The Loom of Fate: Persephone and the King of Hell

Hades, the King of Hell, became captivated by the beauty of Persephone and eventually abducted her by pulling her into the underworld through a massive hole in the earth. Her mother, Demeter, searched desperately for her until the sun god Helios revealed the truth of the kidnapping. It was later revealed that Zeus had effectively allowed the abduction to proceed, choosing to follow the "flow of fate" to maintain political balance among the gods.