Ascalaphe

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Ascalaphe is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as the informer who revealed Persephone’s eating of pomegranate seeds and was punished by being transformed into an owl.

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Label Occurrences
Ascalaphe canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
minor deity in Greek mythology
associatedWith Hades NERFINISHED
Persephone NERFINISHED
underworld
category Characters in Greek mythology
Metamorphoses into animals in mythology
Underworld figures in Greek mythology
consequenceOfReport Persephone bound to underworld for part of each year
domain chthonic deities and spirits
father Acheron NERFINISHED
gender male
knownFor causing Persephone to remain partly in the underworld
revealing that Persephone ate pomegranate seeds
languageOfName Ancient Greek
mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses NERFINISHED
moralAssociation betrayal
informing
mother Orphne NERFINISHED
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology
nameVariant Ascalaphus NERFINISHED
Askalaphos NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction explains part of the mythic cause of the seasons
occupation underworld attendant
parent Acheron NERFINISHED
Orphne NERFINISHED
punishment transformation into an owl
reportedEvent Persephone eating pomegranate seeds
reportedTo Hades NERFINISHED
residence underworld
role informer
served Hades NERFINISHED
symbolicAssociation owl
transformationBy Demeter NERFINISHED
Persephone NERFINISHED
transformationCause betrayal of Persephone’s secret
transformedInto owl

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Proserpine hasCharacter Ascalaphe