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Hades - He was made lord of the underworld,
ruling over the dead. He is a greedy god who is greatly concerned with
increasing his subjects. Those whose calling increase the number of dead
were seen favorably by him. He was also the god of wealth, due to the precious
metals mined from the earth. Hades abducted persephone and made her
his wife. Hades was also a name for the underground. It was divided into
two regions: Erebus, where the dead pass as soon as they die, and Tartarus,
the deeper region, where the Titans had been imprisoned. It was a dim and
unhappy place, inhabited by vague forms and shadows and Cerberus, the three-headed,
dragon-tailed dog guarded it. Sinister rivers separated the underworld
from the world above, and the aged boatman Charon ferried the souls of
the dead across these waters.
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