"Hades, Lord of the Underworld."
In Greek mythology, somewhere in between the years of 800 to 470 BCE, as an extremely rough estimate due to conflicting historical accounts, Hades was believed to have existed as the Lord of the Underworld. The name Hades, in quite an abundance of early records, was also synonymous with the name Pluto, both names symbolized by the Scepter or "Horn of Plenty."
The Ruling Titan Cronus or Kronus
The main jist of this began with Cronus or Kronus, the father of syblings Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Hades. In this lore, Cronus learned that one of his children had been fated to betray and kill him in order to take his place. The identity of the child, the setting of this murder, and future date of occurence was never revealed to Cronus. Nor was it questioned. Accordingly, Cronus then simply ate each of his children. Problem solved; nothing to worry about any longer.
That is, he consumed all but Zeus, who later did kill Cronus and then revived all his brothers and sisters. Yes, Zeus was the son who eventually killed him. In summary, Rhea, the mother of these children Cronus devoured, got a little deceitful herself and hid one of the babies, Zeus. Keep in mind, the standards then as opposed to now were quite different. Then, they were regarded as his children, despite that biologically she carried them and gave birth to these children. And in many regards, aside from this treatment of females and expectancy to conduct themselves like well-behaved family pets.
Getting back to Hades, now that his foundation has been clarified, throughout that time death was not believed to be any form of an inclusion into any form of higher world or greater place or the place now regarded by many various religions as a nirvana, or the wonderous abode of God and Angels after death. At least, according to this Greek tradition. Quite the contrary, in fact. After death humans were believed to all go to one despondent place of misery and gloom, where they then would meet Hades in this place known as the Elysian Fields, otherwise Erebus, or Asphodel Meadows, or Tartarus–a place of punishment for having lived.
The tales of Zeus, the god of the sky and thunder; Poisedon, the god of the sea and earthqukes; and Hades, the Lord of the Dead can be more fully uncovered here:
Hades
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
The Global Oneness site offers a brilliantly outlined and easy-to-follow account of Hades here:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Hades/id/583945
Poseidon
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon
The Global Oneness site offers a detailed and easy-to-follow account of Poseidon here:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Poseidon/id/1896681
Zues
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus
The Global Oneness site also offers a brilliantly outlined and easy-to-follow account of Zues here:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Zeus/id/1898965
Cronus or Kronus
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus
(*For a much more comprehensive study, look on this website for the "Argive genealogy in Greek mythology" tree just below the middle of this site)
