Miscellaneous Myths: Hermes

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  • He's fast! He's smart! He should really put on some pants! It's history's most marketable deity, Hermes himself!
    (but red, who are those other two guys?)
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  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6213

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your every day life?"
    *Me:* "Is it Hermes?"
    "Wrong! It's Hermes."
    *Me:* DAMMIT! If I had only known!

  • @rojaedavis8367
    @rojaedavis8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7480

    *Hermes:* God of merchants
    *Also Hermes:* God of thieves
    Great. So he's robbing me both legally and illegally.

    • @elizabethshaw7472
      @elizabethshaw7472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +866

      Steals your stuff and sells it back.

    • @abby8982
      @abby8982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +440

      I call it efficiency at its finest.💀👍

    • @hailanluu2169
      @hailanluu2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +519

      So basically Hermes is the God of Capitalism

    • @Adriel_Aviado
      @Adriel_Aviado ปีที่แล้ว +27

      😂😂😂😂

    • @WinterPains
      @WinterPains ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Hermes yhe Skyrim propaganda

  • @TheDakkaman
    @TheDakkaman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1966

    I can’t help but notice nobody’s made this observation yet:
    Hermes: Arguably the nicest, friendliest, and all-around most helpful of all the Olympians by a significant margin.
    Also Hermes: Literally murders and skins the first living creature he ever meets besides his mother to make an instrument like a damn sociopath.

    • @PolishAxolotl
      @PolishAxolotl ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Hestia: I'm joke to you?

    • @himum3429
      @himum3429 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      @@PolishAxolotl While she's technically the nicest, it's really only because she doesn't actually do anything. Whether it's good or bad, she kinda just chills and takes care of the family hearth. The Mythology doesn't really have many examples of her going out of her way to do stuff whereas Hermes does have that (sometimes bad but mostly good). He's an active hero whereas Hestia is more of a passive hero.

    • @leahsimi7259
      @leahsimi7259 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      no he ate a cow first then he murdered and skined a turtle

    • @elizabethshaw7472
      @elizabethshaw7472 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      The fact that Hermes can do that and still be considered one of the nicer Olympians just further demonstrates how messed up the other Olympians were.

    • @Mythmasyer4728
      @Mythmasyer4728 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@elizabethshaw7472 In his defense, he was an infant. So he hadn’t learned animals have feelings yet. Or that’s the excuse I’ve made up on the spot

  • @escapismatitsworst8838
    @escapismatitsworst8838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3200

    No, but Apollo and Hermes having younger brother/older brother dynamic while Artemis is the oldest sister who thinks both are idiots is absolutely hilarious and somebody needs to write a book about it

    • @VoidKing666
      @VoidKing666 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Screenshot time!

    • @bi_sky
      @bi_sky ปีที่แล้ว +23

      omg yesss

    • @midnightgamer2088
      @midnightgamer2088 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lol yes

    • @ponyfairyVania
      @ponyfairyVania ปีที่แล้ว +125

      And he stole his big brother's snacks. Seems like normal sibling fussing if on a godly scale.

    • @danilogondim9300
      @danilogondim9300 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lore Olympus

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6071

    Hermes did more as a fcking infant than I'll ever do in my lifetime.
    Damn what an icon.

    • @wombythewizard1673
      @wombythewizard1673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Ace Coordinator Mary Well I mean he did have the ressources. Idk about you but I couldn't turn the hooves of a herd of cows by 180 degrees even if I wanted to.
      Also killing a turtle to turn it into a musical instrument? Not on my personal bucket list.

    • @nobertosanchez647
      @nobertosanchez647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      In that case let their be a sitcom staring Hermes and Mwindo as infants! It might be like rugrats but with gods and demigods!
      Like and reply if you agree and like.

    • @them.
      @them. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@wombythewizard1673 you could turn around a herd of cows hooves if you have enough brute force, a very compact space that was well guarded so the cows don't try to leave, and enough mental instability to maim a herd of cows

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ace Coordinator Mary heh
      Icon
      Cause.. cause he shows up as a symbol?
      Nice

    • @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie
      @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hey let’s spice it up Hermes did more as a one ☝️ year old then most political parties does under a hundred

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8779

    Imagine being Apollo and your baby half brother's just been born. You're all like "yeah no biggie, I get a new one of those every other week" but then said baby half brother goes and does the equivalent of raiding your snack stash the day he's born

    • @flor2637
      @flor2637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      😂😂😂😂

    • @luciusvernus3174
      @luciusvernus3174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Listen I know,because I am

    • @Ledwards007
      @Ledwards007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +609

      And he still comes out as your favourite brother

    • @calliopeirwin712
      @calliopeirwin712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +670

      @@Ledwards007 of course. any child that can steal an entire snack stash at the age of half a day will become a powerful ally.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Ah, sibling rivalry.

  • @lynds5815
    @lynds5815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2761

    Me, having multiple anxiety disorders, hearing that Pan is said to be the source of panic: alright time to go to the woods and fight an ancient God

    • @damianruiz6294
      @damianruiz6294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Ight lemme join you

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Remember the last time Jacob (was it Jacob???) challenged God/an angel to a WWE match???

    • @wildcardjoey4776
      @wildcardjoey4776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@shanedoesyoutube8001 Yes, he won and got the title Israel

    • @klo1679
      @klo1679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Not ancient, old god, thrice as scary

    • @anastasianicolaenco4476
      @anastasianicolaenco4476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Pan hates us apparently

  • @laurakastrup
    @laurakastrup ปีที่แล้ว +621

    I found it hilarious that my father (a doctor) confused Hermes’ staff for the rod of Asclepius and I had to ask him “do you WISH for your patients to enter the underworld? Hermes is a psychopomp”

    • @phoebusapollo8450
      @phoebusapollo8450 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      A lot of doctors do steal you money though-

    • @ImperatorMatthew
      @ImperatorMatthew ปีที่แล้ว +4

      100th Like

    • @ziizification
      @ziizification 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      To be fair to your dad, I regularly see ambulances and even the odd actual hospital make the same mistake, to the point where I'm pretty sure at least in the US they're no longer distinct from each other.

    • @BetaDude40
      @BetaDude40 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ziizification According to wikipedia, 62% of professional healthcare organizations in the US correctly use the Rod of Asklepios, while 72% of the commercial healthcare organizations (health insurance and all) use the Caduceus. The quote Wikipedia uses is also pretty cool:
      "As god of the high-road and the market-place Hermes was perhaps above all else the patron of commerce and the fat purse: as a corollary, he was the special protector of the traveling salesman. As spokesman for the gods, he not only brought peace on earth (occasionally even the peace of death), but his silver-tongued eloquence could always make the worse appear the better cause. From this latter point of view, would not his symbol be suitable for certain Congressmen, all medical quacks, book agents and purveyors of vacuum cleaners, rather than for the straight-thinking, straight-speaking therapeutist? As conductor of the dead to their subterranean abode, his emblem would seem more appropriate on a hearse than on a physician's car."
      - Stuart L. Tyson, "The Caduceus", in the Scientific Monthly, 1932
      Like, wow, god damn. Prophetic even for 1932.

  • @lenax9798
    @lenax9798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9856

    Apollo:"Who are you?"
    Hermes:"I'm you half brother!"
    Apollo:"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down??!!"

  • @thosegoodbois4594
    @thosegoodbois4594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5708

    Hermes’ mom, looking at her newborn child for the first time: *hmmm, yes, I shall name you: pile of rocks*

    • @bobthegamingtaco6073
      @bobthegamingtaco6073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +557

      It's cuz he ROCKS
      I'll see myself out

    • @kawaiikoffing
      @kawaiikoffing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      My sibling keeps joking about naming my eevee in Let's Go Haruki which they say means stone but translate says it's spring child. I wouldn't ming if it was stone though

    • @DevilCryno
      @DevilCryno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I mean she did live in a cave

    • @pickedceasar1216
      @pickedceasar1216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@kawaiikoffing it would fit

    • @cobaltordinaire5219
      @cobaltordinaire5219 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kawaiikoffing hey, at least they didn't name the Eevee Koishi

  • @toolazytomakeaname1341
    @toolazytomakeaname1341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    Hermes: *literally just left the womb*
    Also Hermes: "Oh boy, it's trouble-making time."

  • @bankruptedwizard1413
    @bankruptedwizard1413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    Aphrodite and Apollo- Kiss it!
    Ares and Hera- Kill it!
    Hermes- *Quietly walks in* If I could just... Ya know- *S T E A L*

    • @nawarb.4226
      @nawarb.4226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      ah yes, every greek god's favorite game: kiss, kill, kidnap

    • @august4476
      @august4476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      H e r m i t

    • @kusaisama
      @kusaisama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hermes crab

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nawarb.4226 YES. HILARIOUS

    • @LyssTheCorgi
      @LyssTheCorgi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      OMFG HERMIT

  • @iwakeupandboomimarat
    @iwakeupandboomimarat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10038

    hermes just wanted to pay his rent stop judging him and his 83 jobs

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +831

      Man, can you imagine working 83 jobs across the breadth of an entire grouping of city-states, and STILL not being able to pay rent on time? That would be a disaster...or New York City.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +334

      Greek gods pay rent? To Zeus? Or Hera? Hermes might be like "Me pay rent? I've never Hera such nonsense!"

    • @iwakeupandboomimarat
      @iwakeupandboomimarat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      Ronin 6 hermes now canonically lives in new york city

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@iwakeupandboomimaratThat sounds like it would be a set-up for one of those reality show-type deals, the more I think about it lol XD

    • @sadforever-jz9ln
      @sadforever-jz9ln 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      This is great!

  • @emanuelstornello8009
    @emanuelstornello8009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4181

    Loki to hermes
    Loki: who are you?
    Hermes: i'm you, but faster.

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      and way more likable

    • @joeywarren60
      @joeywarren60 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Loki: Minus this. *ignites Hermes*

    • @Talonistrying
      @Talonistrying 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@francescolombardi3438 oh you little--

    • @lol...
      @lol... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Ah but Hermes didn't give birth to a horse

    • @rowknan9848
      @rowknan9848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Loki: “That’s what all the ladies say too.”
      “Well, and the men.”

  • @aethersaltaccount3551
    @aethersaltaccount3551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2070

    Hermes seems like the type of kid that in high school would pull the most rad pranks and ALWAYS get away with them.

  • @bejeweledbedhead1551
    @bejeweledbedhead1551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    10:25 "Tammuz, Tammuz, he's our man! We'll start making funeral plans!" MADE ME LAUGH MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Omg I never noticed this 😭😭

  • @nooneinparticular5256
    @nooneinparticular5256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3821

    When no one was looking. Hermes
    took *fifty* cows. He took 50 cows.
    That's as many as five tens.
    And that's terrible.

    • @dreameater8548
      @dreameater8548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      FIVE TENS!!! DAT A BIG LOT O' COWS

    • @gayfish9238
      @gayfish9238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      *this is the true meaning of I’m hungry*

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Ignoring that I ticked it to 69, *nice*, you can think of that as half of ONE HUNDRED.

    • @nooneinparticular5256
      @nooneinparticular5256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@jonnyofalltrades6620 I was just making a reference to that one Lex Luthor meme.

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@nooneinparticular5256 oh dear, finally a meme I don't remember

  • @quinncosm
    @quinncosm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    Red: Hermes was Pan
    LGBTQ+, Japanese people, and Spanish speakers: *visible confusion*

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Spain, Portugal, and Japan (who got that word from Portugal): WHAT??? IS THE LORD OF DA BREAD?!?!?!

    • @alannisalarcon7648
      @alannisalarcon7648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      You killed me whit the "spanish speakers" part 😂.

    • @inoli3164
      @inoli3164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Any Romantic language: Visisble Confusion

    • @oooooooo8970
      @oooooooo8970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      XD confirmo

    • @burnv664
      @burnv664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hermes is bread?

  • @paodepota8373
    @paodepota8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    You know Hermes is the real deal when even Apollo, god of the music and arts, gets addicted to your lyre playing skills.

    • @timjim-ks8gi
      @timjim-ks8gi ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He wasn't the god of music until hermes invented the lyre

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi Hermes also wasn't the god of messengers until Apollo gave him the title. It's a nice mutually beneficial relationship

    • @colt9836
      @colt9836 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi In Homeric Hymn 3 (to Apollon), when Themis gives newborn Apollon nectar and ambrosia, he immediately jumps from her arms and states that both the lyre and prophecy shall both be his.
      "Wait," I hear you say, "how could Apollon say that if Hermes hasn't invented the lyre yet?"
      Well, one explanation could be that Apollon, as a prophetic god, forshaw Hermes created the said instrument and basically called dibs.
      Another, which I believe more, is that Greek mythology was a big mess with a bunch of people playing a massive game of telephone. The Ancient Greeks didn't have a cohesive pantheon; we have the benefit of hindsight.

  • @Grim_Sister
    @Grim_Sister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9339

    Apollo: are you calling it a lyre?
    Hermes: I’m definitely not calling it a truther

    • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec
      @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

      Apollo: You’re despicable!

    • @Gooberwares
      @Gooberwares 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Friggen brilliant

    • @tynorstrom2761
      @tynorstrom2761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      its funny because Apollo is the God of Truth

    • @cybersearcher1041
      @cybersearcher1041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Th is comment

    • @sophiahuang7388
      @sophiahuang7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ty norstrom I thought he was the god of reason

  • @swashhustler1326
    @swashhustler1326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16429

    Greeks: This year we lost our beloved wilderness god, Pan.
    Pan: QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice...
    Edit: Top comment? Liked by OSP? Mom, look, I made it!

    • @Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97
      @Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

      This is underappreciated

    • @scottting-a-kee9677
      @scottting-a-kee9677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      I'm dead 💀💀😂😂😂😂😂

    • @lbthebookworm2807
      @lbthebookworm2807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      Crap. I forgot what this was a reference to. Can someone remind me?

    • @lbthebookworm2807
      @lbthebookworm2807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Squidward Thank you! ☺️

    • @Razie1201
      @Razie1201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Kinda how they rolled apparently

  • @patrickthornton840
    @patrickthornton840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    I always like to think of Hermes as the god of the internet. It's one of the most widely used ways to both trade and communicate these days, so it fits him pretty well.

    • @lilj362
      @lilj362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Is this a Percy Jackson reference?

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I'm also certain that like ancient Greece the internet is being divided between the gods.
      Hecate's domain is Deviant Art but for some reason Nyx and Erebus have control over the video game section of Kickstarter.

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lilj362 Not really

    • @blackjoker2345
      @blackjoker2345 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It's also one of the most powerful tools of crime humanity has ever invented. It 100% fits.

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@gothnerd887 Nah I feel like Aphrodite has Deviantart and Wattpad, Ares has control of all the Twitter rants, Hephaestus got those forgong stuff on TH-cam, Hermes got Google.

  • @KHTimeProtecter
    @KHTimeProtecter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    About the dong situation: Hermes was actually known to be the paragon of masculinity and fertility (makes sense if he’s an offshoot of Pan). In fact, he had a kid with Aphrodite named Hermaphrodite, who’s an intersex being that encompasses both the most feminine traits and the most masculine traits. Notice how the name is a combination of both of their parents’ names. So the dongs make logical sense.

    • @Oturan20
      @Oturan20 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Hermaphroditus was their child's name. Hermaphrodite comes from Hermaphroditus.

    • @addiewest6070
      @addiewest6070 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      A sentence i never thought I'd read "the dong makes logical sense"

  • @colecarsten9532
    @colecarsten9532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4049

    "Hermes used to be Pan."
    Well it was Greece, I thought most Gods were-
    "Now the Greek god Pan-"
    OH.
    WHOOPS.

    • @iceluvndiva21
      @iceluvndiva21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      XD is it bad that I immediately thought that a few seconds before realizing what red meant?

    • @user-qb6hm8qw2n
      @user-qb6hm8qw2n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Me, when I hear "pan" before I get the other meaning: The greek god of the wild, Pan!
      Me after: Some old and usually good greek god but still blah, blah, blah... and MAGNUS CHASE, DUH!

    • @soupmayor-themayorofsoup
      @soupmayor-themayorofsoup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Aliksandr
      *ah yes, my favorite god*
      *he makes good chikken nuggies*

    • @dem0nich0ursuwo60
      @dem0nich0ursuwo60 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Зоя Калайджиева YES MY FAV PAN BOOK CHARACTER

    • @Luna-zx1fx
      @Luna-zx1fx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You're close enough, considering everything before the 1800s CE was either ace or bi

  • @GioTheVax
    @GioTheVax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5557

    Hermes is the patron god of Barbie
    Source: Barbie has many jobs and degrees at such a young age

    • @hyperkitten2247
      @hyperkitten2247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      you have 100 likes and i wanna like, but i dont wanna mess it up

    • @commandrogyne
      @commandrogyne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +337

      'Barbara Milicent Rodgers: daughter of Hermes' is a Percy Jackson spinoff I would absolutely love to read

    • @andreafussaro7384
      @andreafussaro7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      GioTheVax 👌

    • @bobross3969
      @bobross3969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well, you aren’t wrong...

    • @boyojesuschrist4673
      @boyojesuschrist4673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Or miss rabbit in peppa pig

  • @alexlefay
    @alexlefay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    I always thought that the Odin = Hermes thing was pretty weird... When Loki is a thing. The whole "mom, I killed my brother's herd, a turtle, created the lyre but trust me, it's all part of the plan! You'll see! Oh, hello brother! Me? AN INNOCENT BABY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT *wink wink*" screams Loki all around.

    • @theholyduck5520
      @theholyduck5520 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Loki seems to be a spin-off of Odin's trickster god persona (Odin had a lot of divine functions on his plate), and Loki fulfills the role of the increasingly malevolent trickster. It should be noted that Loki's schemes rarely went as well as Hermes'. Loki in the myths usually had the antagonistic trickster god function of complicating everything, even when he was working for the benefit of the Aesir, on a few occasions simply because he was drunk. He frequently outsmarted himself and was expected to clean up his messes in hilariously humiliating ways, with escalating consequences as he tried to spin events to his own benefit, usually unsuccessfully. This is why he, at various times, had his lips sewn shut, his testicles tied to a goat, was impregnated by a jotun's stallion (giving birth to an eight-legged horse), and was threatened by Thor with grievous bodily harm on multiple occasions. Things turned really bad when he caused the death of Baldur and prevented his resurrection and Odin had officially had enough of his shit, the consequences of which finalized Loki's face-heel turn. Odin's trickster attributes would probably have been viewed as more heroic (like when he seduced a giantess to steal the mead of poetry) and thus more in line with how Hermes was seen. He also spent a lot of time walking the earth in Gandalf cosplay.

    • @manmoy4104
      @manmoy4104 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      As there are no written records of Loki outside of Scandinavia in the post-Christianized era, it's possible that Germanic peoples outside of Scandinavia probably never worshipped him. Versions of Odin and Freya sporadically pop up in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and charms as well as German and Dutch folklore but no sign of Loki anywhere in these regions. So for some of the Romans, equating whatever version of Odin they encountered with Mercury (the catch-all god of basically everything) was an easy decision

    • @logosimian
      @logosimian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Loki and Odin are not as distinct as most folks would believe.

  • @skturbo107
    @skturbo107 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    “For somewhat complicated reasons the nymph Io ends up getting turned into a cow…”
    Not really that complicated. Like most Greek myths, Zeus was horny.

  • @mootang
    @mootang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +861

    >In the myth of Io, for somewhat complicate reason...
    It's ok Red, you can just say "Zeus". We understand.

    • @benvaughan2171
      @benvaughan2171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I think Zeus is a swear word for Red

    • @DerplingKing
      @DerplingKing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Now let's be fair. Hera was also involved.

    • @licasabinaandreea2361
      @licasabinaandreea2361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yea, but she got involved only cause Zeus got "involved"

    • @whoknows7968
      @whoknows7968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *Deep intake of breath* Zeus yet again couldn't keep it in his pants, Hera went to see what Zeus was doing, Zeus disguised Io as a cow so Hera wouldn't know he banged yet another woman who wasn't his wife but Hera didn't buy this cause duh, Hera has Argus watch the cow *wheezing intensifies* Hermes kills Argus then Argus' dead eyes are put on a peacock which is why peacocks are a symbol for Hera. *Collapses to the floor*

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@whoknows7968 And then Io is chased by a fly all the way to Egypt where she is returned to her human form and marries the king.

  • @imaginethatravens7815
    @imaginethatravens7815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6555

    Apollo: Hey dad, your son stole 50 of my cows.
    Zeus: Which one?
    Apollo: The one that was born a few hours ago...
    Zeus: ...
    Apollo: Dad, don’t laugh, it’s not funny.
    Zeus: *dying of laughter*

    • @toenailairconditioner7406
      @toenailairconditioner7406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1267

      Zeus: Which one?
      Apollo: The one that was born a few hours ago...
      Zeus: *Which one?*

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Zeus:Come on i have like *7 sextillon sons!!!!!!!!!!*

    • @keeva6530
      @keeva6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +384

      I mean soon after Apollo was born he just kind of got up and started like singing

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@keeva6530 *LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON :D*

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Kylar Cheng my bad
      edit:better?

  • @DragonxFlutter
    @DragonxFlutter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    So Sun Wu Kong, Hermes, and Loki smash down the door to a bar and shout “DID SOMEBODY SAY *_MISCHIEF?!?!”_*

  • @marceeprime4029
    @marceeprime4029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    Hermes: **is born**
    Also Hermes: *It's Mischief time...*

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Marcee Prime *It's Free Real-estate.*

    • @KnittingGirl28
      @KnittingGirl28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Ah, but of course the minute you are born is the perfect time to make mischief. They would never ever suspect a cooote widdddle baebae~

    • @caseygray2328
      @caseygray2328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well he has a lot of time to make up for, after all he spent all that time in his mother's womb

    • @mewsingsbynatk
      @mewsingsbynatk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🎵HERE COMES TROUBLE!🎵

    • @coffeewolf5789
      @coffeewolf5789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      666 likes

  • @emper1on
    @emper1on 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1586

    Apollo:
    Hermes: *hands lyre*
    Apollo: Friendship ended with cows lyre is my new best friend

    • @agungpriambodo1674
      @agungpriambodo1674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      basically bribing your half brother

    • @epicfail7874
      @epicfail7874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@agungpriambodo1674 no that's literary what happened

  • @Kelaiah01
    @Kelaiah01 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Theory/Headcanon: Hermes' first act being "to annoy Apollo" was to gain Hera's favor. After all, Hera hated that Leto was going to have children by Zeus and tried to kill Leto and her offspring, and later Apollo killed the serpent sent by Hera to kill them. So I imagine Hera would be pretty salty about that... here comes along *another* illegit child of Zeus, only this particular one is stealing from/annoying Apollo, so she decides, "Meh, this one's alright."

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That wouldn't work because Hera is the goddess of marriage and family and a bastard son of Zeus' affairs while married to Hera wouldn't fit well to her domain and her personality.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@BoostedMonkey05 Hera had no problem with Perseus, another bastard son of Zeus. She never once made trouble for him, and even helped him indirectly at one point during his quest. It seems there is the rare occasion when Hera is willing to look the other way.

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Kelaiah01 because perseus was perfect. Boy was loved by everyone up on olympus that he was showered with boons to get to his legendary status

    • @ninamermaid5467
      @ninamermaid5467 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Or maybe is because of his mother, Maya, it's said that Hera was amazed by the intelligenge and beauty of the titaness/goddess. Also Hera could have thougt that she shouln't mess with hermes for being able to outsmart Apollo even when he was a baby and the messanger and thieve god. Maybe he was the only bastard that was a real trheat if she did anything to upset him.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ninamermaid5467 Also fair. XD

  • @PieNumber4
    @PieNumber4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Pan is so rare in this series, he feels like a guest star

  • @isabellareny3359
    @isabellareny3359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +509

    Greeks: Tammuz says great god Pan is dead!
    Pan: quit telling everyone I’m dead!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice

    • @1Wintersoldier
      @1Wintersoldier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@pumpkinpixie9677 The Percy Jackson books shouldn't be taken for fact and the same as the mythology. Things were changed to make stuff more interesting

    • @soldiaz7261
      @soldiaz7261 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pumpkin Pixie Did you just... Did you just say Rick Riordan is more of an authority than mythological scholars and the mythos itself...?

    • @evilproductionstudios9659
      @evilproductionstudios9659 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isabella Reny pan: because I’m right here dumbos!

    • @berengustav7714
      @berengustav7714 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@1Wintersoldier Considering how we can't be sure which myth is the original,and a bunch of ancient writers had thier own takes,years from now,Riordan's takes will be considered part of the Mythos itself,and that's okay.

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2599

    He's the god of *Lyres* and thieves.
    Eh? eh?
    I'll see myself out.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      **GASSSSP**

    • @capital1867
      @capital1867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Come back in my friend, with quality content like that you should be praised

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@capital1867 I was going to "say see yourself back in here and take your f****** prize"

    • @ariesthezodiac7274
      @ariesthezodiac7274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      EEEEEEYYYYYY!! 👉🏻👉🏻

    • @christianw.509
      @christianw.509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That is actually what I though she said in the first place

  • @filipevasconcelos4409
    @filipevasconcelos4409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I really wish the parties i used to frequent were so cool that sharing an anecdote about how a greek god's death was just a colossal misunderstanding would be effective on attracting the good kind of attention.

  • @Cheattoe
    @Cheattoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    “The Dong on a statue is ALWAYS non-negotiable” said every artist everywhere

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I found this oddly funny

  • @37fishsticks69
    @37fishsticks69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +983

    Hermes:Mom can I be born?
    Maya:To live your life and help people?
    Hermes:yeees
    Actualy steals a bunch of cows like a boss
    Hermes: Mischief Time

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      A baby talking before birth just reminds me of Kirikou

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought it was Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neonayse8803
      I have no idea who that is

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gunjfur8633
      Maya/Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@neonayse8803
      Ah, yeah.
      Its Maia, not Maya

  • @jamiepollard7857
    @jamiepollard7857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3427

    Romans: Odin is Hermes!
    Loki: am I a JOKE to you?

    • @frodoswaggins3132
      @frodoswaggins3132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Odin was far more of a trickster than other head gods like Zeus and capital G God.

    • @yourfriendlytaxonomist
      @yourfriendlytaxonomist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@frodoswaggins3132 Dude... Odin wasn't a trickster near as much as he was a destructive deity like Zeus.

    • @charlottekraker4152
      @charlottekraker4152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Darkrai Killer Odin tricks people all the time

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@yourfriendlytaxonomist Odin is a god of general cunningness, wisdom, mad power and was usually worshiped by the ruling class

    • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
      @marloyorkrodriguez9975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Odin is also a traveler

  • @theoverpreparerlamenters3r436
    @theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "What's the Greek god you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    "...Hermes?"
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."

  • @RandoFan415
    @RandoFan415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Hermes was like the spiderman of greek mythology. The young guy that got popularized around the world with a seemingly more down to earth relatable personality then the others. Lol

  • @davidchenoweth3457
    @davidchenoweth3457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2455

    Hermes is the first chaotic neutral dnd character. change my mind.

    • @csweezey18
      @csweezey18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      If Hermes is chaotic neutral, then I guess I'm just plain chaotic. ;)

    • @bonnesuenos
      @bonnesuenos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Sung Wu Kong. He literally rampaged through heaven and fought everyone just because.

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Vio Ani you win.

    • @q345ify
      @q345ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@lordfelidae4505
      hermes is older than sung wu kong although Gilgamesh would seem to fall into the catgeory of chaotic neutral

    • @CeCe593
      @CeCe593 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kronos?

  • @zackovgaming3983
    @zackovgaming3983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    Apollo:How can you prove youreself to be a great god
    Hermes:*grabs his lyre* *COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG!*
    Apollo:You we will be a great god

    • @scottrauch1261
      @scottrauch1261 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good god yez

    • @danielcharland1374
      @danielcharland1374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "Almost Elysium/ West Arcadia/ Olympus Mountain/ Styx and Lethe rivers/

    • @leonmercury3732
      @leonmercury3732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always imagined it as wonder wall during research. Just for personal laughs.

    • @Chivi-chivik
      @Chivi-chivik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danielcharland1374 West Arcadia fits the best 😂

    • @grimtheghastly8878
      @grimtheghastly8878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielcharland1374 life is old there/older than the trees!

  • @slugcat6226
    @slugcat6226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I’m sorry but “Tammuz, Tammuz, he’s our man! We’ll start making funeral plans!” Is the best quote in this video

  • @lewislake5128
    @lewislake5128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That is probably why Hermes knew his god abilities the moment he was born. He was originating from old pan, with all the understanding he needed, and carried the original pan’s legacy of trickery probably

  • @keithkania3810
    @keithkania3810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    Ancient Greece: Boy we have a pretty cool reli-
    Rome: *DID I HEAR R E L I G I O N*
    Ancient Greece: *OH SHI*

    • @voivodadracula1936
      @voivodadracula1936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Greek Hellenism: * exists *
      Rome: hey nice religion, can i take it?
      Christianity: * exists *
      Rome "aww $hit, here we go again..."

    • @TheKirbylore
      @TheKirbylore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      ***This is mine now***

    • @inanjarif1388
      @inanjarif1388 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Rome: *_OOH A NEW ONE ABOUT A GUY GETTING NAILED TO WOOD! ME LIKE IT!_*

    • @blossomvines341
      @blossomvines341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Rome: Sees another religion
      Rome:
      *It’s* *free* *real-estate*

    • @chunghung7951
      @chunghung7951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sir Doggo Rome:REEEEEEEEEE LIGION

  • @NeutralDrow
    @NeutralDrow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2373

    "Kinda hope you're not dealing with [elemental mercury] daily, but still..."
    Well, what *ELSE* can I consume to gain immortality?! That damned monkey ate all the peaches!"

    • @irsyadsyauqi3105
      @irsyadsyauqi3105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Bruh😂😂😂😂

    • @XalconKugelBlitz
      @XalconKugelBlitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Lol

    • @troyjardine5850
      @troyjardine5850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Calm down Emperor Chin

    • @gregsnaidoo2711
      @gregsnaidoo2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Try the tree of life it has letters ee I'm sure u can figure it out

    • @ShugoAWay
      @ShugoAWay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      And all the jars of imortal pills...and like 6 other sources of immortality

  • @thatyellowmenace9324
    @thatyellowmenace9324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Hermes is like the main character of the anime 'The Devil is a Part-Timer!'
    but his title will be "Greek Messenger God is a Part-Timer!"

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      your comment made me happy

  • @fionagibson7529
    @fionagibson7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    When the Herms transition screen came on and that song started playing, I happened to be drinking water. Before now, I never fully believed that you could shoot water from your nose by laughing. That was perfect.

    • @justafallperson2108
      @justafallperson2108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's possible. Red's videos have many victims.

  • @hanyuu05
    @hanyuu05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1885

    Red: "What's the Greek gods you see the most influenced of in your everyday life?"
    Me: "Her--"
    Red: "Wrong, it's Hermes!"
    Me: ರ_ರ

    • @awkwardbirb5710
      @awkwardbirb5710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      "You were going to say Hera, WEREN'T YOU?!?!"

    • @lapisleafuli1817
      @lapisleafuli1817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@awkwardbirb5710 *Hercules

    • @liv9589
      @liv9589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@lapisleafuli1817 *Heracles

    • @danielneverloses
      @danielneverloses 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@liv9589 *Alcaeus

    • @Ratnoseterry
      @Ratnoseterry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😂

  • @iluvchess14736
    @iluvchess14736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3150

    "And is unsurprisingly the son of Zeus, like roughly 7% of Ancient Greece"
    Truer words have never been said

    • @corvusnocturne
      @corvusnocturne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      and yet still room for improvement, its more like 70% of ancient greece

    • @Chokah
      @Chokah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      There's a reason for the joke that like 75% of Greek Mythology is basically "Zeus was horny, hijinks ensued."

    • @fionagibson7529
      @fionagibson7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The dude was the Greek Myth equivalent of Ghengis Khan. It’s honestly surprising that he was supposed to rule the gods when he can’t keep it in his pants for ten seconds.

    • @ambrosic_shifter8947
      @ambrosic_shifter8947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yoo 666 likes!

    • @autisticdancer
      @autisticdancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Only 7%? I would have thought it would be at least over 10% lol.

  • @lazycatjansen9442
    @lazycatjansen9442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Red: “Pan is credited for TWO things, both of which share his name”
    The comments: make that FOUR

    • @phastinemoon
      @phastinemoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Except the “pan” meaning bread doesn’t come from the Greek, it’s from the Latin “panis”, which comes from an Indo-European word meaning “to graze, to eat”.

    • @liamzakhaev
      @liamzakhaev ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@phastinemoon logic chopping fallacy in action right here.

  • @Frontline_view_kaiser
    @Frontline_view_kaiser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    2:18 I love the look of the Hermes statue after making a fool of Apollo
    Its like "Get a load of this simp"

  • @unnecessaryjourney634
    @unnecessaryjourney634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2926

    Red : Who’s the Greek god you see the most influence of in your every day life?
    Me : Hermes
    Red: WRONG it’s Hermes.
    Me : >:}

  • @DefNotThePope
    @DefNotThePope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    If Hermes singing "Country Roads" sounds like Red's cover of it, I completely understand how he instantly gained Apollo's approval.

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      the moment I heard that cover I instantly came to the comments to see if anyone had said anything about how amazing it was because hot damn

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yup, Red has a singing voice that'd probably make certain greek godesses jealous...

  • @pan_bacchanal
    @pan_bacchanal ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I absolutely love how the word "shenanigans" describe so well all wild and weird shit that mythical god are doing all around, being as creative as they can

  • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
    @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    4:54 "Literally legendary dong", "Sex and fertility" so THAT'S why fauns are sometimes portrayed as insufferable horndogs.
    *_-Usually by furries-_*

  • @krausercruz2780
    @krausercruz2780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1644

    "DAMMIT ZEUS"
    Greek Mythology in a nutshell.

    • @hadeskingoftheunderworld7010
      @hadeskingoftheunderworld7010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Acurate

    • @rach3092
      @rach3092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yup just all of the mythology lol

    • @alyssaburda2090
      @alyssaburda2090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      All the gods (Except Zeus): DAM IT ZEUS!
      Me: What did he do this time?

    • @thronezwei4412
      @thronezwei4412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@alyssaburda2090 More like "Who did he do this time?"

    • @alyssaburda2090
      @alyssaburda2090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@thronezwei4412
      Me: Gods, what happened this time?

  • @tyrantking9000
    @tyrantking9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5035

    "Hermes was Pan."
    Me: "Hermes was pansexual?"
    Red: "Pan the character."

    • @brittanywetherill472
      @brittanywetherill472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +644

      Honestly... probably both?

    • @ryangrear3430
      @ryangrear3430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      @@brittanywetherill472 definitely both

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      @@ryangrear3430 Pan was the sex deity

    • @CJCroen1393
      @CJCroen1393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      I mean Pan was pansexual so maybe Hermes was too!

    • @serenatheturtle4355
      @serenatheturtle4355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      @@CJCroen1393 if Pan wasn't pan I would've quit this universe

  • @Manda_Kat
    @Manda_Kat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Historians: Pan is dead.
    Pan: STOP TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Historians: Somedays, it's like I can still hear his voice

  • @MoonClawx
    @MoonClawx ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I like that Hermes was said to be Odin, when in reality he'd be more like Loki, but Loki would love to seen as actually Odin, so makes a lot of sense.

  • @myriadofcolours9861
    @myriadofcolours9861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1757

    Hermes
    Fetus Genius
    Baby Icon
    Infant King
    The Gucci of Newborns
    Okay, I'll stop.

    • @wyattunrue5354
      @wyattunrue5354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Khano Sera the first one is my personal favorite

    • @petermarsella6537
      @petermarsella6537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Lord of the child

    • @brettshair3151
      @brettshair3151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Gio Anselmo Intal THIS.

    • @Darkness-eu1tw
      @Darkness-eu1tw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "The Gucci on Newborns"🤣🤣🤣

    • @gianni206
      @gianni206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you're gonna be corny at least own it

  • @Taiyama2
    @Taiyama2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    My Therapist: Original Pan can't hurt you, he doesn't exist.
    Original Pan: 7:06

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Therapist: He can't hurt you, he's dead
      Pan: Is alive, and also _TWO_ gods now

    • @alecchristiaen4856
      @alecchristiaen4856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he looks like Wilbur Whately from Red's vid on lovecraft

    • @JustNierninwa
      @JustNierninwa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      10:15 original pan: not only am i not dead but i've split in two
      Also, seriously *Péh2usōn is pretty cool. Can we also link Rowan trees to him? That'd be great. Cause like, it's found all around the world and has been associated with boundaries since at least the Celts?…

  • @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967
    @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    1:42 I never thought I'd say this, but Zeus is absolutely right.

    • @alisonlazarus5989
      @alisonlazarus5989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The only time Zeus had an appropriate reaction to something

  • @avataryangchenbl9706
    @avataryangchenbl9706 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Zeus: YOUNG MAN COME BACK HERE BEFORE YOUR GROUNDED!
    Hermes: *WELL I DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE GOD OF RANDOM SHIT NOBODY WANTED TO BE THE GOD OF!*

  • @this.weird0820
    @this.weird0820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    Hermes: *looks at Apollos cows*
    Hermes: *_I THINK IM BOUT TO STEAL_*

    • @demonguysayshi2666
      @demonguysayshi2666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Everyone: hermes how are you so famous?
      hermes: the secret ingredient is crime. and speed. A lot of speed.

    • @randoeinyoutube3321
      @randoeinyoutube3321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hermes steal? *NO DIGNITY*

  • @kittymeowmeow7097
    @kittymeowmeow7097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2544

    Me taking Spanish:...
    Red: "Hermes used to be...pan."
    Me: NO WAY, he used to be BREAD?

    • @sjargo11
      @sjargo11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      It is in fact also the Japanese word for bread (パン) “pan”

    • @skyew.3939
      @skyew.3939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      It also sounds like the French word for bread - pain

    • @cjkelly7536
      @cjkelly7536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@skyew.3939 Weird. It's not like bread brought pain in France.
      (BTW That's sarcasm)

    • @wooyeah1738
      @wooyeah1738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I was kinda like HIM TOO, and then I was like, shit she meant the god.

    • @shockingheaven
      @shockingheaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And that may be why the movie Pan's Labyrinth is called El Laberinto del Fauno, not El Laberinto de Pan.

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is one of my favorite OSP videos. Lots of people know the mainstays of Greek mythology (read: lots of people have read Percy Jackson) but studying the origins of the myth is _much_ more interesting in my opinion. Homer and the other Greek poets wrote stories about gods and heroes that were already well known in their day. Why were they well known? Where do these ancient ideas come from? Where and when were they created? Why were they created? What do they represent? How were they worshipped? What can we learn about the people who worshipped them?
    Ultimately the attributes that people chose to deify can tell us about what they valued. People don't tell us about the gods; the gods tell us about people.

    • @niserresin2006
      @niserresin2006 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Aphrodite, Hades and Persephone, and Dionysus vids all have similar histories of gods.

  • @huldrrrr9486
    @huldrrrr9486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hermes + Loki + Sun Wukong = the holy tricker trinity (and best bois)

  • @brennacomstock2602
    @brennacomstock2602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2132

    “Or just read the Percy Jackson books”
    *sweats nervously in Percy Jackson fan *

    • @fictional-girl_05
      @fictional-girl_05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      sad happy meal Same

    • @BladeWild2319
      @BladeWild2319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lol same

    • @elizathesimp
      @elizathesimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Me to

    • @carolferrao1415
      @carolferrao1415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Damn, the Percy Jackson books (and Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods) taught me SO MUCH about Greek Mythology and references to it!!💙I don’t care if some people don’t like its accuracy, this saga taught me and introduced me to the world of the Greek Gods in such an incredible way! Rick Riordan is an amazing teacher!

    • @fiashlightyear9004
      @fiashlightyear9004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@carolferrao1415 bruh you mean dam lol

  • @GodzillaFan8889
    @GodzillaFan8889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    Nobody:
    Not a single god:
    Hermes: M I S C H I E F T I M E

    • @IceQueen975
      @IceQueen975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me, thousands of years later: DO A FLIP, MY THEOI!
      Pretty sure that's why He did it. XD

    • @spoontheguy5397
      @spoontheguy5397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      o h
      w o u l d y o u l o o k a t t h e t i m e

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If nobody said nothing, that would mean everyone was talking.
      Think it through next time.

  • @vladlena72
    @vladlena72 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love the word "shenanigans” refering all wild and weird shit olympians gods are doing (especially when they young), it fits sooo well

  • @hetrosjistin4837
    @hetrosjistin4837 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The reason why the dong was non-negotiable (as described to me by my roman history teacher in uni) was that one of the things Hermes was the god of was the god of intersections, including the 'intersection of man and woman' and the dong was the representation of that on the cross roads markers.

  • @Anthintendo
    @Anthintendo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    “Take me home, Country Roads
    To the place, where I belong
    Arcadia, Mountain Olympus
    Take me home, Country Roads”

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You are misguided , all roads lead to roma
      ROMA INVICTA

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@aneesh2115 Since Rome was in fact not built in a day, how long did it take to build the roads leading to it? :P

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@loneronin6813 3 take it or leave

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aneesh2115 All jokes aside, I think we can all agree that Rome performed a lot of technological feats that are still impressive to this day given the time they were made in so I'm certainly not one to complain :)

    • @neine999
      @neine999 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mount Olympus is in Macedonia tho

  • @bachpham6862
    @bachpham6862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6569

    My favorite culture story regarding Hermes:
    In most Western, and Western-influenced traditions, the Rod of Asclepius has been the de-facto representation of healthcare, medicine, healing, ... from the Greek god Asclepius. The rod itself is extremely similar to Hermes' Caduceus (or at least the artistic representation of it) with the exception that the rod only has 1 snake and no wings. However, for some reason, when it was imported to the US, they mistakenly took Hermes' caduceus and used it to represent healthcare-related services and a lot of US still have this misconception and confusion. Given that US is one of the only developed country to not have a fully nationalized public healthcare, this mistakes turns out to be hilariously cartoonishly ironic. Hermes is the patron God of not only commerce, finance and money but also the God of liars, thieves and mischief and his iconic symbol is plastered all over the US healthcare industry somehow is the most beautifully on-the-nose representation I have ever seen.

    • @Jo-sv9io
      @Jo-sv9io 3 ปีที่แล้ว +599

      This is a criminally underrated comment

    • @Hello-og7os
      @Hello-og7os 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      Hermes' caduceus is on the logo of our Department of Health... twice. We're a former territory if the United States. I want to cry.

    • @michaelabbott5999
      @michaelabbott5999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      If I read a book with fictional gods and saw this scenario I would think it was the lasiest metaphor ever

    • @satanadev8990
      @satanadev8990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      that hurts that really hurts

    • @Maplestarknight
      @Maplestarknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      Did Hermes/Asclepius fucking curse us for using the wrong staff with a snake on it. Is that why American healthcare is still so nightmarish.

  • @clottedscream
    @clottedscream 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Fun fact, Hermes is also central to the religious philosophy behind alchemy, which is called Hermeticism. Which, extra fun fact, also means you’re kind of performing worship of him every time you read tarot.

    • @Chonk_enthusiest
      @Chonk_enthusiest 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Alchemy doesn't have a religious foundation, it has been used throughout history in religious context but it's always been just about understanding how the world and body interacts when put together. Hermeticism is also so much younger then alchemy, it came about as people looking back on ancient texts on medicine and thought as well as rural practice which were all covered under asclepius, hermes and thoth, they then merged them into one god.
      Also Tarot has nothing to do with anything, I'm assuming you got that from the famous art for the magician card, but tarot didn't exist until hermeticism was on its way out from scholar circles and was a practice for lower classes not those that had the opportunity to read about the hermetic arts.

  • @watchingtheworlduk5253
    @watchingtheworlduk5253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    "Hope you're not dealing with that daily"
    *cries in chemist*

  • @adumbooctopus1115
    @adumbooctopus1115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1790

    5:35
    Everyone: It says Panic
    Me, an intellectual: PANK

    • @Sam-bp2dg
      @Sam-bp2dg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      I'm laughing my ass off, 'pank' means 'broke' in Swedish

    • @corylusbluefox9482
      @corylusbluefox9482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@Sam-bp2dg Well, I guess that makes sense. I tend to panic when I am broke.

    • @Bluey306
      @Bluey306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      i need this to be the top comment very badly

    • @connordillivan452
      @connordillivan452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      What’s it called when Pan goes out dancing?
      Panic at the Disco 😁

    • @dwiariismurini7544
      @dwiariismurini7544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought that as well!

  • @picklequeen9795
    @picklequeen9795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2209

    I get it Red. Sun Wukong is literally my favorite character ever.

  • @aj.judge09
    @aj.judge09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Red: theres that goofy anecdote you can share at parties
    Me: are you suggesting I get invited to parties?

  • @nodmyhead6198
    @nodmyhead6198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    2:14 -So Hermes is a Slytherin is what I'm getting. Or atleast, Slytherins would probubly have an affinity to worshiping him.

  • @spoontheguy5397
    @spoontheguy5397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    Hermes playing country roads on the lyre/guitar while riding on top of a car/train/Charon’s ferry across the Styx.

  • @ArachCobra
    @ArachCobra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +793

    So Pan got killed by ambiguous syntax. That's new.

    • @wisewillow7530
      @wisewillow7530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      i like to think that pan himself told everyone his dead as a tricky joke but it backfired.

    • @iamRageTheWolf
      @iamRageTheWolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      i mean they say words have power

    • @markmayonnaise1163
      @markmayonnaise1163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@iamRageTheWolf The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; the former killed a god!

    • @Lord_Of_Night
      @Lord_Of_Night 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@markmayonnaise1163 And considering fiction works in general, I'd imagine a lot of literature killed gods. Lol.

  • @earthdust00
    @earthdust00 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    My cat is named Hermes. I call him Hermz for short sometime. Nice to know I'm calling my cat a pile of rocks 😆

  • @BigAmericanGirlFan
    @BigAmericanGirlFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's hilarious that as Hermes is the god of athletes and thieves, both the Flash and the Rogues (Captain Cold, Trickster, Mirror Master) fall under his jurisdiction.

  • @ang1759
    @ang1759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    Im guessing Hermes.
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."
    ...

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws
      I T ' S N O T

    • @PabloNavarrete5780
      @PabloNavarrete5780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      We’ve been tricked, we’ve been backstabbed, and we’ve been, quite possibly, bamboozled

    • @godofnerds761
      @godofnerds761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PabloNavarrete5780 RvB references, nicee

    • @julianarwen
      @julianarwen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pablo Navarrete I’d even say smackledorfed!

  • @nobertosanchez647
    @nobertosanchez647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    “What’s the Greek god you find the most influential in your life”?
    “Wrong, it’s...
    Dionysus”.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @Devere Myer I'm not "absolutely hammered" I'm religious

    • @sticks4632
      @sticks4632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@themostbritishpersonalive868 im not an alcoholic im just really devout

    • @IcestormTundra
      @IcestormTundra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Dionysus, Hermes and Apollo would be a hellish superstar trio of nonsense and shenanigans.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@IcestormTundraApollo: answer us this mortal
      Dionysus:which one of us has the bigger shlong
      Hermes:it's really an easy question

    • @lolballs2790
      @lolballs2790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think that’s good

  • @templarw20
    @templarw20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the very short list of things I didn’t hate about the Percy Jackson movies was them casting Nathan Fillion as Hermes.

    • @BigAmericanGirlFan
      @BigAmericanGirlFan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fitting, since Fillion eventually played another famous thief in a fan film later who had a run in with a secret society that is based on Hermeticism in one of his games. What a small world, isn't it

  • @15oClock
    @15oClock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hermes is also often mistaken for his son with Aphrodite, Hermaphroditus, who originated the term hermaphrodite. It's awkward at family gatherings.

  • @balamugunthbalaji8110
    @balamugunthbalaji8110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    Hermes: god of boundaries and borders
    Also hermes: requires all statues to constantly be showing their junk to people

    • @when7573
      @when7573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      its a brilliant system if you think about it. nobodys ginna touch your land if you slap a bunch of penis statue everywhere

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@when7573 Its the ancient version of "trespassers will be prostituted"

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@2MeterLP
      Thanks for making me wheeze.

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Funny how boundary-markers show no respect for personal boundaries.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well, he's also the god of... lyres.

  • @Salemwaaa
    @Salemwaaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    Mortal Women:
    Zeus: CAN'T KEEP MY HANDS TO MYSELF!

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *I MEAN I COULD BUT WHY WOULD I WANT TO*

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      More like, "can't keep my D*** to myself"

    • @KnightsWithoutATable
      @KnightsWithoutATable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@gumballz.9259 "If it becomes dry, the world ends! At least, that's what I say when the girl is iffy about it" -Zeus

    • @privatepessleneck
      @privatepessleneck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      estrus cycles: *exist*
      Greek Gods: "Its free real estate."

    • @lady_sir_knight3713
      @lady_sir_knight3713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      CAN'T KEEP MY -HANDS- DICK TO MYSELF!

  • @cookubanana
    @cookubanana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Let us not forget also that the most famous Speedest super hero are based on Hermes/Mercury. The original Flash himself (The Jay Garrick one) used Hermes's helment as part of his design.

  • @sarahcole9661
    @sarahcole9661 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Fun fact, after Argus’ death, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of a peacock, giving the bird its distinctive bling and also making the entire species sacred to Hera in the bargain

  • @peffiSC2source
    @peffiSC2source 5 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Hermes: fanfic of a reboot.
    Romans: Hold my wine

    • @queenalice7483
      @queenalice7483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Red: Hermes and Romans both have an M and S
      Also Red: Coincidence? I THINK NOT

  • @jacobhamilton2473
    @jacobhamilton2473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Hermes: Invented the lyr, then became the God of liars.

    • @KnittingGirl28
      @KnittingGirl28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I see what he did there~

    • @user-xb5bz4fu9o
      @user-xb5bz4fu9o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Sarah Hamilfan hadestown fan?

    • @melissamarshall5880
      @melissamarshall5880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jacob hamilton *slowly claps for the pun*

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hermes invented the Light-Year?

    • @user-xb5bz4fu9o
      @user-xb5bz4fu9o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sarah Hamilfan I've finally found another!

  • @LunDruid
    @LunDruid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So the whole Healthcare association is based on a misunderstanding... *and* the idea of Pan being dead is *possibly* based on a misunderstanding...
    Given that one of his primary domains is deception, that actually fits extremely well. XD

  • @krystaljava6128
    @krystaljava6128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    10:50 why does Hermes look like he's blaming someone for doing something?

  • @justinm.9426
    @justinm.9426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Red: What's the greek god you see the most influence of in your everyday life?
    Me: Hermes?
    Red: Wrong it's Hermes
    Me: Dammit

  • @samskeegan4018
    @samskeegan4018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    • Awsome musitian
    • Super mysterious
    • Screams at random people in the woods for fun
    • Thicc legs
    Pan sounds like he has it all