Myth Mania-greek part 1 (pomegranate)

For those who knows me well, they would know about my keen interest in the Greek Mythology. Somehow, the topic pomegranate came up. Maybe it's because i saw it in the market and i had always thought, besides strawberry, pomegranate is an interesting fruit. The story from the Greek myth behind this particular fruit is even more unbelievable. It is more a less a fruit that had cause a woman or a goddess of her freedom to love.

In one version of the Greek mythology, the pomegranate is a fruit bore in the depths of Hades (it means hell to us) . Persephone, was kidnapped by Hades and he took her into the underworld as his wife. Demeter, the mother of Persephone, went to mourning for the lost of her daughter and thus all greens are ceased to grow. Zeus, on the other hand could not let earth be destroyed therefore, he commanded his elder brother Hades to release Persephone. But Persephone was doomed to spend eternity in the underworld with a man she was forced to love. According to the rule of the Fates, anyone, anyone at all, who consumed food or drink in the underworld are doomed to spend eternity there. When Hades took Persephone in to the Underworld, she had neither food or drink, but Hades tricked her into eating four seeds of pomegranate seeds while she was still a prisoner to the underworld. So because of this, she was condemned to spend four months every year as the Queen of the Underworld. So, during that four months, Demeter will mourn for the loss of her daughter and will not give fertility to earth.

Because of four seeds, Persephone was doomed to spend eternity with someone she does not love. It goes the same with Adam and Eve. Because of temptation man fell into sins.

In reality it takes only one mistakes to ruin everything. Just like a drop of ink into a pure distilled water. No matter how clean or pure the water is, it only takes a drop of impurities to contaminate the water. For those who doesn't know, the reason of my keen interest in Greek Myths it is because of the fact that it really reflect the reality. It does not give you any fantasy about happy ending or even justice where the villains are punishes. In Greek mythology, there is no hero or heroin. Everyone is for themselves. Just like this world.

Sometimes it is really time for us to realise, the happy ending fantasy fiction like those in Hans Christian Anderson. Justice doesn't even exist, forget about happy ending. This is why, i restrain myself from reading fantasy, to remind myself, that's there is no justice or happy ending. It is just good enough to have a long and content life.