Dis

Japanese: Dis
Dis

…His name means “the invisible one.” In Roman mythology, he is called Pluto or its Latin translation, Dis, because he was also called Pluto (the rich one) as he was the owner of gold and silver buried in the earth. Born as the son of the Titan Cronus, he joined forces with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon to conquer their father and the Titans, who were the rulers of the world at the time, in a 10-year battle. When Zeus became the king of the heavens and Poseidon became the king of the sea, Hades gained control of the underworld. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その名は〈見えざる者〉の意。地中に埋蔵される金銀などの富の所有者としてプルトンPloutōn(〈富者〉)とも呼ばれたところから,ローマ神話ではプルトPluto,またはそのラテン訳のディスDisが彼の呼称となっている。ティタン神族のクロノスの子として生まれ,兄弟のゼウス,ポセイドンと力を合わせて,当時,世界の覇者であった父神とティタン神族を10年にわたる戦いで征服し,ゼウスが天,ポセイドンが海の王となったとき,ハデスは冥界の支配権を得た。…

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