Hades, god of the Underworld, abducts Persephone, daughter of the harvest goddess Demeter, to be his queen. Demeter's grief causes the earth to wither, leading to famine, until Zeus brokers a deal where Persephone spends part of the year with Hades (winter/autumn) and part with her mother (spring/summer) after eating pomegranate seeds, binding her to the Underworld.
