

Hades children are Macaria, Melinoe and Zagreus. The helmet of darkness or the cap of invisibility was a magical piece of armor that the Cyclops had made specifically for Hades. His helmet, given to him by the Cyclops after their release from Tartarus, made him invisible. Here he ruled with his wife Persephone over the other powers below and over the dead. Hades ruled the underworld alone until he fell in love with the goddess Persephone. Journey to the Underworld First, Thanatos, the God of Death, would reach down and cut a lock of hair from your head, as you died. The god was a brother to the Twelve Olympian gods. If they did, many were referring to his realm, which many called Hades as well. In ancient Greece, few dared to utter his name. His brother Zeus ruled the skies and his other brother Poseidon ruled the sea, which left Hades with the underworld. Hades is the god of the Underworld and the dead. He was from the first generation of Olympian gods. They agreed to split their rule with Zeus becoming god of the skies, Poseidon god of the sea and Hades god of the underworld. Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated their father and the Titans to end their reign, claiming ruler ship over the cosmos. The entrance to the Underworld is guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed dog.Hade Life He was the son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Zeus and Poseidon, and sister are demeter, Hestia and hera. The Underworld was made up of three parts: the Asphodel Fields, Tartarus and the Elysian Fields. They took a shape of the former bodies and were transported to an entrance of the underworld. The underworld, also called just Hades, was a region where souls went after separating from their bodies.
