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Ellie on Planet X - Comics! Hades Comics And what major deity wouldn’t have a play place for himself to unwind in? I’ll tell you: A very stressed out and unpleasant one. Hades, Greek god of the underworld, is a confusing figure to many of us nowadays. Not only is there a problem with much of Greek mythology being muddy and inconsistent due to the many writers all expressing dissimilar thoughts on hundreds of mythological topics, there is also the issue of pop culture (a recurring theme here) getting in the way. To many of us living in the largely Christian nations of the west, the ruler of the underworld should have many traits in common with the Christian devil, but this is not the case. You see, the while death has long been considered a rather terrifying prospect by the living for thousands of years, there was something else attached to those seen as ruling over it in Greece, Egypt, and other ancient super powers: respect. Hades, for example, the god of the dead, ruler of the underworld, is a frightening character.