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Hades, like many characters from ''Hercules'', is based off of the god from Greek mythology. While the Greek version of this deity has more of a human depiction (shown in art as a plain, bearded man), both the Disney and mythological version share a hatred for brother Zeus, jealous of being tossed into the Underworld while the Sky God became ruler of Olympus. Both versions of Hades also have a series of demonic beasts at their disposal, and reign supreme over the souls of the dead. Believers in the Grecian Hades would show their devotion to their god by going as far as to bang on the ground to ensure he was listening to their prayers. A strong difference between these two depictions of the Lord of the Dead is that the Disney Hades has an affiliation with fire and has two bumbling servants, Pain and Panic, something never assosciated in myth with the true Hades. | Hades, like many characters from ''Hercules'', is based off of the god from Greek mythology. While the Greek version of this deity has more of a human depiction (shown in art as a plain, bearded man), both the Disney and mythological version share a hatred for brother Zeus, jealous of being tossed into the Underworld while the Sky God became ruler of Olympus. Both versions of Hades also have a series of demonic beasts at their disposal, and reign supreme over the souls of the dead. Believers in the Grecian Hades would show their devotion to their god by going as far as to bang on the ground to ensure he was listening to their prayers. A strong difference between these two depictions of the Lord of the Dead is that the Disney Hades has an affiliation with fire and has two bumbling servants, Pain and Panic, something never assosciated in myth with the true Hades. | ||
In the Disney film, Hades crashes an infant Hercules's party, only to return to the Underworld and learn from the Fates that the boy would be the only thing that stood in the way of the Lord of the Dead's stealing his brother Zeus's job as Ruler of the Gods. He later had sidekicks Pain and Panic kidnap the baby and turn him mortal so that he could be killed, the dark god plotting while Hercules aged. Hades eventually found a girl named Megara in his ownership, using her to lure Hercules into his traps once he learned the hero had lived. Hades succeeded in freeing the Titans and taking over Olympus as prophecized 18 years ago, yet was defeated at Hercules's hand. The god was then sent tumbling to his demise in the River Styx. | In the Disney film, Hades crashes an infant Hercules's party, only to return to the Underworld and learn from the Fates that the boy would be the only thing that stood in the way of the Lord of the Dead's stealing his brother Zeus's job as Ruler of the Gods. He later had sidekicks Pain and Panic kidnap the baby and turn him mortal so that he could be killed, the dark god plotting while Hercules aged. Hades eventually found a girl named Megara in his ownership, using her to lure Hercules into his traps once he learned the hero had lived. Hades succeeded in freeing the Titans and taking over Olympus as prophecized 18 years ago, yet was defeated at Hercules's hand. The god was then sent tumbling to his demise in the River Styx. However, like Hercules, Hades is a god, so it is likely he emerged unharmed, once he was able to get the swarming lost souls away from him. | ||
==In Battle== | ==In Battle== | ||