Manual of mythology : Greek and Roman, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology . nder the surface of the earth. The growthof vegetation was seen to be steadily upward, as if impelledby some divine force below. The metals which experienceshowed to be most precious to mankind could only be ob-tained by digging into that dark region under the earth. Thi-ther returned, after its day on earth was spent, every form oflife. In conceiving a god who should be supreme in themanagement of this region, it was necessary to attribute adouble character to him: first, as the source of all the tre
Manual of mythology : Greek and Roman, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology . nder the surface of the earth. The growthof vegetation was seen to be steadily upward, as if impelledby some divine force below. The metals which experienceshowed to be most precious to mankind could only be ob-tained by digging into that dark region under the earth. Thi-ther returned, after its day on earth was spent, every form oflife. In conceiving a god who should be supreme in themanagement of this region, it was necessary to attribute adouble character to him: first, as the source of all the trea-sures and wealth of the earth, as expressed in his name Plu-ton ,• and secondly, as monarch of the dark realm inhabitedby the invisible shades of the dead, as expressed in his nameof Aides. While by virtue of his power of giving fertility to vegeta-tion, of swelling the seed cast into the furrows of the earthyand of yielding treasures of precious metal, he was justlyviewed as a benevolent deity and a tnie friend of man, therewas another and very grim side to his character, in which he. Pluto and Proserpina.
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