It's honestly sad when you think about it: She's known as the Greek goddess of the hearth and family, yet 'her family' (i.e. the other gods) is non-existent. The only time they're seen coming together, is to fend off bigger threats (typhon, cronus, etc)
My teacher showed one of your videos in class but sincerity was the end of class we didn’t get to finish so I searched it up and now I love his channel
how did i never realize that percy jackson’s “obtain medusa head kill stepdad quest”, completely echoes perseus’s “obtain medusa head kill stepdad quest”. that’s amazing. nice work rick.
The Percy Jackson books do echo the real myths. The Lightning Thief is based on the tale of Perseus, and the Sea of Monsters is based on the Golden Fleece. I just realized that myself two years ago.
No story in percky jackson is original. They are also just greek myths with changes in some characters locations (like Polyphemus guarding the golden fleece, since they have no connection to one another). But they are exactly the same with no originality (with the exception that they are in the United States).
It's comforting to know that I wasn't the only child that read a certain popular YA series in elementary school about Greek Mythology and thought it was neat, to which it became my entire personality.
I also find it comforting to know that I was also not the only child that read a certain popular YA series in elementary school about Greek Mythology and thought it was neat, to which it became my entire personality. (Except I did so in middle school but shhhh)
Pretty cool we read the same books. Used to live for the releases of those books. Would buy them with gift cards I had saved back from birthdays/Christmases
honestly jake is one of the only non-greek youtubers who actually knows the myths and is able to tell them correctly (im a greek person who lives in greece so yes i can confirm)
I love how you actually portray the complexity of so many female characters. Specially because modern adaptations don't do that, Hera isn't a jealous mean wife she has legit insecurities and is stuck on an unhappy marriage, Demeter wasn't just a Karen overprotective mom, she was trying to un-kidnap her daughter, it's refreshing to see.
I don't study Greek mythology, but I recognized a lot of the names in this because I read old Greek plays for fun. This helped so much. Now I can actually understand what's going on because the gods are a big part in the plays
Adi Divyan /vayanaattukulavan theyyam Divyan/thiyyan Daivam/theyyam Thiyyans god's are theyyams Centuries old thiyyas theyyam thottams do mention the meaning of the name thiyya as divya/divyan (in english it means divine) several times in the theyyam rituals Thiyyas are shaktheya hindhus from kerala thiyya means divyan/divine and theyyam means daivam/ deva and in central asian and Chinese language also the word thiya meens divine/deva or heaven and the ritual performance of the divine is called theyyam/daivam And most theyyams are related with thiyya community of north malabar and thiyyas ancestor god is vayanaattu kulavan/aadi divyan/aadi thiyyan and ancestor godess or kula devi is Arya poomaala bagavathi and sree kurumba bagavathi is also an important goddess of thiyyas almost all sree kurumba kavu and temples in malabaar is related with thiyya and they also worship muthappan an aryan god of thiyyas a mixture of Shiva and vishnu as one divine soul theyyam in all parts in the country and many of thiyya theyyams do mention Arya word many times in their theyyam thottams like Arya nation,Arya land, Arya god,Arya king,Arya daughter etc.. and the nearby hindhu communitys around north malabar area also adopted theyyams from years and gentic studies by indian government authorities also saying thiyyas have an out side origin from south india and thiyya played a huge role in the spread of kalaripayattu, Ayurveda and theyyams in malabar kerala and the ruling hindhu party in india BJP (bhara thiya janatha party) also named after this community 'bharathiya means divine people of bharat' it use to glorify the people of bharat. And the word 'thi' also means in Malayalam 🔥 fire(agni) the purest thing and its colour is orange which is a sacred colour for hindhus and in central asian-chinese vedic hindhu-bhudhist mixed religion they used the word Thiya to glorify their gods like Dàzìzàithiān (Shiva), Dìshìtiān (Indra), Dàfàntiān (Brahma), Jíxiáng Tiānnǚ (Lakshmi), Biàncáithiān (Saraswati or Bharathi) and scy-thians are also an indo iranian tribe lived in central asia and in anciant greek also thia means divine/god/ goddess and a goddess called theia also in Greek methodology and many gods also carry 'thia' name in ancient greek religion. In the Vedic tradition, soma (Sanskrit: सोम, romanized: sóma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans.The Rigveda mentions it, particularly in the Soma Mandala. Gita mentions the drink in chapter 9 It is equivalent to the Iranian haoma(alcohol drink)The relationship between humans and the deity was one of transaction, with Agni (the sacrificial fire) taking the role of messenger between the two. Strong traces of a common Indo-Iranian religion remain visible, especially in the Soma cult and the fire worship and animal sacrifice is also part of early vedic tribs
These myths usually have a ton of variation in them, but then one I heard mortals weren’t actually able to grab the apples so he needed atlas to get them for him. he actually killed the dragon himself beforehand but when he went to grab the apple is disappeared in his hand. He knew that it wasn’t possible for a mortal to grab it because Prometheus told him so when haracles freed him(in the version I know he freed Prometheus so he would tell him where the apples actually were). Prometheus also suggested to get atlas to pick them for him because he happened to be close to the tree. I guess he technically still received help, but it was more like he paid for the help he needed to complete the task.
Gods help are not take into consideration. Athena helps Heracles a lot in the other stories but Euristheus never opposed it. Also in some versions Heracles just kill Ladon and takes the apples by himself. Only the help of other mortals are considered, Euristheus would not be crazy to oppose the will of the gods. If a god is helping Heracles, when what can he do?
i think a series like this exploring Celtic mythology would be so cool. i think a lot of the stories would fit well with this style and it gets overlooked for Norse mythology so often
8:09 this part was actually really insightful when you think about it. I watched this on the 27th but I came back today to subscribe. Keep it up, and good luck on 338K subs!
I wonder if you’ll be doing videos for Eurydice, Sisyphus, Jason and the Argonauts, the Minotaur, Icarus, The Iliad, or The Odyssey. Those are my favorite Greek myths.
Anyone else notice that when perseus talks, the meduse head snakes that come out the bag will move their mouth? Thats so cool, this is what separates him from others, because he cares about the detail, this is why i love this dude. 😂
13:36 I always thought Medusa was a loyal servant of Athena, but she was beautiful. And one day Poseidon came in a temple and stuff started happening, and Athena was mad she was betrayed, she cursed Medusa to be so hideous that if she looked at someone they’d turn to stone. Soon Athena realized that what happened to Medusa wasn’t her fault but Athena was like “…”. So yeah, Athena wasn’t so wise when she accused an innocent worshipper of something she couldn’t control. People back then needed to get their story straight!
As far as we can tell, the original version of Medusa was just a monster lady who was always a monster lady. Ovid made the Medusa-as-a-victim-of-the-gods version up for Metamorphoses because it was more narratively compelling, and it's stuck around because he was right, his version is better.
Some people like telling it as Athena turning Medusa into a scary death snake lady to make sure that men dont take advantage of her beauty again, and its a way to protect herself. But this isnt the original saying, just a more wholesome way to look at it.
just found this channel for the first time and I love how you talk about this sort of stuff !! I’m getting into Greek mythology as a special interest and this is really cool
Don't recall the last time I subbed to a channel so fast. Also, your portrayal of Epimetheus as God of Being WAY Too Late to the Understanding Things Party was chefkiss
Dude its middle school all over again thanks for the trip down the memory lane. PS. As a Greek person i find this hillarious and accurate lmao. keep it up man
I notice you glossed over who Alcmene actually was, i.e. Zeus' great-granddaughter (through her grandpa, Perseus). That's right, Heracles is his own great-granduncle and his brother is his great-grandpa, and his dad is also his great-great-grandpa. Like, lots of mythologies have deities whose family trees don't fork, but the Olympian tree looks like the goddamned Gordian knot.
There a a lot of variations of Medusa's story. The one I heard was that she was a loyal servant of Athena and was raped so Athena gave her the snake head to protect herself (by Turing people to stone). It's so interesting that everyone has their own version of her story.
This one is a modern version of the story. There are no evidentiary sources to suggest this would have been an actual interpretation or version that ancient Greeks and Roman’s would’ve used. I think the internet is to blame
The main problem with this interpretation is that she helps Perseus slay Medusa (giving him the mirror and items to help) and even puts Medusa’s head on her shield afterwards.
Another one was she was a loyal subject of athena but was raped by posidon and athena punished her instead by giving her a head of snakes then helped percius slay her by giving him the mirror
Also, turns the whole story of Medusa boning Poseidon in Athena's temple and getting cursed was made up by Ovid centuries into the Roman Empire as part of a story where he ranted about powerful people abusing the innocent because he got exiled by the emperor. There's no evidence that this part of the story existed before that.
@@cheezemonkeyeater just to point that out. It's still baffles me that the entire Reason why Metamorphosis even made was because Ovid trying to be a hypocrite
@@angelofthedeath2433 Honesty it happens all the time. People can only write from their perspective and often only an outside viewer can see the contradictions.
The part he made up was Medusa being a beautiful human and worshipper of Athena who was forced by Poseidon. And that Athena, Jealous of Beauty of Medusa, turned her into a ugly gorgon. I think
@@Vinethatatethesouth yes, which is why I’m learning it from other sources, but do remember that lore Olympus isn’t made to teach you Greek mythology, it’s just a fun WEBTOON comic based of Greek mythology but with their own spin on it(to put it lightly)
I love this, thank you for making this video! I know a lot of these stories individually, but it’s so interesting to see them all tied together to tell a even bigger story.
Hey jake, when explaining the story of Medusa, you used the myth of Ovid as her origin which isn’t the main myth of Medusa , other that one story all others agree she was born a gorgon like her sisters but born mortal, this wouldn’t be a bad use of the many myths . If not for use in context of Perseus which does tell the original story of Medusa
I love the style and format you’re doing for these videos. Though there is one part about the Heracles story you sadly left out. King Eurystheus gets terrified multiple times throughout and hides inside of a storage container, best ancient artwork depicting this comes from the Erymanthian Boar labour.
I love how the only way we can explain the existence of everything is just “There was nothing” “And then there was something” Im pretty sure thats the beginning to literally every religion or belief in existence
Thank you so much I'm actually studying English Language and Literature and we have Mythology class. I'm learning it in a fun way thanks to you. Please keep going.
Hey Jake,, you know what would be reaaaaally really cool...? none of my fav mythology-explained-thru-drawings yt channels has done the Bacchae by euripides. I know it's play but it's my fav Dionysus story so far 👉👈
Jake, you mentioned in the chat that you were thinking of doing more material for Medusa and Persephone - if you do, fabulous. The amount of misinformation on these two is astounding. I only recently learned that there were multiple ancient writers that directly quoted the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, proving that not only was it well known, it was culturally significant to ancient Greeks. So boo-hoo to anyone who whines about there being multiple versions of the kidnapping of Persephone; the ancient people themselves show us what they believed.
21:54 in some versions Zeus brought Heracles to Hera in her sleep and put his mouth to her breast ( Heracles’s mouth not Zeus’s ) and since Heracles was so strong from the milk and Zeus’s genes he…how do I say this… sucked too hard ( nailed it ) and caused hera to wake up surprised and spew out milk from said mommy milkers, and the milk spread out so far and so powerfully she made the *milky*way, in norse myth btw it’s the celestial cows milk that makes the *milky*way
I love how cute Hestia is like she is just poking some fire. Really show's how she's kind of the least problematic god in greek mythology
It's honestly sad when you think about it: She's known as the Greek goddess of the hearth and family, yet 'her family' (i.e. the other gods) is non-existent. The only time they're seen coming together, is to fend off bigger threats (typhon, cronus, etc)
You forgot eros
@@Fryofthy1 No, it’s mentioned 19 seconds in, along with gaie and Tartarus
@Elijah Ayers what? Gods chill together on Olympus all the time
@@Fryofthy1 I mean, his relationship with Psyche isn't exactly the greatest love story ever told...
Hey jake you should do Japanese mythology. That would be pretty cool
I know literally nothing about Japanese mythology so that would honestly be pretty cool.
I would love to learn about Japanese mythology! Incredibly underrated.
@@blueberrygod8275 Its a lot of foxes i can tell you that
If you’re interested i would recommend Linfamy for japanese mythology, theres also history
Literally every mythology is cooler and more underrated than Greek, Norse in Egyptian
But they are also either lost or have a way too intense fanbase
My teacher showed one of your videos in class but sincerity was the end of class we didn’t get to finish so I searched it up and now I love his channel
how did i never realize that percy jackson’s “obtain medusa head kill stepdad quest”,
completely echoes perseus’s “obtain medusa head kill stepdad quest”. that’s amazing. nice work rick.
The Percy Jackson books do echo the real myths. The Lightning Thief is based on the tale of Perseus, and the Sea of Monsters is based on the Golden Fleece. I just realized that myself two years ago.
SO FREAKING TRUE😂😂😂
No story in percky jackson is original. They are also just greek myths with changes in some characters locations (like Polyphemus guarding the golden fleece, since they have no connection to one another). But they are exactly the same with no originality (with the exception that they are in the United States).
@@sonofcronos7831 That's the whole point of the series. Rick Riordan literally just wanted to write modern versions of the myths.
@@travisoliver6741 yh
It's comforting to know that I wasn't the only child that read a certain popular YA series in elementary school about Greek Mythology and thought it was neat, to which it became my entire personality.
I also find it comforting to know that I was also not the only child that read a certain popular YA series in elementary school about Greek Mythology and thought it was neat, to which it became my entire personality.
(Except I did so in middle school but shhhh)
Pretty cool we read the same books. Used to live for the releases of those books. Would buy them with gift cards I had saved back from birthdays/Christmases
Percy jackson
Peter Johnson
@@jackson-hw3uk Mr D that you?
honestly jake is one of the only non-greek youtubers who actually knows the myths and is able to tell them correctly
(im a greek person who lives in greece so yes i can confirm)
What about The Mythology Guy?
overly sarcastic productions??? They actually talk about the different variations of the myths and the history. Also funny as hell.
OSP is an absolutely brilliant channel 👍@@kris-zo3yf
My teacher showed this at class today. No questions. This video is a MASTERPIECE.
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That’s awesome😂😂😂
It cursed so much how’d she allowed it
SAME
I love how you actually portray the complexity of so many female characters. Specially because modern adaptations don't do that, Hera isn't a jealous mean wife she has legit insecurities and is stuck on an unhappy marriage, Demeter wasn't just a Karen overprotective mom, she was trying to un-kidnap her daughter, it's refreshing to see.
Lol😂😂😂😂
Hera should file for divorce-
@@Someonecalledeli trueeee
But she can't because she's the godness of marriage🥲
@@Liquirizia489 Poor Hera ,:(
@@Liquirizia489 also I don't think divorce existed back then beacause *Sexism* ™
The electricity burglar being based of the lightning thief made me laugh lol 💀
seeing it all together in one video really shows how much work you put in and how amazing this achievement is. kudos to you dude
I don't study Greek mythology, but I recognized a lot of the names in this because I read old Greek plays for fun. This helped so much. Now I can actually understand what's going on because the gods are a big part in the plays
did you recognize the last 4 names at 23:38 💀
@@BrunoTV2bruh
i also recognized a lot of names
i read pjo btw
Adi Divyan /vayanaattukulavan theyyam
Divyan/thiyyan
Daivam/theyyam
Thiyyans god's are theyyams
Centuries old thiyyas theyyam thottams do mention the meaning of the name thiyya as divya/divyan (in english it means divine) several times in the theyyam rituals
Thiyyas are shaktheya hindhus from kerala thiyya means divyan/divine and theyyam means daivam/ deva and in central asian and Chinese language also the word thiya meens divine/deva or heaven and the ritual performance of the divine is called theyyam/daivam And most theyyams are related with thiyya community of north malabar and thiyyas ancestor god is vayanaattu kulavan/aadi divyan/aadi thiyyan and ancestor godess or kula devi is Arya poomaala bagavathi and sree kurumba bagavathi is also an important goddess of thiyyas almost all sree kurumba kavu and temples in malabaar is related with thiyya and they also worship muthappan an aryan god of thiyyas a mixture of Shiva and vishnu as one divine soul theyyam in all parts in the country and many of thiyya theyyams do mention Arya word many times in their theyyam thottams like Arya nation,Arya land, Arya god,Arya king,Arya daughter etc.. and the nearby hindhu communitys around north malabar area also adopted theyyams from years and gentic studies by indian government authorities also saying thiyyas have an out side origin from south india and thiyya played a huge role in the spread of kalaripayattu, Ayurveda and theyyams in malabar kerala and the ruling hindhu party in india BJP (bhara thiya janatha party) also named after this community 'bharathiya means divine people of bharat' it use to glorify the people of bharat.
And the word 'thi' also means in Malayalam 🔥 fire(agni) the purest thing and its colour is orange which is a sacred colour for hindhus
and in central asian-chinese vedic hindhu-bhudhist mixed religion they used the word Thiya to glorify their gods like Dàzìzàithiān (Shiva), Dìshìtiān (Indra), Dàfàntiān (Brahma), Jíxiáng Tiānnǚ (Lakshmi), Biàncáithiān (Saraswati or Bharathi)
and scy-thians are also an indo iranian tribe lived in central asia and in anciant greek also thia means divine/god/ goddess and a goddess called theia also in Greek methodology and many gods also carry 'thia' name in ancient greek religion.
In the Vedic tradition, soma (Sanskrit: सोम, romanized: sóma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans.The Rigveda mentions it, particularly in the Soma Mandala. Gita mentions the drink in chapter 9 It is equivalent to the Iranian haoma(alcohol drink)The relationship between humans and the deity was one of transaction, with Agni (the sacrificial fire) taking the role of messenger between the two. Strong traces of a common Indo-Iranian religion remain visible, especially in the Soma cult and the fire worship and animal sacrifice is also part of early vedic tribs
0:10 'the lightning burglar' is CRAZY work
Electricity not lighting stupid
It’s the electricity burglar
@@Sans-o9pshhhh
I love how Heracles' cousin never called him out on getting Atlas to help with the apples even tho he isn't allowed to take help
Herakles probably didn't say he had help XD
Or divine help don't count (Atlas is a Titan), because he got help from all sorts of God ^^
26:37 wine
These myths usually have a ton of variation in them, but then one I heard mortals weren’t actually able to grab the apples so he needed atlas to get them for him. he actually killed the dragon himself beforehand but when he went to grab the apple is disappeared in his hand. He knew that it wasn’t possible for a mortal to grab it because Prometheus told him so when haracles freed him(in the version I know he freed Prometheus so he would tell him where the apples actually were). Prometheus also suggested to get atlas to pick them for him because he happened to be close to the tree. I guess he technically still received help, but it was more like he paid for the help he needed to complete the task.
Gods help are not take into consideration. Athena helps Heracles a lot in the other stories but Euristheus never opposed it. Also in some versions Heracles just kill Ladon and takes the apples by himself. Only the help of other mortals are considered, Euristheus would not be crazy to oppose the will of the gods. If a god is helping Heracles, when what can he do?
I thought the same thing lol
i think a series like this exploring Celtic mythology would be so cool. i think a lot of the stories would fit well with this style and it gets overlooked for Norse mythology so often
The problem with that is celtic mythology has even less sources than the minimal norse ones.
Yes plz!!!
8:09 this part was actually really insightful when you think about it. I watched this on the 27th but I came back today to subscribe. Keep it up, and good luck on 338K subs!
POV: you actually knew Greek mythology before but now you love it even more
I knew about hades before, but I didn't know much abt his dog so it was neat
@@Stvhlinger You mean Cerbie?
@@thechaddict5560 That's like naming a dog steve, but yes I meant him
@@Stvhlinger Cerbie is just bestest boi. Would pet him
@@thechaddict5560 Definitely, he's adorable
Love how soft spoken jake is in the beginning and progressively gets more insane ❤❤❤😂😂😂
To sum it up: Zeus sleeps with everyone and it causes conflicts
Edit: holy sh*t that is a lot of likes
real
Greek mythology: unfortunately, Zeus was horny
Fax
Ahh, thanks I couldn’t watch the whole video my attention span could never
@@Y0ur_f4v-p00kie bootleg grassy plush lol
I’m reading Miller’s “Circe” and how you depict Helios is VERY accurate to her novel. Love it!
I wonder if you’ll be doing videos for Eurydice, Sisyphus, Jason and the Argonauts, the Minotaur, Icarus, The Iliad, or The Odyssey. Those are my favorite Greek myths.
I’d like the Argo
@@sophiaibarra544 Same here. I'm curious as to what his Talos design would look like.
Yeah, I actually just watched the movie a few days ago. Funny how things work like that
Valentine's Day special:
Orpheus and Eurydice, Aros and Psyche, Iphis and Ianthe, Atalanta and Hippomenes
Wit bout daedelus
Anyone else notice that when perseus talks, the meduse head snakes that come out the bag will move their mouth? Thats so cool, this is what separates him from others, because he cares about the detail, this is why i love this dude. 😂
Man, Jake has hooked, line, & sinker me into his channel. I almost feel embarrassed that I didn't find this channel sooner
13:36 I always thought Medusa was a loyal servant of Athena, but she was beautiful. And one day Poseidon came in a temple and stuff started happening, and Athena was mad she was betrayed, she cursed Medusa to be so hideous that if she looked at someone they’d turn to stone. Soon Athena realized that what happened to Medusa wasn’t her fault but Athena was like “…”. So yeah, Athena wasn’t so wise when she accused an innocent worshipper of something she couldn’t control.
People back then needed to get their story straight!
As far as we can tell, the original version of Medusa was just a monster lady who was always a monster lady. Ovid made the Medusa-as-a-victim-of-the-gods version up for Metamorphoses because it was more narratively compelling, and it's stuck around because he was right, his version is better.
Some people like telling it as Athena turning Medusa into a scary death snake lady to make sure that men dont take advantage of her beauty again, and its a way to protect herself. But this isnt the original saying, just a more wholesome way to look at it.
@@fyysha Technically, the Ovid's version is not the original saying either ^^
I wish he would have mentioned the fact that Medusa was RAPED and then turned into a beast.
@@patienceshelley494 i know thats really important information but i think he wants to keep his videos pg 13 or smth idk
Loving these mythology videos. Really appreciate seeing how you’ve improved over time. And improve you did. Good job mate.
I mean who couldn't love "The Electricity Burglar!"
Such a best seller! Best of all the novels
and Not Pluto is such a good game too
also theres a second book i think, “The Lake of Creatures” or something like that
@@evagarcia865 and a third, i think it was ''The Monster's Burden''
A fourth, Fight in the maze
@laurenhenry5671 There's a fifth. "The first titan" or smthn. And a sequel series, "The villains of tartarus"
just found this channel for the first time and I love how you talk about this sort of stuff !! I’m getting into Greek mythology as a special interest and this is really cool
32:03
I love how Heracles doesn’t even break a sweat holding up the sky, but Atlas is red in the face.
to be fair he's been doing it for aeons
I really love mythology.
I may not know the complete entire plot line of mythology, but they're always interesting
I do love how a lot of mythologies have at least one being/type of being that has a lot of heads and arms because that's just kind of cool
As a greek i would totally love to have this history lesson
"not again zeus was filmed in front of a live studio audience" best line I have ever heard.
Don't recall the last time I subbed to a channel so fast. Also, your portrayal of Epimetheus as God of Being WAY Too Late to the Understanding Things Party was chefkiss
You should make a mythology video about the giant war
There's barely information about the titanomachiaaaand i have just realized you are probably talking about the giants heracles fought
@@inigo-montoya Just what I was about to say
Well apparently he's working on it 😄
@@Chickpeiris Oh
yesssss
This was literally so entertaining to watch oh my goodness, thank you for putting this together!
Thank you for making me interested in greek mythology and talking abt greek mythology on my science test
Dude its middle school all over again thanks for the trip down the memory lane.
PS.
As a Greek person i find this hillarious and accurate lmao. keep it up man
I notice you glossed over who Alcmene actually was, i.e. Zeus' great-granddaughter (through her grandpa, Perseus). That's right, Heracles is his own great-granduncle and his brother is his great-grandpa, and his dad is also his great-great-grandpa. Like, lots of mythologies have deities whose family trees don't fork, but the Olympian tree looks like the goddamned Gordian knot.
NOT THE GORDIAN KNOT 💀
Not again zeus!
Love how soft spoken jake is in the beginning and progressively gets more insane
There a a lot of variations of Medusa's story. The one I heard was that she was a loyal servant of Athena and was raped so Athena gave her the snake head to protect herself (by Turing people to stone). It's so interesting that everyone has their own version of her story.
This one is a modern version of the story. There are no evidentiary sources to suggest this would have been an actual interpretation or version that ancient Greeks and Roman’s would’ve used. I think the internet is to blame
The main problem with this interpretation is that she helps Perseus slay Medusa (giving him the mirror and items to help) and even puts Medusa’s head on her shield afterwards.
Another one was she was a loyal subject of athena but was raped by posidon and athena punished her instead by giving her a head of snakes then helped percius slay her by giving him the mirror
This was fun tuning in. Loved the stream!!
I really need a sitcom about greek mythology
Also, turns the whole story of Medusa boning Poseidon in Athena's temple and getting cursed was made up by Ovid centuries into the Roman Empire as part of a story where he ranted about powerful people abusing the innocent because he got exiled by the emperor. There's no evidence that this part of the story existed before that.
He boned Augustus' daughter for fuck sake. The one guy who you should NOT fuck with
@@angelofthedeath2433 I didn't say was exiled for no reason.
@@cheezemonkeyeater just to point that out. It's still baffles me that the entire Reason why Metamorphosis even made was because Ovid trying to be a hypocrite
@@angelofthedeath2433 Honesty it happens all the time. People can only write from their perspective and often only an outside viewer can see the contradictions.
The part he made up was Medusa being a beautiful human and worshipper of Athena who was forced by Poseidon. And that Athena, Jealous of Beauty of Medusa, turned her into a ugly gorgon. I think
wish jake had money to hire an entire team and release those videos weekly
0:09 mmm references to 2 of my favourite franchises already this is already insanely good
Oooooh I really like the dark skinned Andromeda design, all the gold makes for REALLY good contrast!
Good animation style and funny presentation : ) Have to subscribe to see more haha. Can you do Finland next? Kalevala is quite a story
You told these stories in humorous way such that no one who hasn't read about them before would understand them this way
thanks jake i love listening to you talk and watching your animations it helps me relax for bed so this is perfect
Idk why but I always love the joke of "faraway guy saying something muffled"
Good because that's one of the things I always find funny.
The electicity burglar instead of the lightning thief had my on the floor laughing
PLEASE do one with the story of Medea, she was a pretty interesting character.
As someone who’s reading the WEBTOON comic(there’s also a book) lore Olympus, it’s good to learn more about Greek mythology😊
They assassinated my guy Apollo, I will never forgive LO for that
Lore Olympus is not at all a good way to learn Greek mythology
@@Vinethatatethesouth yes, which is why I’m learning it from other sources, but do remember that lore Olympus isn’t made to teach you Greek mythology, it’s just a fun WEBTOON comic based of Greek mythology but with their own spin on it(to put it lightly)
@@straww_berryyy yeah they did ruin Apollo dude😭😭😭 poor guy-
Apollo deserved it, he was a predator 🤷🏽♀️
"Hey, are you extremely lonely? Of course you are, you're watching videos about ancient mythology."
*_I felt that_*
I love these! Funny, great animation and informative, keep up the good work Jake!
I'm greek and this is a subject at school which I don't study for since it's boring but u make it very entertaining!
Dude you are my spirit animal. Your humor is so wonderful
I love this, thank you for making this video! I know a lot of these stories individually, but it’s so interesting to see them all tied together to tell a even bigger story.
5:54
" Daaaamnn"
- literally everyone that saw Aphrodite
Not Hippolytus.
Thanks for these! I just found your page and am tickled with mythos! 🤩
You have really simplified mythology. Good job!👍
Hey jake, when explaining the story of Medusa, you used the myth of Ovid as her origin which isn’t the main myth of Medusa , other that one story all others agree she was born a gorgon like her sisters but born mortal, this wouldn’t be a bad use of the many myths . If not for use in context of Perseus which does tell the original story of Medusa
He made a whole video explaining it
I love the style and format you’re doing for these videos. Though there is one part about the Heracles story you sadly left out. King Eurystheus gets terrified multiple times throughout and hides inside of a storage container, best ancient artwork depicting this comes from the Erymanthian Boar labour.
I loved Bill Wurtz’ animations and I love your new take on animated history! Well done! 🥂🙌🏻
Watching Cerberus get excited was the highlight of the day
love him
And that makes his wife/sister sad
I love how the only way we can explain the existence of everything is just
“There was nothing”
“And then there was something”
Im pretty sure thats the beginning to literally every religion or belief in existence
My brain exploding with references and parallels after only reading the first few books of Percy Jackson
Welcome to the pipeline friend 😅
Thank you so much I'm actually studying English Language and Literature and we have Mythology class. I'm learning it in a fun way thanks to you. Please keep going.
Hey Jake,, you know what would be reaaaaally really cool...? none of my fav mythology-explained-thru-drawings yt channels has done the Bacchae by euripides. I know it's play but it's my fav Dionysus story so far 👉👈
I love how I was listening then got distracted and to check to see he's still going at it in 3:00
I’m 45 and just now reading the said YA book series. This video popped up and it is figgin hilarious! Awesome! Thank you!
4:41
Not the frisbee😭
How could you do that to me
Jake, you mentioned in the chat that you were thinking of doing more material for Medusa and Persephone - if you do, fabulous. The amount of misinformation on these two is astounding.
I only recently learned that there were multiple ancient writers that directly quoted the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, proving that not only was it well known, it was culturally significant to ancient Greeks. So boo-hoo to anyone who whines about there being multiple versions of the kidnapping of Persephone; the ancient people themselves show us what they believed.
Thanks Jake I love Greek mythology it’s my favourite history topic
Holy crap this channel is amazing. Thanks for the videos. Subscribed for sure
You explaining how you got into Greek Mythology vis PJO is literally how I got in. Except I watched the movie first and now I'm traumatized.
Love this video, I think I’ve watched it four times.
21:11 Disney should make this a show / sitcom
16:08 man that's a low blow. But yeah you're right.
This is by far the best video i've seen on yt
5:09 consensus is that ancient cultures used words like "leg" and "thigh" as...euphemisms for another part.
Pp?
@@imaspookycat yes. Which canonically means Zeus jerked Dionysus out.
0:09 Percy Jackson❌ the electricity burglar✔️
10:38 uncle Rick reference💀
Legend says hestia is still poking at the fire
15:23 I really love how the little snake mouths move when he's talking lol 😂 They're so cute.
Imagine Percy Jackson being thought of as a genuine part of the Greek mythos in a thousand years from now.
It would harm the reputation of the greek myths.
This has become my comfort video
love all the percy jackson references, blatantly obvious or not. anyways, gonna go buy some stone lawn ornaments from this cool store.
33:27 such a good boy! And hades is using Heracles to take his dog on a walk lol 😂
or is it dogs?
16:57 my favourite Jake gag
I love how at the beginning the electricity burglar was a bootleg version of the lightning thief 😂
14:44 the bag says "έντεκα" wich means 11,btw
Heh Greek 7-11
It's cool that I got to see this type of art in real time
Hey Jake you should do Japanese mythology. That would be pretty cool
This is making me want to learn about mythology
You definitely got that lawn ornament thing for Percy Jackson
You should do Indian mythology! Or continue with what you know and keep up the good work!
21:54 in some versions Zeus brought Heracles to Hera in her sleep and put his mouth to her breast ( Heracles’s mouth not Zeus’s ) and since Heracles was so strong from the milk and Zeus’s genes he…how do I say this… sucked too hard ( nailed it ) and caused hera to wake up surprised and spew out milk from said mommy milkers, and the milk spread out so far and so powerfully she made the *milky*way, in norse myth btw it’s the celestial cows milk that makes the *milky*way
WHAT THE FUCK
This makes me glad I wasn’t greek
What😭
I never want to look at any pictures of the galaxy now.
Oh my god-
Well I’m traumatized 🙂🙂🙂
Second video I clicked on of yours, bravo, guy. These are effin great :)
23:10 I was kinda happy you put the khopesh in his vid
12:10 “then along came Zeus“
“And a legend was born”
He hurled his "Thunderbolt™."
@@Dextersauve11(he zapped) locked those suckers in a vault