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@deolux9563 7 месяцев назад

Hades was actually one of the most admirable of the major gods (despite the whole kidnapping Persephone thing). He was faithful to his wife (unlike basically everyone), and in most versions of the story Persephone grew to love her new husband. Plus, he actually did his job, tending to the dead and overseeing the underworld. Much better than the other gods who acted like horny jealous teenagers most of the time! :)

@manwithanaccent4315 7 месяцев назад

"Actually..." ??

@ngaourapahoe 8 месяцев назад

I so much appreciate the variety of your reactions !

@donaldb1 8 месяцев назад

7:30 - Yes, the Vestal Virgins were dedicated to the goddess Vesta, who was indeed the Roman equivalent of Hestia.

@Sophie.S.. 7 месяцев назад

Vestal Virgins who broke their vow of chastidy were buried alive or walled up and starved to death.

@donaldb1 8 месяцев назад

Yes, Hermes' double snake symbol, called the caduceus, is also a symbol of medicine, as well as of wisdom more generally. There is a tradition of secret, mystical knowledge known as "hermeticism", which is named after Hermes.

@jarls5890 8 месяцев назад

That is correct. However, the caduceus, is often confused with the Rod of Asclepius - a staff with a single snake around it. Asclepius - a deity associated with medicine and healing.

@donaldb1 8 месяцев назад

@@jarls5890 Ah, yes. Thanks for that extra detail.

@sopdox 8 месяцев назад

There are small groups of people in Greece that choose to believe the ancient gods were real and continue to worship them. You’re not far off about Adam & Eve. Most biblical scholars don’t believe the fruit was an apple but rather a pomegranate. If Eden existed it would most likely be in the middle east where you’re much more likely to find pomegranates rather than apples. The Bible doesn’t say what fruit she ate.

@user-fq8rs7rz3i 7 месяцев назад

It has nothing to do with eating fruit. It had everything to do with Eve seducing Adam. Afterwards they knew shame and realised they were naked. Eve was told she would suffer in childbirth as punishment. Then they were thrown out of Eden. Poor innocent, blameless Adam suffered all because of wicked Eve. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅😅 My arse.

@terryhunt2659 7 месяцев назад

When the Bible was first translated into English, the word "apple" meant any fruit, not specifically the one it means now. Some current Biblical scholars now think that the "early" books of the Bible were written/compiled more recently that most people imagine, during the Babylonian/Persian exile period, and were partially modelled on the older Greek myths (as well as incorporating Mesopotamian ones), which by then were known to neighboring cultures.

@wildwine6400 8 месяцев назад

I've always liked Greek mythology. I was having a conversation not long ago, on why does nobody worship Greek gods anymore. They are classified under mythology now instead of a religion. I don't see it as being any different to any other religion. I can only assume that it was replaced by Christianity as the main European religion

@williambranch4283 8 месяцев назад

There are about 2000 Greek neo-pagans today.

@terryhunt2659 7 месяцев назад

@@williambranch4283 And some non-Greek neo-pagans can accommodate them (and others) into their framework of thought.

@moonwalker9266 4 месяца назад

Few corrections... The Gods are worshiped still today not only by ethnic Greeks but from people around the world. Second Athena didn't just sprung up from his head. Her mother was Metis (she was one of the Oceanids and she was the then wife and consort of Zeus) and according to the myth he swallowed Metis when a prophecy foretold that their child would be greater than it's father thus making Zeus fear for his power. After she was swallowed then few days later he got the said headache which got so bad he asked Hephaestus to split his head open thus giving birth to her and she was born fully developed and clad in full armor too. Persephone didn't eat a pomegranate she ate 6 seeds and that's why she would stay 6 months up the earth and 6 down in the Underworld.

@neoderidder7734 7 месяцев назад

Greek mythology is kinda messed up but you can't deny that every god in greek mythology embody their element exactly.

@donaldb1 8 месяцев назад

He didn't tell the full story of the birth of Athena. Zeus was with the nymph Metis. But he had received a prophecy that Metis would give birth to a son that would overthrow him, just as he had overthrown Chronos and Chronos had overthrown Ouranos. So Zeus swallowed Metis whole. But she was already pregnant with a daughter, Athena, and it was when Athena was ready to be born that the headaches came.

@terryhunt2659 7 месяцев назад

This might in some way reflect the possibility that Athena was a local deity already worshipped in the area when the ancestral proto-Greeks, Indo-European speakers, migrated there from further north. Certainly the Greeks later incorporated other "non-Greek" Mediterranean-area deities into their myths and worship.

@vexisonline 8 месяцев назад

They were very creative, without a doubt.

@Lottaquizzes 7 месяцев назад

Great video, I’d love for you to do more mythology, it has such an impact on history and culture

@finnishculturalchannel 7 месяцев назад

From animism to Siberian shamanism and to Norse, Sámi and Finnish mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings: "Joseph Campbell - Cave Bears and the Birth of Mythology", "The Undermentioned Influence of Siberian Shamanism: The World Tree, Christmas Mythos, Bear Worship", "Finnish Mythologies: The Bear", "The Great Cosmic Hunt, the Oldest Story Known to Mankind", "Rock Art of the White Sea - Exhibition at Ulsan Museum", "Rauno Lauhakangas Explains the Meaning of the Snake in Karelian Rock Art", "The ski-going people - Early history", "The Seal Hunters - the linguistic traces of ancient Scandinavia", "JÄTINKIRKKO - Mitä nämä on ja miksi ne rakennettiin?", "Norwegian trolls, myths and scary creatures from folktale", " Irish in Finland Sámi Mythology and Culture", "Lore & Legends Eps. 1: Finnish Mythology pt.1; The Creation Myth", "Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot-The epic poem of Finland (12 things you should know)", "The Finnish Gods of Death Are DISTURBING- Castle Lore - Finland Myth" and "Tales of the Far North: Finnish Influences on the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien".

@zenonorth1193 7 месяцев назад

I'm sure I'll enjoy the video when I watch it later today, but at the moment I have to limit myself to saying "Great thumbnail!" Wishing you a happy new year Connor/Conner!

@carolinekofahl8867 8 месяцев назад

Are you sure it's not practiced anymore? The old Nordic religion (Thor, Odin etc) has had a revival 🤭

@Th3OneWhoWaits 8 месяцев назад

the video didn't mention hermaphrodite (child of hermes) who gave us the word we still use today

@donaldb1 8 месяцев назад

Hermaphroditus's story is pretty crazy. According to Ovid he was an ordinary, if extremely handsome young boy. (If you can call being the son of a couple of deities ordinary.) But the nymph Salmacis fell madly in love with him, spied on him while he was bathing in a pool and jumped on him while praying that they would never be separated. "Some god" (Ovid tells us unhelpfully) heard her prayer and caused them to fuse together into one being, male and female.

@geekexmachina 8 месяцев назад

It can get complex. Cupid can cause wars by making tne wrong people fall in love. It should be noted Gaia had a number of children including the Gigantes and the other places of the world for example tartarus the fire pit of the underworld, and the monster races. The gigantes, titans and olympians each had equvalent deities.

@user-mk3zm6fe4s 3 месяца назад

There are some people who believe in ancient greek religion ,i am one of them. Also i am not sure why the guy said that Apollo is very important, but in reality Aphrodite was the most popular and worshipped goddess alongside Zeus . Aphrodite having the epithet Pandemos "known to everyone " her abilities affect everyone, her powers are needed for life as she is the goddess of fertility, she is also the goddess of war Aphrodite Areia . Also Kronos was overthrown because he didn't let his brothers ,the hecantoncaries and the cyclopses out of Tartarus, because he feared their power . Gaia angered that now her son is disobeying her ,made the plan for his dethroning

@ohmnesia_ 4 месяца назад

The old religion is still being practiced here in Greece, though by a fragment of the population.

@geekexmachina 8 месяцев назад

So Greek Mythology is pretty old, but draws some elements from Egyptian and Babylonian mythology which comes from Zoroastrianism. The novels by Rick Riodan were written based on greek roman then Egyptian and norse mythology to help his ADHD son, by retelling myths in a .odern setting, the plan was to tell the lesser known characters. The first series was tne Percy Jackson books which they made bad films of.

@Th3OneWhoWaits 8 месяцев назад

12:59 it's from Old english and German (crippled was the original meaning)

@user-tb4hm5dy2v 3 месяца назад

i will tell you what names of those we use today and for what purpose. Uranus = the sky Gaia= the earth Rhea=a name Hestia=second name for house Hera=name Demeter=name Ares=name eros=love dionysus=name Persephone =name Athena=name. Hermes=name Apollo=name the others only in pets names,( jues,hades,hera) they dont go well with humans.

@manwithanaccent4315 7 месяцев назад

Hopefully, some time in the future, people will be talking about Christian and Islamic mythologies in the same way this video talks about the Greek Gods.

@Th3OneWhoWaits 8 месяцев назад

19:35 better known as "cupid"

@nationarmy2514 4 месяца назад

do a hercules video if u havent already. Many people do not know the actual mythology and they know based on movies or cartoons which is partly wrong

@user-fq8rs7rz3i 7 месяцев назад

Although I’ve gone off Stephen Fry lately, his books on this subject are good. They’re called Mythos and Heroes I think.

@lbewl7374 8 месяцев назад

If you want some Hestia, check out the Anime 'Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon' also known as DanMachi. You will not be dissapointed.

@annpartoon5300 7 месяцев назад

if you are really interested try Stephen Fry myths

@JJ-of1ir 8 месяцев назад

I am not a Greek scholar in any way, shape or form, but I have read that Greek Society was run entirely for and by men. That men associated only with other men in every way. Men also only debated life's meaning, laws, politics, the Arts etc. with each other until they needed to produce their heirs when they would then 'associate' with a woman. If what I read was true - why are there so many female Goddesses? I wonder if any of the more learned people on this page would be kind enough to let me know if what I read was true.

@pipercharms7374 7 месяцев назад

Who here is watching the Percy Jackson tv show? So far I’m loving it :)

@petrospetromixos6962 4 месяца назад

The myths are allegorical

@timothyallan111 7 месяцев назад

Look up Leda and the swan for some icky Zeus behaviour!

@williambranch4283 8 месяцев назад

Of course Chronos/Saturn ... is time, which eats his children ;-)

@billyo54 7 месяцев назад

To describe Ancient Greek Mythology as a bunch of weirdos is both very American and a profound lack of understanding of the roots of European civilisation. These stories of origins demand a deeper understanding of the psychology of human awareness. I'm not surprised at Connors dismissal of the gods as freaks and weirdos, being equally dismissive of abstract art. America is such a prime example of the utter fear of the interior world through the escape mechanism of the literal. It doesn't help that the narrator is a rather lazy one.

@METALSCAVENGER78 2 месяца назад

Kronos is not the god of time, rhat is Chronos

@bigdaddigaming 8 месяцев назад

Its not practiced anymore, Connor should say that to the 100,000 Hellenism there are in the world today

@cm-jr9vt 6 месяцев назад

The old testament and Greek mythology came around the same time

@ngaourapahoe 8 месяцев назад

It seems that women did not have much to say....

@cyrus8886 8 месяцев назад

Heavy patriarchy Like most cultures

@estranhokonsta 8 месяцев назад

Blame the fact that there was heavy pwtriarchy on Nature, Evolution and the Universe. But they will probably won't care for the little ideas of those apes that role play as "enlightened modern humans".

@tetama2agani 8 месяцев назад

For me Zeus is the absolute representation of men's infidelity my favorite goddess is Nyx the primordial goddess of the Night and the only one who Zeus is scared of