In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

In the traditional narrative, Persephone is often shown as the victim of Hades. This makes her spend a part of every year in ...

Meet the High Priestess Tarot Card, the Goddess of Spring. With her help, you can receive some tips on raising your energetic vibration and rejuvenating in honor of the coming spring.

Their stories are unpicked and reinvented for a 2024 audience, and one story in particular that gets a whole new retelling is ...

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

I grew up in West Philadelphia and have studied/researched/traveled in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Spain, and Mexico. Before coming to UD I taught ...

This series offers a collection of specially-written songs based on the Ancient Greek myth of Persephone. Together with the story they recount the adventures of Persephone – her time in the ...

Persephone Gonzalez, LMFT, has worked extensively with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, providing intensive, long and short-term psychotherapy in both English and Spanish.