What does Pluto rule over?
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the underworld
Pluto rules the realm of the dead and commands the treasures beneath the earth.
💡 Did you know? His name is linked to the Greek „Plutos“ (wealth).
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Whom did Pluto abduct to be his wife?
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Proserpina
Like his Greek model Hades, Pluto carried off the goddess Proserpina into the underworld.
💡 Did you know? Her half-yearly movement between the worlds above and below explained the changing of the seasons.
Which Greek god corresponds to Pluto?
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Hades
Pluto is the Roman counterpart of the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.
💡 Did you know? The distant dwarf planet Pluto, discovered in 1930, is named after him.
Why was Pluto also a god of wealth?
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minerals come from the depths
Because gold, silver and fertility come from the earth, the underworld god was also a giver of wealth.
💡 Did you know? His name is linked to the Greek „Plutos“ (wealth).
Which goddess searched desperately for Pluto's abducted queen?
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Ceres
Ceres, Proserpina's mother, roamed the whole world searching for her daughter.
💡 Did you know? While Ceres searched, the earth lay barren: that is how the Romans explained winter.
Which celestial body is named after the Roman ruler of the dead?
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the dwarf planet Pluto
The distant dwarf planet Pluto, discovered in 1930, bears the name of the underworld god.
💡 Did you know? Its astronomical symbol „PL“ also honoured the astronomer Percival Lowell.
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