Hades' Lair

"This... this is death."

- Hades to Hook

Hades' Lair is an Underworld location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twelfth episode of the fifth season.

Hades' Lair is based on the location of the same name from Greek Mythology, and the Disney film, Hercules. The Five Rivers of the Underworld are also based on Greek Mythology, while only the Styx appears in the Disney film.

Five Rivers of the Underworld
Hades' Lair is the source of the Five Rivers of the Underworld. Each of these rivers have a special power, represented by their own color:
 * 1) The Styx - The blue river.
 * 2) The Cocytus - The grey river.
 * 3) The Lava River
 * 4) The Acheron, also known as the River of Lost Souls - The green river. When people touch it, the river makes them lost and reduces them to mindless tormented husks.
 * 5) The Lethe - The yellow river

Trivia

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On-Screen Notes

 * Acheron, the River of Lost Souls, shares aspects with two of the other five rivers from Greek Mythology, Lethe and Styx. Lethe is the river of unmindfulness, and all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. Styx is the river that some souls would try to swim across to reach the Underworld.
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Prop Notes

 * There is a statue of an eagle in Hades' lair. The eagle is the symbol of Zeus, who is Hades' brother in Greek Mythology and the series.
 * Cerberus is pictured on a flag in Hades' lair.
 * The book Hades is reading in his lair, is Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Appearances

 * Hades' Lair appears in the Underworld storybook in "The Brothers Jones".