The Messed Up Origins of Hera, Queen of the Gods | Mythology Explained - Jon Solo 

Right? Talk about a dick...he was so awful T^T

@@RedRoseSeptember22 Now that's d word is a subject he knows well XD

@Blue Moon Candy Yeah! Of course Hades has his afairs (tell me one greek god who doesn't) but they're a lot different and a lot less common than Zeus'.

I know right. The more messed up stories of Zeus, the more I side with Hades.

RedRoseSeptember22 you guys are just boomers

😂 I really would have pegged the origin of centaurs to be bestiality of the horse variety. Clouds, well, that one id never have guessed

Oh thank God I thought I heard that wrong

I mean... the trees contained nature spirits, so maybe the clouds did too. And if not? Ehhh wouldn't be the most disturbing thing in Greek myth (or any myth).

Malia Estrada I heard that cloud really got around. She would give thunderhead all day. Ahh... I really mist her.

How would this be more weird than some woman having child with thunder?

Pfffft, I spit out my Dr. Pepper. 😂😂

Bars!!!!

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That was more shade than a hundred year-old oak tree 😂😂😂😂😂

my favorite quote from this video 😅 that and “church got kinky”

yeah he couldn't keep it in his pants

Dude was skeet skeetin up and down the whole ass continent

@@merakiminx ironic given he forced Hera into marriage.

Mind Smack 😂😂

Zeus: the earliest known case of sex addiction. My question: When did he find time to rule?

Can we talk about how is so underrated

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BROSKY DOODLE, *BAHAHAHAHAH!!!*

When it comes to Greek mythology, I would actually call that normal

I mean, earth itself got pregnant and gave birth to whole mountains.

It's probably the primordial version of the cloud

Nephele was the cloud that looked like Hera.

And the baby was half horse???

Osmosis Jones Hades is the least evil God 😭 .

I love Hades😻

He's actually kinda chill tbh

He only has single wife and both seem to love each other more than Hera and Zeus, even if Zeus just love having harem

@@justnoob8141 He did abduct the nymph Leuce, but after she died Hades made a memorial to her.

Freya Frost Sameeee

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Same here

MrSasunaru101 if she didn’t make that vow she probably would punish Zeus instead

In greek mythology you shouldnt read it as literal truth but more as figure of speech, where for example relationship between gods could be an tableau of natural phenomenons. What comes to gods and goddes and their relations to mortals, even thought some of the stories could present for example a king as actual god, but usually high priests would impersonate or be embodiment in holy rituals as Zeus or another gods whom he was devoted himself and would have intercourse with who ever basically. There also were many temples and priesthoods so it's not probably that it was one man breeding all sons of one god because of the timeline itself the distance in time of events and mortality of men. To get in this kinda relation was seen as great honour to women if they had child in that kinda relationship with so high nobility and they usually were honoured by this rather than be victim etc. High priests of Zeus for example would of course not be married to with high priestests of Hera etc so they would not actually be cheating on eachother or anybody, but if the one being on relation with them start flexing that he had intercourse with god and started to have godcomplex themselves and requiring worship to him or her that was usually what bringed trouble to them and was revenged by religious system of that time. Like if you would claimed in middle ages that you are true god, goddes or mother of god etc you would be soon burned in fire as heretic. Also for example if you would believe that Iesus would be historical figure, he could not have been born from virgin mother and in bible too it's said that he actually had sexual intercourse with "angel", in this case too it was probably an intercourse with either some high member of judaist priest, rabbi etc or just Joseph and written later as son of god.

@ If you are hating on Zeus without even knowing anything about it I think it's even worse, or not having a patience to read couple rows of text. But for example in Ilias and Odysseus Zeus is mostly described or presented as wise and righteous ruler and defender of justice, morals and most mortals. Only hating on him because he has many sexual partners in myth is fucking stupid because he was symbolistic personification of natural forces rather thunder and lightning, so in most cases it was not like married man would be having an affair away from his wife, but for example high priest as embodiment of him having some sexual ritual with another partner. Also judaist-christians have been black painting and distorting the myths so it's hard to know the truth behind all these stories.

ledhiz as someone who actually read your comment I do appreciate it. The Gods are “forced of nature” basically and act as their counterparts. Thing is that doesn’t make them any better. Makes them horrible people except... they’re not people. They’re Gods. In their view, there wouldn’t be a moral compass for them as they don’t follow the same rules or even follow the same plan of existence. Their actions still suck though but the judgement of them is something... difficult really. Also with the many different versions. Hades can be seen as the most neutral God but no saint, no pun intended with his whole death thing.

This isn’t a history essay

Since she is the goddess of child birth wouldn’t she technically have to impregnate herself and the people that zues cheated on her with ???????

Every gods are fucked in the head, not just Hera. Also, Hera's depictions differs depending on the cities and regions. The Athen and Thebes depicted her negatively since they were extremely misogynistic (hence the majority of the myths about her came from them) . In other regions like Sparta and Samos, she was seen in a positive light.

Kenn Hollis... Greek mythology is full of insect, cheating, tricks, revenge, murders and cruel and unnecessary punishments... let us just agree that the gods don't have their morals straight

If you read the goddess test series it depicts zeus as the one who throws hephaestus off Olympus then blames hera for it.

If those worshipping were hoping to be blessed with a successful pregnancy part of that might have been you know, having a fully healthy baby.

@Money Panda And that means?

That Deus is a miserable guy and wanted to make Hera miserable. He only married/wanted Hera because she was beautiful and powerful and perpetual virgin. Not to be an honorable guy. Then again, we are only hearing the stories that history kept ...and history is written by the Victors.

@@letsomethingshine Who are the Victors?

Because Zeus is the worst

I have an answer. Because ✨men✨

That's because it was a kids film

Disney is notorious for 'changing' the REAL stories to suit their need for money, Academy Awards, and ego-stroking

@@donaldhall7411 exactly. Putting infidelity in a Disney kids movie is uncalled for.

@@kevindavis296 Pure truth, brother

@@kevindavis296 well animation films are for everyone tbh but yeah they probs didn't wanna traumatize young kids but I could care less if they changed besides It's Disney.

This is the way.

It's 3am and I'm eating chicken salad 😂

blueberrtae ` that's even more messed up lmao

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Im eating nachos while watching this at 3:00 am lmao

ladynikkie originally she was Zeus counterpart and was worshipped as a sky deity too, however it’s lesser known and obscure

Right?

@@benjaminacuna8013 exactly goddess of the sky

Hera being incompatible with Zues is why her marriage was rocky. If Hera has her way, she most likely ended up with calm, introverted, faithful Hades!

@@NorryaParsa would have been a calmer marriage but then he and Persephone wouldn't have married. And honestly? Their marriage was the literal best of all the Greek gods. Wish Persephone's mother had been less of a bitch so they could have stayed together all year long...

True but cursing the children was a bit much

@@mojoyogi5414 Was it, really? This is Greek mythology, after all. Apollo and Artemis killed 14 kids once to punish a woman. Nothing of what Hera does is unusual for the gods.

@@omniavanitas7893 that doesn't mean she's justified. She's not. They were big dumbasses to be arguing and ruined their only chance at overthrowing zeus. If anything she should be mad at them and not Zeus's victims and children

@@Sobriebaby Who the hell said anything about dumbasses arguing? I'm not necessarily claiming that she was justified, I'm only putting things into perspective.

@@omniavanitas7893 I said they were dumbasses for arguing. I understand she was dealing with Zeus's abuse in the only way she could think of BUT that doesn't justify it

kelsey does random stuff here Was about to comment this but had to see if anyone else did and like it right away

I DID, TOO!!! HILARITY AT ITS FINEST!!!!!

I think Hades is only just god. .i know with Disney this sounds like Herasy

@@osmosisjones4912 Aphrodite Apollo and Artemis too.

@@painpokebeys Definitely not them, Apollo and Artemis murdered 7 little kids because their mother boasted of being better than Apollo and Artemis's mother. Also, Artemis brutally murdering Actaeon for accidentally seeing her nude, Apollo orchestrating the pain on suffering on royal family of Thebes, also plaguing several cities and towns. And Aphrodite while being mostly kind was also sometimes really petty she would curse beautiful women and her shipping obsession kinda triggered entire Trojan war

@@azidahaka8543 damn, my favorite gods are child murders. Eh, Aphrodite doesn't seem thatttt bad so she's still gonna be my favorite

Imo virginity should always be both sided, you can't expect to be a lusty Playboy and then suddenly get a faithful, virgin, chaste wife. Feel bad for Hera, but not much because she herself isn't much better than Zeus in terms of cruelty.

Well think about how Zeus would get some of his lovers. He would turn into an animal and then one thing or another would happen and then bam, another illegitimate kid. Plus in at least a few places in Greece they would publically act out the myth of the Minotaur and they would have women getting it on with an actual bull. Not someone dressed like one, the animal. Weird.

Gods aren't humans so it isn't bestiality

It's Greek mythology, that's a valid concern. Did have a mythology book that, when going over the story with Leda, had small lithograph of Zeus/Swan all up in her crotch. Really kinda weird.

Well, screwed up. Googled images of Leda & Zeus to find out there are some seriously screwed up artists.

Tell Disney Hades seems like the least evil god

What did they teach you about Hera in school? If you talked about her in class how is this not the version that came up

@@osmosisjones4912 unless you talk to Persephone

@@GiordanDiodato some versions she's happy about with Hades

@@GiordanDiodato literally her own fault, many portrayals depict hades trying to release her but being unable to himself

A vip army-L that blinked once who’s ikonik soooo..... never?

@@matikashu6033 I was trying to remember when Zeus invaded his brother's territory and was getting some necrophilia style! Kinda surprised Zeus never did that.

A vip army-L that blinked once who’s ikonik so basically when he was still in Kronos’ stomach

Well Greek and Roman mythology are basically the same with a few different changes and renaming of God's, basically Roman mythology is a reboot of Greek mythology.

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It's not a mythos, it's a fairy tale story

@3:36 it's not a mythos, it's a fairy tale story

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Fan Fact: According to the myth, Aphrodite joined Ares in the battle and she kicked some butt. This led the Spartans to build her a temple and worship her as a warrior goddess called Aphrodite: Areia.

@@Facade953 Scholars have theorized that Aphrodite was a Hellenized form of the Sumerian goddess Inanna, known to the Akkadians and the Babylonians as *Ishtar,* herself a war-goddess. The island of Kythera, which is situated just off the coast of the Peloponnese, was the site of Aphrodite's oldest temple and there she was worshiped as a war-goddess as well as in Sparta.

@@Boss_Isaac I didn't know about the temple in Kythera. Thank you my friend.

I'm glad that you called him Heracles, which is his actual name in Greek mythology. Hercules is Heracles' Roman equivalent. I like the name better too 😊

The first Karen

Hera, Super High-School Level Karen

Emma Martin I love that

@@eoblaochosk9319 I am greek and I agree with you.Also I approve this message because it is so accurate.

@@cordeliajackson8615 I also agree with your first comment.If anyone wants to learn greek mythology,he must see this comment first

No. I said who knows Zeus wife

@@eoblaochosk9319 oop. My bad😂

Methodology? Meth? 🙄😶

@@AKilahVamp oops.

Mythodology??

Here deserve to rule

He was probably just trying to fix it. XD

manager-nim he threw it onto a couch. It ain’t gonna crack.

@@ceryselise3958 I know that but still....

Probably a candy-coated version. That happens a lot.

It was in High School Literature

Honestly the bird part is still rape cause she didn't know it was a person.

@@fae69s Rape is the act of forcing sexual intercourse on an unwilling person. Disguising oneself is deceit, not rape.

Up until this I thought Zeus was crap for the cheating and deceitfulness but at least he didn’t rape like Poseidon but yeaaahhh I guess he did.

Funnily enough, this is a misconception. There is no evidence that Hera ever refused Zeus, quite the contrary. Multiple ancient sources suggest that they hooked up long before they got married and that they kept the relationship secret. In fact, the 300 years thing is a reference to exactly that.

@Cher rachia Vinson Do I? That is news for me.

@@omniavanitas7893 that wouldn’t make sense because she would’ve married him. She marries him because he stained her virginity.

@@MoJones9919 So that doesn't make sense, but Hera marrying the man who raped her even though she had the ability to renew her virginity any time she wanted by simply taking a bath in the spring of Kanathos does? Even if she couldn't do that, who would have even known whether she was still a virgin or not? Who would have cared?

@@omniavanitas7893 well that was the times.women were shamed for sex outside of union, even if they were attacked. Him tricking her and then raping her would (periodically speaking) make her feel terrible and marry him. It still happens today in India today.

KayLee Nicole you should watch overly sarcastic productions! They do some stuff on Norse mythology and Vikings in an overly sarcastic way.

@@libbyhawboldt500 id never have guessed.

Vikings are just Nordic pirates. Nords were the culture. All Vikings are norse but not all nords are Vikings. Viking isn't a race or culture, though modern day media and Hollywood doesn't correct this misunderstanding.

I know that Viking isnt the culture. Thats not what i was saying. I was saying i would thoroughly enjoy seeing several vids by Jon about nordic culture. Including their mythology, vikings and more.

@@kayleenicole1667 i agree, but I'd rather on the Norse mythology rather than on Vikings. There's other channels that cover Vikings. But not much on mythology. This is a rare gem of a channel.

Hades is only God isn't an 🐴hole. He's the just god I Heard

@@osmosisjones4912 Bullshit! He kidnapped Persephone. Hestia was the only one of the Olympians who never hurt anyome.

@@Facade953 considering everything that's the only bad thing he ever did

@@Facade953 That's only one variation of the myth though. I believe in another, Persephone just wandered to the underworld herself and in another, Zeus helped in kidnapping her for Hades.

@@sunshinesolace3540 Source, please. What versions? Where are they written down?

She was.

It’s best not to look at Greek mythology like how we look at our lives

Welcome to Greek mythology

Weeeell incest is really nothing new. Honestly it only started being very taboo recently, The royals commonly married their cousins and such

He's getting to hopefully.

I know I'm probably getting a little too ambitious here...

They're always random low numbers...

@@JonSolo Nah...I like your videos before they even finish loading. You'll get at least 15....

Jon Solo always aim high Jon👍🏼

I ACTUALLY SNORTLAUGHED! I ADORE Jon's commentary!

Not to mention that Zeus raped her and she married him because she felt like it was her fault for letting it happen

@@s.nifrum4580 she decided herself and why didnt she divorce him

@@eliasmagus5086 She’s the goddess of marriage, getting a divorce for any reason would make her subject to constant criticism for the rest of her life and she’s not capable of dying so she would pretty much have no way to get away from it, not to mention her own personal viewpoint that getting divorce for any reason is wrong

Lots of men just want what they want, does not mean they want to give up everything else.

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She's rightfully angry, sure. But punishing the children just seems wrong. They didn't ask to be born, and having a goddess that hates them from the day they're born doesnt help

Julia RandomIdiot nope, unfortunately she gets cheated on even to this day, according to uncle Rick’s books; so there’s that.

I don't see any demigod babies running around, so I can only hope that Zeus cleaned up his act.

glottle Is miss Thalia Grace a joke to you? (Im jk, btw). But he did had a daughter and technically a son (thalia’s brother), but it was in his roman form and that kinda confused me. Also, if you mean in real life and not the books, yeah you’re right.

@@tobiokageyama2512 Oh you're talking about Percy Jackson series, right? I used to read it when I was younger, then stopped. I don't take my mythology from modern books , personally. Some of PJO's bits were historically/mythologically accurate, but a lot wasn't and I'm a Greek mythology nerd so it irked me. (Uncle Rick did Hera dirty)

glottle i know i share the same feeling trust me, per example Athena has children, like whaaat. But it was all a joke, didn’t mean to offend or something, just that it’s the “only” modern narrative where Zeus has children.

i hate hera the more i try to understand her then i found something more that makes me despise her.

Nah I don’t hate it I hate hera

I'm actually loving it tbh😂

Kids that read Percy Jackson need to stop basing their Greek Mythology Knowledge on a book series 😌🙏 and not take his version as a legitimate mythology source p.s: (I'm saying this as a person who read PJO when I was younger.)

@The Gamer Titans were actually much better rulers in Greek mythology, their age is literally called "Golden age for humans". Only Cronos was an evil tyrannical figure that too partly because his father cursed him. It's like the president is evil but the entire senate is pretty chill and good. The Olympians age is literally the iron age, which Hesiod calls the worst but most important because it gave us so many heroes and kings.