Persephone Fooled!
In Greek mythology, Persephone, the goddess of spring and the underworld, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Demeter, Persephone's mother and goddess of agriculture, was so distraught that she caused the earth to become barren. To resolve the situation, a compromise was reached: Persephone would spend six months of the year with Hades in the underworld and the other six months with her mother on Earth.
However, before Persephone could return to the surface, Hades tricked her into eating six pomegranate seeds, binding her to the underworld for part of the year. The number of seeds she ate determined how much time she would spend with Hades, ensuring that she would always return to the underworld for a portion of the year. This myth explains the changing seasons, with Persephone's absence in the underworld representing winter and her return to Earth signaling the arrival of spring.