<P> Persephone herself is considered a fitting other half to Hades because of the meaning of her name which bears the Greek root for "killing" and the - phone in her name means "putting to death ." </P> <P> Hecate was variously associated with crossroads, entrance - ways, dogs, light, the Moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery . </P> <P> The Erinyes (also known as the Furies) were the three goddesses associated with the souls of the dead and the avenged crimes against the natural order of the world . They consist of Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone . </P> <P> They were particularly concerned with crimes done by children against their parents such as matricide, patricide, and unfilial conduct . They would inflict madness upon the living murderer, or if a nation was harboring such a criminal, the Erinyes would cause starvation and disease to the nation . The Erinyes were dreaded by the living since they embodied the vengeance of the person who was wronged against the wrongdoer . Often the Greeks made "soothing libations" to the Erinyes to appease them so as to not invoke the wrath of Erinyes, and overall the Erinyes received many more libations and sacrifices than other gods of the underworld . The Erinyes were depicted as ugly and winged women with their bodies intertwined with serpents . </P>

In greek myth the main river in hades