Also known as Menthe, Mint, Mintha, Mentha
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Minthe or Mintha () is an underworld naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was beloved by and mistress to Hades, the king of the underworld, but she was transformed into a mint plant by either his wife Persephone or her mother Demeter. The plant was also called by some as hedyosmos (), which means "sweet-smelling".
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.god_of
- Chthonic Naiad nymph
- Deity.name
- Minthe
- Deity.image
- Minthe-myth.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Minthe being turned into a Mint-Plant, Johann Ulrich Kraus
- Deity.abode
- Underworld
- Deity.consort
- Hades
- Deity.symbols
- Mint
- Deity.script_name
- Greek
- Deity.script
- Μίνθη
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Wikidata facts
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- cause of death
- metamorphosis
- killed by
- Persephone
- from narrative universe
- Greek mythology
- manner of death
- homicide
- unmarried partner
- Hades
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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