifts to mortals: | Peaceful last refuge for all (except great malefactors, who are punished post mortem in Hades). |
| Origin: | Son of Cronus & Rhea (vomited by Cronus). |
| Loves: | Persephone. |
| Spouse: | Persephone. |
| Children: | --- |
| Chosen people/ places: | All are welcome. The rivers of Hades: Styx (gods swer by it); Cocytus; Acheron; Phlegeton (Pyriphlegeton); Lethe, water of forgetfulness. Elysium - blissful place; Tartarus - dark bottom of the universe, place of fire and torments. |
| Pageant: | Spirits of the dead; Cerberus; wife Persephone. |
| Allies/ favorites: | Hypnos (sleep); Thanatos (Death); Charon (the ferryman of death);
Ker; Erinyes;
Moirae (Fates). |
| Adversaries: | Heracles (defied Death); Theseus and Perithous (attempted to take Persephone away); Asclepius (raised the dead). |
| Victims: | Persephone - adbucted for marriage. |
| Notes: | Gloomy lord of the shadows does not like to see daylight. |