What is Pluto (mythology)?
{{unreferenced|date=June 2020}} [[File:Pluto Serapis and Persephone Isis Heraklion museum.jpg|thumb|Group of ancient roman statues of [[Persephone]] (as Isis), [[Cerberus]], and Pluto (as Serapis), from [[Gortys]] (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion).]] '''Pluto''' is the [[Deity|god]] of the [[underworld]] in [[Roman mythology]]. Pluto is also known as '''Hades''' in Greek mythology. Pluto is also the god of [[wealth]] because [[diamond]]s and other [[jewel]]s come from underground. A [[myth]] about Pluto is that he took [[Proserpina]], who was the daughter of [[Ceres]], to the [[underworld]] to be his wife. Ceres cried and did not let [[plant]]s grow on the [[Earth]]. People needed the plants so much that the god [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] made Pluto give her up. The deal they worked out was that for six months, Pluto got Proserpina. While Proserpina was in the underworld, no plants could grow on Earth and it was [[winter]]. When Proserpina went back to her mother, it was [[summer]]. This was how the [[Romans]] explained the [[season]]s. Pluto also had a three-headed dog named [[Cerberus]] that guarded the gates to the [[underworld]]. The [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]] was named after this god. ==Related pages== {{commonscat}} * [[Hades]] - [[Greek mythology]] version of Pluto {{Roman myth (major)}} {{multistub|religion|Europe}} [[Category:Roman gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Gods and goddesses of the underworld]]