![]() The etymology of Hades is uncertain: some derive it from a-idein, whence it would signify "the god who makes invisible," and others from hadô or chadô' so that Hades would mean "the allembracer," or "all-receiver." The Roman poets use the names Dis, Orcus, and Tartarus as synonymous with Pluto, for the god of the lower world. Symbols associated with him are the Helm of Darkness, bident, and the three-headed dog, Cerberus. They also associated him with many of their other chthonic gods, like Dis Pater and Orcus. Hades was also called plouton, or the Rich One, which the Romans latinised as Pluto. According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the cosmos, ruling the underworld, air, and sea, respectively the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. His consort was Persephone. Hades was the son of Kronos and Rhea, and the oldest male child. Hades was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth, from the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the mined wealth of gold, silver and other metals. He presided over funeral rites and defended the right of the dead to due burial. Hades was the Greek god of the dead, riches and the Underworld. Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, and Zeusīident, Cerberus, helm of darkness, keys, poppy, narcissus and scepter
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