![]() ![]() The abduction causes Persephone’s mother, Demeter, to resign from her role as earth goddess and the crops of the world to wither as a result. Young goddess Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is plucking a narcissus flower when Hades, god of the underworld, appears and kidnaps her to his domain. The tale of Hades and Persephone is thought to have been created in ancient times to explain why earth has a summer and a winter. ![]() “You know how New Zealanders are about compliments,” she says, too. I know how New Zealanders are about compliments. I don’t needle Smythe about all that too hard. Rachel Smythe and her book, Lore Olympus (Image: Supplied) It is a bona fide cultural phenomenon, inspiring tens of thousands of fanworks, innumerable cosplays, a television adaptation in the works, and now a book. ![]() ![]() Published on the Webtoon platform, the comic boasts over five million subscribers and has been viewed over 300 million times. It’s a sprawling story about complicated families, the pressures women face when coming of age in a world that wants them to be many contradictory things at once, a comedy about messy gods and goddesses interfering with one another’s lives and, of course, romance. Although really, that’s a gross simplification. Lore Olympus is a modern-day retelling of the classic myth of the abduction of Persephone. ![]()
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