The exisistance of Greek mythology originated when the Greeks did not have answers to things they could not explain. An example of would be the changing of seasons. The Greeks did not know why this happened so they came up with a myth about Persephone, and how she was tricked by Hades to eat a few seeds from the Palmagranate and then forced to stay in the underworld, as Hades’ queen, during the fall and winter seasons. Her mother Demeter was the godde