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Accounting for time, about a fourth of the population is related to Zeus. Mostly his children. But, enough joking, SO many Greek Gods/hero’s have some relation to Zeus. Try me
@Jahlani2010 there are two mythological figures with similar name. Χρόνος pronounced as Chronos which was a primordial deity for time and Κρόνος pronounced as Kronos while his Latin translation is Cronus son of Uranus.
I grew up with the Greek myths as a bedtime stories. I like the version where Typhon is a giant dragon and Zeus chases him down to Sicily, defeats him and crushes him under the Mount Etna. That's why the mountain spews fire and smoke :)
I love the element of Young Adults around the camp fire telling a story of Mythology rather than the typical Extra History way of presenting it as you are in the time. Great job again!
With a lot of mythology there will be a ton of different versions. I tried to remain as faithful as I could to the most common threads. That's usually how EM is going to operate but I totally encourage everyone to check out all the alternate versions of these stories as the deviations sometimes provide amazing insights into how these cultures changed! -JP
Have you ever thought of compiling a source list, most Mythology books, with the exception of Norse Mythology, don't and might help with the wildly different versions thing. I know that there are different cannons in Greek myth but I'm never sure which version comes from which.
On this note, the Hecatoncheires, the hundred-handed giants, are sometimes described as taking the side of the gods and sometimes the titans, depending on the source - and in particular whether you're talking about older greek accounts or later roman ones.
I'm just glad that I'm hearing the whole myth. Whenever I've heard Prometheus before, no-one explains that Prometheus made the humans after the age of heroes, which makes me think they are the first humans. It sure makes Heracles appearance confusing as shit.
I'd like to point out Kronos/Cronos/Cronus is a different being than Chronos. The Romans sort of combined them ( a little: Father Time holds the sickle Kronos used to castrate his father) but they were, for most of the sources commonly used, separate beings. Kronos is krah-nos, while Chronos is Kroh-nohs. It's no big deal, just want to be pedantic and maybe helpful in clearing a common misconception.
I prefer the version were the flesh of the sky that spawned Afrodita was his genitalia. Makes a lot more of sense, and at the same time, makes even weirder.
He never said what chronos cut, exactly, just that it was a "Mortal Wound." I'd say castration qualifies. He probably just glossed over that bit for a more dramatic flow around the campfire.
2:28 You mean Cronus. Chronos was a separate deity, representing time in general, while Cronus is a Titan, representing time in regards to humans (or maybe time towards people in general, not sure.) Edit: They were only combined in later depictions, during the Renaissance I believe
Time for the greeks did not mean "space-time" but the passing of ages. Each brother of Cronus sired a family that keeped time (like Hyperion, father of the Sun and Moon and Dawn, the keepers of the day and night cycle, etc). Kronos himself was the destroyer of time, he represents the passing of ages that makes the world worse, like pollution in nature, or the corrosion of metals, or the moral decline of mankind, thus he devoured Poseidon (Sea), Hades (the memory of the dead), Hera (Sky), Demeter (Plants) and Hestia (Family).
Calling Gaia's paramour "The Firmament" or "The Sky" seems like an odd choice... but at the same time, I can't imagine anyone saying "Chronos chopped off Uranus with a sickle" with a straight face.
uranus (firmament/SPACE) was BEFORE gaia (earth/MATTER). they together gave birth to chronos (time/INTERACTION), who took the hegemonial throne of uranus by cutting off his manhood. if u take a look on ancient castration tools, they are not unsimiliar to a sickle.
There were a lot of other Titans who didn't fight in the war or who fight on Zeus's side, like Helios, Selene, Leto, Hecate and so much more. Fun Fact: the Titans were released. Cronus became the god of the blessed afterlife and pillars were built in order to support the sky after Altas was freed.
Love the series, but am a little confused about one thing. Pretty sure that Heracles and the rest of the Greek heroes came after Prometheus gave the gift of fire to the humans. So, if that's the case, what is this "Age of Heroes" that came before humanity?
The problem is that there are multiple completely different versions of these stories, and they're rarely even internally consistent. Extra Credits seem to be blending bits from the Homeric, Hesiodic, and Orphic versions, which are the most 'popular' ones. The first deity might have been Gaea, Nyx, Tethys, Oceanus, Thetis, Chronos (not the Titan Cronos, who was different), and even a unnamed force/entity called a 'Demiurge' depending on which storyteller you're listening to at the time. What order it all happened in? Good luck with figuring that out. :)
Mulleronis I get that many myths self-contradict. However, it's still confusing why Extra Credits chose to mention Heracles existing before Prometheus did his thing, especially since Heracles later frees Prometheus from the rock within his own legend. Because this implies that there were in fact two heroes named Heracles in Greek mythology: The one that we are all familiar with, and another one who also existed before humans were created.
damn, I really love all the artistic muscles being stretched here. The epic tone and campfire really helps lull you into the narratives as opposed to your other shows which are more fact based. It makes doesn't leave much room for interpretation but this is how the stories were originally told so I'm not complaining.
Chronos is the Titan of Absolute Time [past/present/future Worldline] Epimetheus is the Titan of Wisdom [the Past seen from the present]. Prometheus is the Titan of Deduction [the Future seen from the present]. Atlas is the Titan of Dark Energy [keeps Space from becoming a black hole].
Ok I know you have to be PG and everything but by “wounding of his father” do you actually mean how he literally castrated his own father with a sickle?
Donovan Fox Sometimes mythology can be messed up. Like with Athena, who was born fully grown and armoured from Zeus' ruptured skull. Or Heimdall, who some claim was born from nine women! (Yeah, cultures back then didn't really have a modern understanding of human biology.)
Also the Humans of the "Golden Age" had existed since Chronos' time it could have been Heracles was born in that time period and simply died in the Heroic Age much later because he was a demigod and Golden Age people lived far longer anyway.
I totally understand the use of "hundred handed ones" instead of "Hecatonchires" as the latter term can be confusing, but pleeeeeeeeeeease... the plural of Cyclops is "Cyclopes" not "Cyclopses". Otherwise, great episode- really looking forward to the series getting into full swing!
Because the name "Hecatoncheires" (Εκατόγχειρες) come for the words "Hekaton" (εκατόν) meaning one hundred and "Cheir" (χείρ) meaning hand. I am fortunate enough to be born greek and immediately understand the meaning of those names without researching. You can find that whole mythology by reading Hesiod's Theogony which is a 3-part poem explaining the creation of the world.
Yeah, if they are going to go with this super serious tone then the jokes seem out of place. I think they should either drop the jokes or lighten up the tone of the rest of the narration. (I would prefer the latter)
@@nidohime6233 It's not even that it's out of place for extra credits, they have a fair amount of humor in extra history and sci-fi, but it definitely felt a bit more straight faced than normal.
That entirely depends on who's telling the story. The issue with mythology is there rarely is ever 1 canon story, it varies between retellings and time periods.
That's Enceladus, king of the Giants whom Athena defeated by throwing Mount Etna atop him. However that did not kill him, just put him into a semi-coma, from which he occasionally wakes and tries to free himself, thus causing earthquakes. Funny trivia, in Greece we still occasionally use the phrase "Enceladus has woken" when there's an earthquake!
I am just so bloody happy with this series already. I was excited when I saw the announcement but this is a first episode full of promise. I love the campfire story framing and passionate narration. I love the lyrical writing and beautiful artwork. And I LOVE that you've started with my best boy Prometheus. Just... keep up the good work, guys. Spot on.
Not just "a third", about ⅔ of all Titans weren't imprisoned, only those that sided with Kronos (*not Chronos*), the God of the Sun (Helios) was also a Titan.
Prometheus gets all the love, but Epimetheus is the one who reminds you when you've forgotten, and lets you know when you've made a bad call. Forethought and afterthought are both a necessity.
Ah, here we go on a trip into a Pantheon of largely amoral and very self-centered Gods (and most other creatures), where values dissonance abounds and Incest is more common than Game of Thrones. More please!
@@philipliao4006 didn't heracles rescue prometheus though? or are there multiple different myths? sorry if i seem ignorant, i've never studied greek mythology in depth
Never realized until now how similar the story of Zeus vs Typhon is to that of Thor vs Jörmungandr in Norse mythology. Also there's an important metaphorical layer lost by not saying how Chronos means "time" in Greek and is the god of time; so when the children are consumed by Chronos, literally they are "eaten" but on a deeper level they are consumed by the inevitable passing of time, and Zeus's overthrow of chronos is his defeat of time itself and death therewith, allowing the gods to transcend to immortality
So I'm a touch confused... Were there humans during the age heroes yet? Because I thought Heracles was half human, but if he helped in the war that took place before the creation of humans, how would that work? Just looking for a little clarification.
Yeah, having really old myths that are passed down from mouth to mouth tends to leave many, many different versions of these myths. The ones I knew had the giants emerge long after this, and actually had Typhus rip out Zeus's tendons - he was only saved when Hermes and Pan reattached them with Lightning bolts.
After the sympathetic portrayal of the Hundred-Handed Ones in the Percy Jackson series, I'm REALLY enjoying this new direction with them as horrific eldritch beings.
There's like 3 people in internet who doesn't know greek and or roman myth. And this is really helpful for them since they doesn't know how to search the word "mythology" on youtube. all and all, Good start.
I'm loving the campfire story framing device - it makes the story seem more personal and cozy somehow. And I like the different art style - it doesn't feel like a normal Extra Credits episode, which is somehow fitting for a series full of epic tales of gods, warriors, myths, and magic.
I LOVE this! As a self-proclaimed student of mythology, I hope this continues! If I may make ONE suggestion: the storytelling aspect is fun, artistically; however, these were stories and traditions that molded and forged empires. I LOVE the balance you show between fact and art in your other history series...maybe apply that here? It may seem purely fantasy from our standpoint, but these beliefs shaped the very lives of those who lived in those times.
I cant be the only person here who already watched Ted-Ed cover this story but came to watch extra credits cover it aswell because extra credits is life? no just me? ok
So, by this telling, the Age of Heroes and demigods are distinct from the modern era of mortal men? I suppose that helps distinguish the later Greeks with the Mycenaean period, though every telling I've heard before tends to place Prometheus and his tales BEFORE the end of the heroic age.
Well, that is mostly because it wouldn't make sense to distinguish the Age of Heroes from later men. If that was the case, how could Heracles have saved Prometheus from his punishment? By the telling Extra Mythology gives, he would to this day be chained at a mountain with an eagle eating his liver, but the story tells us that he was freed by Heracles in exchange for his help. Also, how could have Heracles even been born, if the first woman, Pandora, was created to punish Prometheus and his creation, humanity, for stealing the gods' fire? It's honestly a weird choice from EM.
6:18 - Masterfully drawn. O'Keefe would be proud. 6:31 - From Liver Falcon to the lightning bolt nipples, heck yes, that consert would be to awesome to miss!
Shouldnt the war with the giants and typhon happen after the creation of mankind? I mean hercules' mother was a human, so how could he exist before his mother?
I get the feeling Heracles was something of a late-comer to the Hellenic mythos, retroactively added into all the good stories to make them more epic and make him sound better. I can't state this for sure, though.
According to a lot of versions of Greek mythology, there was a total of five ages of "man." Each age saw a different race if men rise and fall, they were in order; The golden age (reign of the titan, Cronos), the silver age, the "bronze age" (not THAT bronze age..), the age of heroes (lots of demigods and some mortals possessing godlike gifts and talents such as Arachne for example), and the current "iron age" (modern man), our age. The first age "humans", were called the men of gold, not literally golden skinned but still quite different compared to their successive counterparts, especially the latter two races of men. The golden race of men lived during the peaceful reign of the titan Cronos, and lived in a world of plenty, no need of agriculture or raising animals, in fact they were said to be in complete harmony with nature and the beasts of the world, even possessing the ability to "talk" to all manner of animals and plants, they could even speak to things such as rivers, mountains, and other natural phenomenon. (back when such things were more "awoke" than they are now) The men of gold also could live very long lives, remaining youthful in appearance even into old age and when they died it was more like going into a gentle sleep, violent death was rare, their spirits could persist on after death as benevolent guardian spirits, watching over the still living. (this lasted well into the latter ages) There's more information on these ages, to much to write out in one post, it's actually very interesting, look it up if you have the time that is.
Why not call the "hundered handed ones" by there name? Each of the three hecatoncheires Even had name of there own; briareos, kottos, and gyges. Just seems weird that you say all of the other names but not theirs
oh man I wanted this series just cause I love mythology so much and wanted to hear it but this artwork is so freaking impressive I can't wait to see the next episode just so I can see what this artist does next great work you guys you are blowing me out of the water!
Can't wait for the next. Prometheus has always been my favorite mythological being, but he's been ignored by the majority people. Glad he can gets some light.
I believe it is Gaea* Kronos* And The 3 Beast are The 100 Handed Ones I'm not nearly as sure about this one as I am about the others, But I believe Zues, Poisidon, and Hades were Kronos' sons
It is an age old tradition to edit the myths to suit the sensibilities of the culture telling them. Either that or they become lost in a dusty library forgotten until they are "discovered" again, or....lost for all time. The originals are better preserved this way as well, as the stories remain relevant and thus so to does their history.
@Mullerornis More like he mixed up the timeline, but you are correct. Older religious customs and texts were very localized. Using newer sources (like Pseudo-Apollodorus and Hesiod) would give much more coherent ones, as they became much more common in terms of belief due to Roman assimilation of Greek religious practices post-Mithridatic Wars
I love the idea that elephant skulls may have been the basis for the Cyclops myth. Also, I love this dang channel. I'm so happy it popped up in my suggestions a few weeks ago!
Really like the art on these. Also super interesting how we have these recurring themes of not hydra exactly, but regenerative snake monsters throughout the mythology. Hell, even throughout multiples mythologies
How come the age of heroes came before Typhon? If so does that mean Hercules and the others were reincarnated and fate repeated the age of heroes or is there a Chronoslogical error?
Joe Maslov returns from his work on Extra Politics to do the Extra Mythology art for us! Thanks for the stunning work Joe!
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Senpai!
I love extra mythology and it's intro senpai!!!
Extra Credits so you’re saying that a giant hippie bang the sky?
Imao
Plz do more
things that Zeus did through his entire life:
Good things: freed his brothers and sisters - 1
Bad things: literally all the rest
GLAUBIM 2 he defeated the titans and stop typhon as well
Couldn’t keep his junk in his nonexistent pants
Accounting for time, about a fourth of the population is related to Zeus. Mostly his children.
But, enough joking, SO many Greek Gods/hero’s have some relation to Zeus. Try me
"beating" everything that moves
@@novaanimations5958 from sheer volume of affairs though posidon had more children.
"When Chronus cast his father's flesh into the sea..."
His scrotum. Chronos attack on Oranus was a gelding, and aprodite is literally born from sperm.
*Cronus.
Ahaha I saw that they skimmed over that bit
@Jahlani2010 there are two mythological figures with similar name. Χρόνος pronounced as Chronos which was a primordial deity for time and Κρόνος pronounced as Kronos while his Latin translation is Cronus son of Uranus.
yeah I wonder why almost nobody mentions that
Aren't we all born from sperms
I grew up with the Greek myths as a bedtime stories. I like the version where Typhon is a giant dragon and Zeus chases him down to Sicily, defeats him and crushes him under the Mount Etna. That's why the mountain spews fire and smoke :)
Zeus is awesome, one of my favourite gods, Odin comes next
Woman: *exists*
Zeus: its go time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dr. Vikyll
Does that imply the moment they are born Zeus goes in?
or does that mean he wait until they start ovulating?
The answer changes everything
@@ilo3456 yeah this complicates it
Ovulation wasn't invented yet, Zeus could have impregnated a piece of rock if he would have been in the mood.
I love the element of Young Adults around the camp fire telling a story of Mythology rather than the typical Extra History way of presenting it as you are in the time. Great job again!
With a lot of mythology there will be a ton of different versions. I tried to remain as faithful as I could to the most common threads. That's usually how EM is going to operate but I totally encourage everyone to check out all the alternate versions of these stories as the deviations sometimes provide amazing insights into how these cultures changed!
-JP
Have you ever thought of compiling a source list, most Mythology books, with the exception of Norse Mythology, don't and might help with the wildly different versions thing. I know that there are different cannons in Greek myth but I'm never sure which version comes from which.
Can you share the sources later? This version is rad af but I wanna be careful sharing it.
On this note, the Hecatoncheires, the hundred-handed giants, are sometimes described as taking the side of the gods and sometimes the titans, depending on the source - and in particular whether you're talking about older greek accounts or later roman ones.
I'm just glad that I'm hearing the whole myth. Whenever I've heard Prometheus before, no-one explains that Prometheus made the humans after the age of heroes, which makes me think they are the first humans.
It sure makes Heracles appearance confusing as shit.
I'd like to point out Kronos/Cronos/Cronus is a different being than Chronos. The Romans sort of combined them ( a little: Father Time holds the sickle Kronos used to castrate his father) but they were, for most of the sources commonly used, separate beings. Kronos is krah-nos, while Chronos is Kroh-nohs.
It's no big deal, just want to be pedantic and maybe helpful in clearing a common misconception.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the art on this one? It was really phenomenal
I prefer the version were the flesh of the sky that spawned Afrodita was his genitalia. Makes a lot more of sense, and at the same time, makes even weirder.
To my knowledge the only version is the genitalia version.
He never said what chronos cut, exactly, just that it was a "Mortal Wound." I'd say castration qualifies. He probably just glossed over that bit for a more dramatic flow around the campfire.
I think they were using "flesh" euphemistically here.
Then again, I might just forgot this was an open to all publics video. XD
It was the severed genitalia - and the foam is the last bit of semen they contained. It's a bit graphic though...
Earth: Im pregnant
Everyone else: Oh s**t
Titans: hello we've been born
Mother earth is pregnant for the third time...
Which one earth-Chan or gaia
I’m too busy observing the multiverse to tell
@@jacobsheehan9715 why not both??
Half a minute in and I'm already loving this series. So artistic.
Is nice.
@@SentryWill is nice
2:28 You mean Cronus. Chronos was a separate deity, representing time in general, while Cronus is a Titan, representing time in regards to humans (or maybe time towards people in general, not sure.) Edit: They were only combined in later depictions, during the Renaissance I believe
Liam-Ethan Wallis the Latin spelling is Cronus; the Greek spelling is Kronos. But yes, Kronos and Chronos are two different words in Greek.
@@paulchapman8023 the Greek spelling for Cronus is Κρόνος and the CHronos is Χρόνος
I found Kronos being used as the most common name.
I always thought it was spelt Kronos
Time for the greeks did not mean "space-time" but the passing of ages. Each brother of Cronus sired a family that keeped time (like Hyperion, father of the Sun and Moon and Dawn, the keepers of the day and night cycle, etc). Kronos himself was the destroyer of time, he represents the passing of ages that makes the world worse, like pollution in nature, or the corrosion of metals, or the moral decline of mankind, thus he devoured Poseidon (Sea), Hades (the memory of the dead), Hera (Sky), Demeter (Plants) and Hestia (Family).
Calling Gaia's paramour "The Firmament" or "The Sky" seems like an odd choice... but at the same time, I can't imagine anyone saying "Chronos chopped off Uranus with a sickle" with a straight face.
Depends on how you pronounce that name.
The original pronounciation is "Ouranos".
*gay communism ensues*
uranus (firmament/SPACE) was BEFORE gaia (earth/MATTER).
they together gave birth to chronos (time/INTERACTION), who took the hegemonial throne of uranus by cutting off his manhood.
if u take a look on ancient castration tools, they are not unsimiliar to a sickle.
Well Chronos did chop off Ouranos’ balls, which then became Aphrodite
I'm so immature. I can't stop laughing.
"When Chronos cast his father's flesh into the sea"
"Flesh"
"""""Flesh"""""
Scrotum
Oohh that’s why the sea is salty
@@sadface7463 😆 oh, balls!
Kronos not Khronos (one is the father of the six Olympians and the other is time personified)
Zeus always looks like the hero until we found out how he bill cosbyed woman all the time.
Truee
And then his Sister-Wife makes life hell for the women he forced himself on
Well, he bang anything that move
@@weldonwin it's okay all the cool gods are married to their siblings.
And only SOMETIMES as a human. Greek gods are messed up.
_Prometheus was punished by the Gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast to the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds._
Resurrected Helicoprion r/whoosh
Can't believe the ancient Greeks built temples to honor Zeus but nothing for Prometheus.
But then, gods were perceived differently at the time
Nobody asked for spoilers
@@sharilshahed6106 Spoilers? What spoilers? Spoilers that mean nothing if you haven't played the game that came out in 2011?
@@resurrectedhelicoprion no, an eagle
There were a lot of other Titans who didn't fight in the war or who fight on Zeus's side, like Helios, Selene, Leto, Hecate and so much more. Fun Fact: the Titans were released. Cronus became the god of the blessed afterlife and pillars were built in order to support the sky after Altas was freed.
And these pillars can be found today at Gibraltar and Morocco.
@@MegaMementoMori No, these are the pillars that Hercules erected, as in their name "Heralcean Pillars" to mark the end of the world
@@justadude3037 So where the pillars that support the sky are located now?
He also became the God of time
@@lorraineadormonicus he already was since he took the throne.
I love how Prometheus and his brother continue to look worriedly ascant at Zeus like: “Ahh shit dude”
Love the series, but am a little confused about one thing. Pretty sure that Heracles and the rest of the Greek heroes came after Prometheus gave the gift of fire to the humans. So, if that's the case, what is this "Age of Heroes" that came before humanity?
The problem is that there are multiple completely different versions of these stories, and they're rarely even internally consistent. Extra Credits seem to be blending bits from the Homeric, Hesiodic, and Orphic versions, which are the most 'popular' ones. The first deity might have been Gaea, Nyx, Tethys, Oceanus, Thetis, Chronos (not the Titan Cronos, who was different), and even a unnamed force/entity called a 'Demiurge' depending on which storyteller you're listening to at the time. What order it all happened in? Good luck with figuring that out. :)
Yeah I was confused too. I'll chalk it up to mythologies not really a set canon
Mulleronis I get that many myths self-contradict. However, it's still confusing why Extra Credits chose to mention Heracles existing before Prometheus did his thing, especially since Heracles later frees Prometheus from the rock within his own legend. Because this implies that there were in fact two heroes named Heracles in Greek mythology: The one that we are all familiar with, and another one who also existed before humans were created.
I've read some versions where Zeus grabs herakles out of time for the battle
Bad research from Extra Credits' part, that's the "Age of Heroes", L.O.L.
Love the campfire setting for how the story is being told, works perfectly with mythology.
Can't wait for this series. Mythology is so interesting but usually goes unoticed. This is going to be great :)
Gaia: Kronos, avenge your brothers' imprisonments by killing your dad
Kronos: *Kills *
Also Kronos: *Re-inprisons bros *
Wtf
damn, I really love all the artistic muscles being stretched here. The epic tone and campfire really helps lull you into the narratives as opposed to your other shows which are more fact based. It makes doesn't leave much room for interpretation but this is how the stories were originally told so I'm not complaining.
Trivia: Prometheus' name means "the one who thinks, meditates, beforehand"
V. Athanasiou I.E. foresight.
@@knightofarkronia8652 Kύδος!
Ποσο ωραίο είναι μετα απο 30 ωρες Προταγωρα βα σου βγαζει αυτα, θα τρελαθω
Chronos is the Titan of Absolute Time [past/present/future Worldline]
Epimetheus is the Titan of Wisdom [the Past seen from the present].
Prometheus is the Titan of Deduction [the Future seen from the present].
Atlas is the Titan of Dark Energy [keeps Space from becoming a black hole].
Did I see you in the timeghost forum
So everyone is happy that Zeus made Chronos throw up all Zeus' siblings, no one is concerned how the pet rock he swallowed is doing?
Ok I know you have to be PG and everything but by “wounding of his father” do you actually mean how he literally castrated his own father with a sickle?
YOU DARE BLASPHEME AGAINST THE POLITEICOS THE GOD OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!? Shun! Shun! Shun the nonbeliever! Shuuuun! Candy Mountain!
Oww wtf
Donovan Fox Sometimes mythology can be messed up. Like with Athena, who was born fully grown and armoured from Zeus' ruptured skull. Or Heimdall, who some claim was born from nine women! (Yeah, cultures back then didn't really have a modern understanding of human biology.)
@@LostArchivistevery god from every mythology: *arms crossed* want to try and correct us?
I thought in most versions that kronos was the youngest Titan?
he is and the sickle was a scythe
@@ultragamer-lp9gu You are correct
Yep
You are correct. They are wrong. Don't understand why do they keep calling Ouranus as Firmament.
@@sourabhmayekar3354 greece had and has 1000 islands so stories will change in different places.
I feel like this was told out of order.
Because how was Heracles half-mortal if Humans hadn't even been made at that point?
Also the Humans of the "Golden Age" had existed since Chronos' time it could have been Heracles was born in that time period and simply died in the Heroic Age much later because he was a demigod and Golden Age people lived far longer anyway.
Yes but the athenian mythos was revised many times to fit there own ethos.
He's kind of mixed the Theogeny and other stuff; in the original story the Gigantomachy (war with giants) occurred much later.
Eh, mythology isn't immune to plot holes.
isn't Heracles Hercules? Hercules being the Roman version of the name
“He did what any titan would do…”
*”He devoured his child”*
I totally understand the use of "hundred handed ones" instead of "Hecatonchires" as the latter term can be confusing, but pleeeeeeeeeeease... the plural of Cyclops is "Cyclopes" not "Cyclopses". Otherwise, great episode- really looking forward to the series getting into full swing!
Yes. That. Wikipedia says it's spelled "Hecatoncheires". I wouldn't know - I read about them in Polish ;)
Hecatoncheires in greek literary means one hundred hands, so I can see why they would translate it.
Because the name "Hecatoncheires" (Εκατόγχειρες) come for the words "Hekaton" (εκατόν) meaning one hundred and "Cheir" (χείρ) meaning hand. I am fortunate enough to be born greek and immediately understand the meaning of those names without researching. You can find that whole mythology by reading Hesiod's Theogony which is a 3-part poem explaining the creation of the world.
I think he refrained from saying it alot becuase it's a name I know I have problems pronouncing
Given current events, I hope you won't be too offended if I say being born Greek isnt the most fortunate of blessings....
Gaia was not simply upset that her children were imprisoned, she was upset because they were imprisoned within the Earth - inside of her!
The comedy asides stand out more and are a bit jarring when the rest of the narration is so serious.
Still love the episode! But...
Yeah, if they are going to go with this super serious tone then the jokes seem out of place. I think they should either drop the jokes or lighten up the tone of the rest of the narration. (I would prefer the latter)
Yeah, I think a lighter tone overall might be better. I like the serious tone but I think I'd it more the other way.
Yes, the jokes are more something from Overly Sarcastic Productions than from Extra Credits, is a bit out of place.
I would prefer the former.
@@nidohime6233 It's not even that it's out of place for extra credits, they have a fair amount of humor in extra history and sci-fi, but it definitely felt a bit more straight faced than normal.
Its so artistic and colorful!! betting that every episode will be AWESOME. Good Job guys!
I thought they stuck Typhon under mount Etna in sicily, which is why its constantly erupting.
That entirely depends on who's telling the story.
The issue with mythology is there rarely is ever 1 canon story, it varies between retellings and time periods.
There are thousands of different versions of the stories, think about how long the stories have had to evolve while being passed down generations.
And also having sweet love with Echidna, giving birth to hundreds of monsters.
yeah. there is a version of the story where Zues cuts open Chronos' stomach to get his siblings out.
That's Enceladus, king of the Giants whom Athena defeated by throwing Mount Etna atop him. However that did not kill him, just put him into a semi-coma, from which he occasionally wakes and tries to free himself, thus causing earthquakes. Funny trivia, in Greece we still occasionally use the phrase "Enceladus has woken" when there's an earthquake!
I am just so bloody happy with this series already. I was excited when I saw the announcement but this is a first episode full of promise. I love the campfire story framing and passionate narration. I love the lyrical writing and beautiful artwork. And I LOVE that you've started with my best boy Prometheus. Just... keep up the good work, guys. Spot on.
Actually, there was a third titan who remained free (that I know of, there could be more) Hecate, the goddess of sorcery.
Also pretty sure Rhea wasn't imprisoned. And I'd thought that Oceanus had simply been sidelined rather than imprisoned, but could be wrong there.
yeah, I don't think that Zeus and the others would imprison their mother, I think you're right about Oceanus, but I'm not sure...
Also Iris which is the mother of athena
The myths don't say much about Rhea, as I understand it.
Not just "a third", about ⅔ of all Titans weren't imprisoned, only those that sided with Kronos (*not Chronos*), the God of the Sun (Helios) was also a Titan.
Prometheus gets all the love, but Epimetheus is the one who reminds you when you've forgotten, and lets you know when you've made a bad call. Forethought and afterthought are both a necessity.
OH MY GOD GREEK MYTHOLOGY IS AWSOME
WHOS WITH ME!
Yes! Being from France Greek Mythology was te most important thing in school!
Thx for replying bro
THEGAMING GEEK Uh...Greek mythology is pretty fucked up...
Ah, here we go on a trip into a Pantheon of largely amoral and very self-centered Gods (and most other creatures), where values dissonance abounds and Incest is more common than Game of Thrones.
More please!
The order seems all twisted.
How did hercules came before promtheus gave fire to the people?
There were multiple races of mortals, the death of one race led to the rise of a new race.
@@philipliao4006 didn't heracles rescue prometheus though? or are there multiple different myths? sorry if i seem ignorant, i've never studied greek mythology in depth
i bet the artist really enjoyed drawing this, good work!
Extra History about the Dutch East India Company.
It's already been done! Look up their "South Sea Bubble" series!
Support their patreon and vote for it.
Liam Ross the Dutch east India company was far bigger than the South Sea Bubble ever was. Also its story is far different.
Ah! My mistake. I'd definitely conflated the Dutch East India Company with the South Sea Company in my head. My bad!
I'm game. ;)
Never realized until now how similar the story of Zeus vs Typhon is to that of Thor vs Jörmungandr in Norse mythology.
Also there's an important metaphorical layer lost by not saying how Chronos means "time" in Greek and is the god of time; so when the children are consumed by Chronos, literally they are "eaten" but on a deeper level they are consumed by the inevitable passing of time, and Zeus's overthrow of chronos is his defeat of time itself and death therewith, allowing the gods to transcend to immortality
So I'm a touch confused... Were there humans during the age heroes yet? Because I thought Heracles was half human, but if he helped in the war that took place before the creation of humans, how would that work?
Just looking for a little clarification.
I was also under the impression that Heracles is the one that rescues Prometheus later on. So how is he gone before Prometheus is even punished?
Men used to be a single being with two heads, four arms and legs. Wasn't until Prometheus and Epimetheus came that modern man came to be.
Yeah, having really old myths that are passed down from mouth to mouth tends to leave many, many different versions of these myths. The ones I knew had the giants emerge long after this, and actually had Typhus rip out Zeus's tendons - he was only saved when Hermes and Pan reattached them with Lightning bolts.
I think hercules appeared in this just to reference the Disney movie
From what I knew about mythology man was made before any big war against Giants and etc. Never heard about Heracles being apart of it though.
Those “primordial beasts” are hecatoncheires
Talk about the Aztec creation myth!
After the sympathetic portrayal of the Hundred-Handed Ones in the Percy Jackson series, I'm REALLY enjoying this new direction with them as horrific eldritch beings.
I laughed when Extra Credit drew Hercules/Heracles in his Disney movie form. :D
I gotta say that I thoroughly enjoy the artwork is all of these series by e.c., makes them that much more enjoyable.
I guess "Hekatoncheires" is too hard to pronounce? :) Great start, I'm waiting for more.
There's like 3 people in internet who doesn't know greek and or roman myth. And this is really helpful for them since they doesn't know how to search the word "mythology" on youtube. all and all, Good start.
I think Extra Credits had difficulty pronouncing Hecatonchires.
I prefer Centimani, which is much easier to pronounce
And Uranus
I'm loving the campfire story framing device - it makes the story seem more personal and cozy somehow. And I like the different art style - it doesn't feel like a normal Extra Credits episode, which is somehow fitting for a series full of epic tales of gods, warriors, myths, and magic.
Who are you using as sources? This is quite a mishmash.
I think they needed to explain all the different versions rather than pick one. It would be less story like but more interesting.
Well it's clear there's parts of the Theogeny, but the basic creation myth is from Plato IIRC.
Credit to Disney for imagery of Hercules.
Yeah, thats how mythology is my dude
I *LOVE* how he tells the story by a fire instead so this feels so different then are normal series!
The Greek creation mythos was high
Name me a creation mythos that isn't.
@@TheStrangeSandwich Nors... no wait that one has two feet fucking achother to create the world.
i mean thr oracles basically had to get hot boxed before delivering the prophecies from Apollo ...
I LOVE this! As a self-proclaimed student of mythology, I hope this continues! If I may make ONE suggestion: the storytelling aspect is fun, artistically; however, these were stories and traditions that molded and forged empires. I LOVE the balance you show between fact and art in your other history series...maybe apply that here? It may seem purely fantasy from our standpoint, but these beliefs shaped the very lives of those who lived in those times.
Isn't the sky named Ouranos in Greek Mythology?
Yes, but how best to avoid silly mispronounciation puns, than to use "firmament" instead?
Oar-Awn-Os?
Uranus
Grumio Senpai I was just pronouncing my spelling.
@@knightofarkronia8652 I know, I just like saying anus
I love the art of this episode! Especially the void part! 0:41 is so perfect a drawing for "something is forming in the void"! Kudos!
Extra credits and oversimplified should team up, to create a special video series.
I cant be the only person here who already watched Ted-Ed cover this story but came to watch extra credits cover it aswell because extra credits is life? no just me? ok
Mate you didn't explicitly say Castrate.
I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THIS. A NEW SERIES TO BINGE WATCH AAAA
i thought the giants were born from Gaia & Tartarus, after Zeus & the Olympians fought and won against the titans?
yeah but there are different versions
Master Yoda yes same here
@Bread NoLastName
Tartaros is both the pit and a seperate deity, just as Gaia is the Earth and Ouranos is the sky.
YES I've been waiting for more Extra Mythology, I love this series.
So, by this telling, the Age of Heroes and demigods are distinct from the modern era of mortal men? I suppose that helps distinguish the later Greeks with the Mycenaean period, though every telling I've heard before tends to place Prometheus and his tales BEFORE the end of the heroic age.
Well, that is mostly because it wouldn't make sense to distinguish the Age of Heroes from later men. If that was the case, how could Heracles have saved Prometheus from his punishment? By the telling Extra Mythology gives, he would to this day be chained at a mountain with an eagle eating his liver, but the story tells us that he was freed by Heracles in exchange for his help. Also, how could have Heracles even been born, if the first woman, Pandora, was created to punish Prometheus and his creation, humanity, for stealing the gods' fire? It's honestly a weird choice from EM.
6:18 - Masterfully drawn. O'Keefe would be proud.
6:31 - From Liver Falcon to the lightning bolt nipples, heck yes, that consert would be to awesome to miss!
Shouldnt the war with the giants and typhon happen after the creation of mankind? I mean hercules' mother was a human, so how could he exist before his mother?
I get the feeling Heracles was something of a late-comer to the Hellenic mythos, retroactively added into all the good stories to make them more epic and make him sound better. I can't state this for sure, though.
No, he wasn’t. He’s been around as long as anyone, he’s just been inflated by both the Romans and modern media because he’s the most recognisable
Maybe he went to Elysium and decided to be reborn into the world again. So he probably took a bath in the River Lethe.
According to a lot of versions of Greek mythology, there was a total of five ages of "man." Each age saw a different race if men rise and fall, they were in order; The golden age (reign of the titan, Cronos), the silver age, the "bronze age" (not THAT bronze age..), the age of heroes (lots of demigods and some mortals possessing godlike gifts and talents such as Arachne for example), and the current "iron age" (modern man), our age. The first age "humans", were called the men of gold, not literally golden skinned but still quite different compared to their successive counterparts, especially the latter two races of men. The golden race of men lived during the peaceful reign of the titan Cronos, and lived in a world of plenty, no need of agriculture or raising animals, in fact they were said to be in complete harmony with nature and the beasts of the world, even possessing the ability to "talk" to all manner of animals and plants, they could even speak to things such as rivers, mountains, and other natural phenomenon. (back when such things were more "awoke" than they are now) The men of gold also could live very long lives, remaining youthful in appearance even into old age and when they died it was more like going into a gentle sleep, violent death was rare, their spirits could persist on after death as benevolent guardian spirits, watching over the still living. (this lasted well into the latter ages) There's more information on these ages, to much to write out in one post, it's actually very interesting, look it up if you have the time that is.
I liked this. Very visually stunning, and you told Greek history in a way that made it not boring, so good job
At the end I was expecting it to be like *THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING*
I’ve never heard this version and I’m excited for more, keep up the great work, guys!
Why not call the "hundered handed ones" by there name? Each of the three hecatoncheires Even had name of there own; briareos, kottos, and gyges. Just seems weird that you say all of the other names but not theirs
Was there also one called Aegean
It's not easy pronouncing their real name
I love the fireplace story scene
3:08
Yeah, his “flesh”
**COUGHCOUGH**
I'm so happy you did Prometheus bc he is a very underrated titan
Like Prometheus I steal fire from the gods!
Um, haven't your gooey brains been blown out of your head since the last time we've met ya?
Deathshead
Sounds like a hell of a heist. >:)
I bet the gods have something better by now anyways, fire 2.0 or some such.
The Hammer of Thor is my shield Beautiful
oh man I wanted this series just cause I love mythology so much and wanted to hear it but this artwork is so freaking impressive I can't wait to see the next episode just so I can see what this artist does next great work you guys you are blowing me out of the water!
Hecatoncires: exist
Ouranos: *blibitty bloppity your freedom is now my eternal property*
Can't wait for the next. Prometheus has always been my favorite mythological being, but he's been ignored by the majority people. Glad he can gets some light.
I believe it is
Gaea*
Kronos*
And The 3 Beast are The 100 Handed Ones
I'm not nearly as sure about this one as I am about the others, But I believe Zues, Poisidon, and Hades were Kronos' sons
They are.
42 seconds in and this entire video has become my aesthetic.
A somewhat more SFW version of Aphrodite's origin story
It is an age old tradition to edit the myths to suit the sensibilities of the culture telling them. Either that or they become lost in a dusty library forgotten until they are "discovered" again, or....lost for all time. The originals are better preserved this way as well, as the stories remain relevant and thus so to does their history.
Ballsack bath bomb, amirite!?
Dang the art of this channel is insane. I'm so happy when they get to show off a little.
Wait how does Heracles defeat the giants before Prometheus is punished? He's the one that frees Prometheus later.
Alternate telling claims that Heracles existed before the age of men. Its rare, but possible
'Yet there was one more horror that awaited the Olympians.......and his name was Kratos'
Well a small mistake you made was your placing of the heroic age as earlier then the binding of Prometheus.
In EC you get a podium, in EH you get a fancy podium, in ES-F you get a future podium or something, in EM you get a fire
6:02 *record scratch* wait Heracles/Hercules was born before humans were created?! HOW?!
Different versions. Greek mythology doesn't exactly have a canon.
I love this new animator, but I also love how they use All Might-like faces everywhere
So Heracles and others of his time weren't our kind of humans (besides being demigods)?
@Mullerornis More like he mixed up the timeline, but you are correct. Older religious customs and texts were very localized.
Using newer sources (like Pseudo-Apollodorus and Hesiod) would give much more coherent ones, as they became much more common in terms of belief due to Roman assimilation of Greek religious practices post-Mithridatic Wars
This channel is one of the few to get better and better !
For me, this depiction of the story was different from my POV But I guess mythologu is as messy as a tied up earphones
I love the idea that elephant skulls may have been the basis for the Cyclops myth.
Also, I love this dang channel. I'm so happy it popped up in my suggestions a few weeks ago!
Ok ok... Who here is wondering why Chronos didn't stop making babies after he got the prophecies?
It's well known that chronos hated condoms
that makes sense....
but wut bout abort- nvm im not going there
Two words: no condoms
A Semi Colon Plz. Look at Zeus, he got the same prophesy and he had many MANY more children
@@albertschoise8091 Zeus chill out
Really like the art on these. Also super interesting how we have these recurring themes of not hydra exactly, but regenerative snake monsters throughout the mythology. Hell, even throughout multiples mythologies
How come the age of heroes came before Typhon?
If so does that mean Hercules and the others were reincarnated and fate repeated the age of heroes or is there a Chronoslogical error?
Poor Prometheus. I know how this story ends. He was a true homie to Humanity.
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I don't think it's possible to guess the next series
Well Extra Frames was rebranded to Play Frames tho...
And don't forget about Extra Remix
@@rin_akisaka
I know about play frames but that name sucks
A summary of news highlights done with a newspaper aesthetic: Extra Extra.
Daaaaaamn the art is on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL this video!!! My goodness! Shock and awe
Excuse me can you do Grigori Rasputin that would be awesome
He's an Extra History thing, rather than mythology, but I agree, I'd like to see that
Yeah
This is fantastic, I miss learning about mythology. I can't wait to see what you all do with this series!