The cartoon was inspired by the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone and was used to explain seasons to younger viewers (via D23). Although The Goddess of Spring was the 48th entrant in Disney's ...

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.