OD+Religion+and+Mythology+Hades

The reason Hades received the underworld as he was a shady character and was also quite solemn.
===Hades was also responsible for the seasons of summer(summer and spring) and winter(winter and autumn), the legend states that Hades abducted Persephone and kept her in the underworld, while Persephone was being held in the underworld her mother had gone to Zeus and requested him to make Hades give her daughter back, but Hades refused, Persephone's mother was becoming more and more upset about the kidnap of her daughter by the day, she continued to get Zeus to try to get Persephone back but Hades refused. The after a while Zeus, Hades and Persephone's mother agreed that if=== ===Persephone had eaten anything whilst she was in the underworld she would continue to be held in the underworld and if she hadn't eaten anything she would be released to her mother in the upper world. But, just as this agreement was reached Persephone took a bite of a pomegranate and there for she was trapped in the under world, Her mother finding out about this became distraught. After a while Hades agreed to let Persephone live in the upper world for half a year, but the other half she would live in the underworld. Creating Summer, Spring and Winter, Autumn.===