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In the Greek mythology of the underworld, there lived a pretty naiad called Mintha. Her father was the king of the rivers, which wind their way below the earth. Fate had it that she should fall madly in love with Hades, king of death, married to Persephone. The wronged wife, furious at discovering them together in the throes of passion, threw Mintha to the ground and stomped her to pieces. Each piece changed into an aromatic herb which is stilled called "mintha" or mint, a little wild plant, fragile and defenseless, which humans trample underfoot like a weed. Like a moan, a delicious perfume is released when it is crushed.