What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1
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- Welcome to Crash Course World Mythology, our latest adventure (and this series may be literally adventurous) in education. Over the next 40 episodes or so, we and Mike Rugnetta are going to learn about the world by looking at the foundational stories of a bunch of different cultural traditions. We’re going to look at the ways that people’s stories define them, and the ways they shape their culture. We’re going to learn about gods, goddesses, heroes, and tricksters, and a lot more. We’re going to walk the blurry line between myth and religion, and we’re going to like it.
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Spiders swallow 8 Australians every night!
Maddin1313 in Australia, spider swallows you!
Maddin1313 this is true
***** what do you know!!!
It's not the the spiders you need to worry about but the snake
The spiders use their telepathic abilities to lure people into their webs for later consumption.
The purpose of this course is to promote myth-understanding.
dave freier badum tiss
badum tith
badum myth
Dad, is that you?
crash course mythology: exists
that kid that read all of the rick riorodan has entered the chat
Just in case people were wondering, this is what the writing is on the little 'thought bubble' intro:
*Egypt*
- The Egyptian Creation myth of the world rising out of water is a common motif associated with chaos in contrast to “order” that is the universe.
- The legend of Osiris, Isi and Horus was the most popular and influential myth in ancient Egyptian mythology.
- Thoth is the Egyptian god of communication and knowledge. He’s depicted with an ibis head, holding a scroll and pen reed.
- Egyptian mythology is among the oldest in recorded history!
- Ma’at is the goddess of morality, justice, law and divine order. Her feather determined if people got into the afterlife peacefully.
*Greek*
- _Mount Olympus_ is where the Olympian Gods reside. It was created after the _Titanomachy_, the great battle between the Olympians and the Titans.
- Athena is responsible for turning Medusa’s hair into serpents! Medusa was always a gorgon in Greek mythology, but the origin story didn’t appear until _Metamorphoses_ by Roman poet Ovid.
- Persephone’s descent into the underworld and reunion with her mom Demeter is the origin story of the seasons.
- The capture of Artemis’ sacred _Ceryneian Hind_ was one of the twelve labours of Heracles.
- Artemis and Apollo are two of Zeus’ many, many, many, many children.
*Indian*
- The _Ramayana_ is considered the _adi-kavya_ (first poem) in Hindu mythology and is the largest ancient epic in world literature!
- _Rakshasas_ are described as deadly blood-drinking creatures, they convey several similarities to vampires in Western mythology.
- The hero of this epic, _Rama_, is the seventh avatar of god Vishnu.
- Sita is the daughter on Mother Earth and the avatar of goddess Laksmi, Vishnu’s wife.
- Hanuman is a die-hard devotee of Rama. He leads an army of _Vanaras_ (aka monkeys) into battle against the _Rakshasas_ in order to save Sita.
*Norse*
- In Norse mythology, _Ragnorak_ is the pre-destined series of events, from natural disasters to the infamous battle between major Gods resulting in the apocalypse.
- _Ragnorak_ was not the ultimate end of the universe! After the earth was consumed in flames and submerged in water, a fresh, new earth was destined to resurface, even better than before!
- Thor’s hammer, Mjönir, symbolizes creative and destructive power.
- The cosmology of Norse mythology has nine realms which are unified by the _Yggdrasil_ tree.
- When Heimdell sounds his trumpet, _Gjallarhorn_, it will signify the beginning of _Ragnorak_ and can be heard across all nine realms!
U have earned my RESPECT man.... so much hard work for people
Thank you! Also .. you can slow down the video and pause to read with the ADORABLE animations in there!
Not all heroes wear capes, you ma man are a hero!
Thanks a lot man!
How do you know Patric doesn't wear capes? You can't see him. :)
Anyway, thanks, Patrick! I am sure you're wearing capes.
My favorite mythological story is of thelegend27. She once challenged the sun to staring contest and that's why we now have night.
\|T|/ PRAISE THE SUN!
+Emperor Palpatine Shouldn't your favorite myth be the tragedy of Darth Plagueis? :)
Emperor Palpatine damn the legend 27 is great
Krista Barrie I shouldn't think so, it's not a story the Jedi would have told him.
Matthew Schooley \[T]/ \((----))/
I hope they include *aztec mythology*; like seriously; the Greek, Norse, and Egyptian mythology *always* take the cake.
It's mainly because we know alot about the Old World Myths and they have been woven into the history of the west to the point that it's almost all we knew, unlike Aztec, Apache, Sioux, Etc. Not say that they didn't have them, it's that they have been basically smothered by the Old World Myths
Maybe I can finally learn how to pronounce some of those deity names...
It seemed they will include some Meso-American myths... they did have a few pictures of them :)
The easiest one is "Tlaloc" (which sounds like tl-ah-lock) and the most difficult one is "Chalchihuitlicue", which sounds like "Ch-al-chee-wee-tle-*cué (search for its pronunciation in spanish on google-translate)*".
I hope they do slavic mythology, it's very hard to find any good information on it, particularly in english.
I love Persephone because in some versions she just wanders into the underworld and Hades is just like 'Wtf? Little girl, what are you doing here?' And Kore is just like 'I like it here!' And Hades just lets her stay, Demeter is angry, etc. And Kore is renamed Persephone meaning destroyer because she is feared in the underworld with good reason. She's awesome.
It's interesting to me how many interpretations of the Persephone myth there are. In some versions, Hades kidnaps her and in others, she goes willingly. I prefer the versions where she goes and stays in the Underworld willingly, because she actually likes Hades. I also really like when Hades is portrayed in a non-villainizing way, since people seem to think that he was evil just because he's the god of the Underworld
Yeah!He’s not even God of death,that title goes to Thantos (Hades’ right hand man)
I can already feel this becoming my favourite series
same, besides Psychology and Philosophy.
Are you feeling it know Mr. Krabs?
Same! :D
yep, i agree wiith you, it kind of made up for the end of CC Astronomy.
Phil!!!!! no!!!! don't leave us!!!!!!!! stan!!! season two for CC Astronomy!!!!!!
I love that Rick Riordan's books were mentioned. I love his series. The only ones I haven't read are his Norse series.
TheFoxesMInd me too
TheFoxesMInd I used to like his books, but his Norse series has really started to piss me off. The constant pandering and political correctness in the books became pretty annoying. So much so that I couldn't even read the series anymore
His books are great and really bring mythology into our world. The Norse is ok, but Percy Jackson is definitely his best
@Josephine Young I agree.
H8 SKATE I know what you mean.
Half of this episode is setting up barriers to keep people from getting offended
Kyle Grounds
It's the world we now live in
Well yeah people get offended by anything
I remember when that wasn't the case do you
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal I'm pretty sure everyone was always offended by everything; they just didn't have social media encouraging them to rant about it constantly
I just wanted to say how *incredibly EXCITED I am for this*. I adore studying mythology and its modern references, I can't put my joy into words (especially about how you used Persephone to start this off), I'm beyond thankful as to how you're approaching this amazing course from a perspective that is mindful of religion (so as to not be offensive but to simply see the "whole" picture, however scattered that picture may be), and I just wanted to share my immense gratitude. I look forward to every episode!
A summary of this episode - OH MY GOD, PLEASE DON'T FLAME US IN THE COMMENTS!!!!!
maryavatar Lmao 😂
"OH MY GOD IT'S BURNING!" -The Pod
Yeah, it is a bit said that they have to say that several times in each video with any religious links. CC just say it once in the beginning and then get on with the episode!
Well, when the time for Christian mythos comes around... brace yourselves! xD
I believe in the bible and he gave this no bias. very captivating.
As an atheist, I'm feeling delightfully unencumbered to fully enjoy this course. Exciting!
Brian Frichette nah, u going to hell for blasphemy.
Indeed
As a muslim, I'm feeling delightfully unencumbered to fully enjoy this course. Exciting! I hope you have a good time with it, because I sure as hell will
JesusFriedChrist
As a Vegan, crossfit, atheist i..i don't know, just wanted the atention.
My personal favorite version of Persephone is the one in the Percy Jackson Guide to Mythology:
Hades: Hey, Zeus, I really like your daughter and--
Zeus: Ikr she's a hot one
Hades:
Hades:
Hades: Well, how do you think I should win her favor? I thought of flowers, but that's stupid. She's the *goddess* of flowers. Maybe if I sang--
Zeus: What are you talking about man? All that mushy gushy stuff. You gotta assert yourself!
Hades: But--
Zeus: Kidnap her. Nothin' the ladies love more than being swept off their feet and kidnapped.
Hades: But she's your daughter!
Zeus: And?
Hades: I don't think this is a good idea.
Zeus: Look, who has gotten more girls before this? You, or me? Trust. Me. It. Will. Work.
Hades: I guess...
Emily Caballero lmao
Zeus; the god of you know😏😏
Fun fact: it was only in later tellings that Hades kidnapped Persephone. In earlier versions she wandered into Hades and Hades was like “hey, who are you?” and then fell in love.
So IDK if anyone's gonna start this argument but me, but no. Aphrodite would *not* win in an arm wrestling contest w/ Freya.
Do you know how much of a badass Freya is??? She's a *war* goddess, like, don't mess with her. She's killed people too; and rules over half of those slain in war. Don't discount her just because she cries golden tears.
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Kael Aphrodite could charmspeak Freya, but otherwise- Freya would win.
DAMN RIGHT! I said the same thing!
Athena would be a much better opponent.
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I should be studying but this is more interesting
Story of my life
Everything is more interesting when you have to study.
My life
I mean...this counts as studying, right? You're learning stuff. Good enough.
That's my reasoning. All the time.
Procrastination for the win!
I cannot explain how exciting I am for this series I absolutely love mythology I squealed so loudly when I saw this series trailer
I know this may be unpopular but please feature some native filipino myths and other asian myths.
Unpopular? PLEASE include those, we have a lot less sources on those than on others
Hayley Rodgers Yeah.. I know, those myths are just thought in schools here but never really reached globally
Heneral Luna a bit late but can you name some of them so I can look them up?
@@hunted_man4035 (This is also a bit late, sorry.) Just inserting myself to this convo...
For Filipino myth, you can start by searching Filipino anitos/diwatas. What's confusing about Filipino myth is that each ethnic group (and there's a lot) have their own pantheon; I think the wikipedia page is a good enough start. Though, I also don't know much about it, so maybe other sources are better.
Xanthy Lacierda Thank you so much! How time flies.
You should do Proto-Indo-European mythology and discuss how it evolved into Greek, Roman, Vedic, Norse, Slavic mythologies, etc.! Specifically, with Vedic mythology, it would be awesome if you discussed how it developed into Hinduism!
Not developed but more specifically Abraham and his wife Sarah visited down south, India, where they were known as 'Brah'ma and Sara'swati ca 2000 BCE....
Virtually everything we assume about PIE religion is based upon comparative mythology, so exploring the 'how' in detail might be a little difficult.
Unlikely, it is currently believed that Abraham dates back to only about 520BCE at the earliest (as historical evidence places events of the mid to late 1st millenium BCE)
The story of Brahma is found in the Yajurveda at around 1200 BCE
Saraswati is even older, dating bacvk to 1500 BCE
So the Hindu stories predate the Abrahamic stories
No, that is incorrect (or rather it is incomplete)
Hinduism occurred as a fusion of Proto-Indo-Iranian/European and Dravidian and Harrapan and Srmana religious beliefs, so to say its Primarily of proto-Indo-European is false, as its a mix of a large number of different beliefs
Many artifacts uncovered from the ancient civilizations of India that predate the arrival of any european/Iranian influences clearly show relationship to later Hindu Beliefs (Such as the proto-version of Shiva/Rudra and the Linga)
Modern Hinduism is largely Indian though with almost all of its core principles originating in India itself. Vedic religion however was a direct descendant of Indo-Iranian religion. We can see Indra, Agni, Ushas, Mithra, Varuna, Asura, Soma, Fire Altars and all that common to both Vedic and Avestan religion. Even the languages Old Iranian (Old Persian and Avestan) and Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit and Mitanni) are essentially dialects of each other. It is clear that Avestan religion and Vedic religion are direct descendants of Proto-Indo-Iranian religion and I think most of these beliefs were invented by Proto-Indo-Iranians and not Proto-Indo-Europeans.
Holy Hera I learned so much from Percy Jackson
DearNotebook yeah!
DearNotebook Yesssss!
DearNotebook YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS
Ikr and the heroes of olympus
Same. Btw, if you're in the neighborhood for something similar while waiting for more Magnus Chase to come out, might I recommend The Blackwell Pages trilogy? Only one series and three books, but *really* enjoyable.
Its funny that people will look at Greek, Roman, and Egyptian myths as just mythology, but view their own religion as the sole truth.
The Greeks, The Romans, and The Egyptians would've done the same thing, friend.
not at all. read "the darkening age". Only the abrahamic religions have that psycho attitude. The hindu people, for example are cool with all other gods. It is the only unbroken belief system from the ancient world that has not been polluted by the "ours is the only god so you have to die" sickness.
i think the same all the time!
@River Acheron the problem with Egypt especially with their leaders they would mythologies their history as such we an great aesthetic of ancient Egypt but not of what their people thought of really anything so we don't know or will probably ever know
not all true friend
Epicorius a greek philosopher questioned alot of his pagan religious society
oh come on Freya would crush Aphrodite. In the Iliad Aphrodite lost in a fight with a human and Freya is a battle goddess
Aphrodite will make pretty pink explosions on her
Andrew B. Smite duel is the only answer! Lol
You are so right. Freya is not only a beauty goddess but a battle goddess so Aphrodite would be stomped on by Freya
@Irusu AAYYY! PERCY JACKSON LINE!
Actually Aphrodite is thought to have evolved from Astarte a Phoenician Goddess who evolved from the Akkadian Goddess Ishtar who was first named Inanna in Mesopotamia. All being Goddesses of Fertility, Sexuality, Procreation, Love and War.
Also Aphrodite Areia is a thing
Overly Sarcastic Productions has a really good video on Aphrodites evolution if anyone's interested.
Wow. The comment section looks reasonable and interesting. The moment we get to a story from the Bible I am betting things will go up in flames.
+Kathryn Mercier
Dont blame the people freaking out, blame the parents who brainwashed them.
To be honest I don't care what you people think of the stories from religion, but I wasn't damning just religious people. I was also damning non-believers who like to attack believers, because they disagree with them.
+Nathaniel Hellman
Attack is a harsh word. Question is a better one. They question them, unless they immediately go to name calling. Then we can call it "attacking"
Well, you know, he did make it very clear here they're not talking about myths as fallacies, only as stories... but of course, people will ignore that and panic and scream and throw fits anyway. Ironically, if they cover scientology myths (which are interesting in a crazy, mythological sort of way), no one would complain at all.
+Ideally Jekyl
Right, because every single religious person reacts the same way and all non-believers don't act like condescending assholes when they attack religion.
massive concerns that this series will be too politically correct and censored to be entirely beneficial from an educational standpoint. this show is aimed at teens and adults and i'm sure most people are able to handle the content of the myths; you shouldn't censor history to pander to those who are too sensitive to the more explicit details of the stories. as the video states, myth is extremely entertaining but also very insightful into ancient cultures and religion. i realise that crash course don't want to turn people away for claiming religious stories to be myth but don't distort the truth. those are just some of my concerns, but i'll give the series a chance as it's still early days. still majorly looking forward to watching though, the thought cafe illustrations are always gorgeous
Ryan #MythologicalIncestisWincest
When I was in college, I took a course about Hebrew and Greek myths. I felt like my beliefs were being personally attacked merely because my Bible stories were being discussed at the same level as what I took to be obvious nonsense. Yet it was the very fact that the falsity of Biblical myth _wasn't_ being shoved down my throat that caused me to rethink and eventually abandon my religious beliefs. I am very hopeful that this Crash Course, by being non-confrontational, will do the same for many people.
Ryan, he acknowledged that it will be challenging for some and that they're going to focus on stories. Stop worrying about ~weh political correctness~ where it hasn't even happened. Comments like yours are why people are afraid to make the content they want.
Mike, thank you for speaking carefully and slowly. This series is something I can show to my 6th grade students without them getting lost. Many of my students are English language learners and/or have learning disabilities, and I appreciate that this excellent content is available to them in a way they can understand.
"Over the next 40 episodes or so"
OMG I'm so excited
Well, in myths incest is always wincest......
legoboy468 long ago to keep the blood of the royal as pure as possible incest is common, esp for cousins
Oedipus tho.
incest with cousins is still not rare. Especially in small villages. Either have no choice or don't want to share their wealth with other villages.
this is actually somewhat true
To maintain bloodline purity so they said.
Now, will we learn about the most important of Egyptian Gods?
I, of course, speak of Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra.
Kuriboh is my lord and savior
yugioh duel links has been satisfying my yugioh cravings.
SkywalkerAni you just brought back ptsd from fighting the unholy trinity of yugioh divine monsters 😣
SkywalkerAni lol... You do realize Slifer was a 4kidz producer name insert, right? Also obelisk is just the word for stone spires.
Funny, but I don't think any of the Egyptian god cards are technically gods themselves. We start seeing those more after the main series ends.
I hope aboriginal dreamtime stories get covered in this series, it's super interesting and also not very well known outside of Australia (unfortunately).
Please cover: Greek (MOST FAMOUS), Romans (Meh, same as greek-ish), Chinese, Japanese, Mayen, Hindu, Celtic, Norse!
THE BEST MOMENT WAS THAT MENTION OF UNCLE RICK :)
I'm sad that CC Philosophy is over for now but hurray for CC Myth, praise the sun \[T]/ ♡
*PRAISE THE SUN!!! \[T]/*
My thoughts exactly
I wonder if myths were historically like conspiracy theorists. Taken really serious by some, merely used as a fun thought experiment by most.
So... religion?
papatrudell yep
Mike is SUCH a great host. He holds attention really well and is just a fun delight. SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES.
"Our graphics team is Thot Cafe" 😂
You clever cheeky rogue you.
Greek major here. In ancient Greek, the underworld is sometimes referred to by the genitive form of Hades' name (Greek nouns use a case system), which can mean "the house of Hades." It is never referred to by the nominative form, so to ancient readers, the god vs place confusion didn't exist. The genitive case is kinda of like the preposition "chez" in French.
Nerd!! :)
Somebody in the world is now going to open a bistro restaurant called Chez Hades...
roommate: what are you-
me: shhhhh...I am consuming the Slurpee of knowledge.
I totally would like a crash course on religion, I have been studying for years and I have wanted something like that for my youtube channel. But I have no way to bring about it.. But I just love it so much.
Sadly I'm not sure such a Crash Course will ever come to be. Given they've been flamed in the past for talking about religion in Crash Course World History, I don't imagine they'll be planning "Crash Course Theology" any time soon.
+Brendan Philbrick It would never happen because of people like you. People who get offended whenever their own religion is observed or critiqued. People who are absolutely fine with discussing the problems of other mythologies and religions as long as it's not their own.
Hi, please add subtitles in all episodes of this series.
With so many stories and character names, it's easy to miss out for people who aren't familiar with that story/language.
And the auto generated subtitles mess up the names too.
Please, those would help a lot.
Me what is your first language
Me what is your first language? You could ask someone to translate for you.
the Irish wolfhound Nah... My first language is Hindi but I am good with English. I just miss the names when he talked fast like at 0:41 When he said "Right Toth, the ancient Egyptian God of knowledge with an awesome ibis head". (googling what an Ibis is...)
I had to pause and repeat for all those small jokes etc. Subtitles are just convenient.
Maybe the HT heroes can help with that. Probably the only thing they can help with.
I agree with this. I think all crash course videos should have English subtitles added to them for non-native speakers, those who struggle with fast talking hosts and for those who are hearing impaired.
I'm glad that he referenced Rick Riordan and ps freya would win
Where?
let's bet! I put $10 on Aphrodite.
I disagree. All for Aphrodite!
Charles Wright yeah Freya would have won
have you guys even seem thor
Aphrodite caused the Trojan war.
This is really great. I have always loved mythology, known a lot, but never thought that much about what myth is. Your other episodes are brilliant too. I hope you stay with Crash Course forever. You have a great narrative voice, you make the viewer listen and you make great content. Nice work Mike! :)
I clicked this video and literally jumped in my seat when I saw Mike Rugnetta, that's one hell of a collab. Great to see you on board, Mike!
I hope that the Māori pantheon of legends get covered along with the Polynesian tales. They all go hand and hand, but the Māori ones have a great deal of variance. Especially in regards to Maūi
Especially as we are semi aware of them now due to the popularity of Moana.
I was about to comment this
Crash Course World Mythology & Crash Course Computer Science? ... Nerd-gasm
The saddest kinds of nerds.
same
we are most definitely the saddest breed of nerds
except im a cs major + so the cs videos are prolly gonna be pretty boring for me : P
Chidubem Ezinne +
Why would you admit to wasting time getting a computer science degree?
Mike is one of the best presentors/hosts ever! The way he talks here is so natural (doesn't seem like he is reading it) and he has a good clear, consistent voice. Will be watching the entire course 👍
"Fourty or so episodes" NO BRAKES ON THE KNOWLEDGE TRAIN ! I love your Ideas series, I genuinely hope you best of luck to lead this huge project to it's end.
Dear religious people and non-religious people
Please let's not debate what you believe. let's all be a happy crash course family. Let non-religious people be non-religious and let religious people be religious.
Cassie Preston
I agree
Cassie Preston if only everyone had your midset on this issue things would be simpler
Cassie Preston if only everyone had your midset on this issue things would be simpler
Okay. I'll sit back and let religious people be religious people, even the ones with deplorable beliefs that would kill me for my lack of belief if it wasn't against the law.
You can debate while still being accepting of people and understanding of their perspective. If you aren't doing that, it's not really a debate. That's more of a shouting match than a debate.
I feel like this Course already needs a second part
IS NO ONE MENTIONING THAT HE SAID "TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN" MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED
Yep, think I have found my new favorite Crash Course. You are amazing, Mike! Loved this first episode! =)
I'm really looking forward to the heroes' part. I am reading a book on heroes, and it is a very interesting subject!
Can't wait for this week's episode! Thank you for everything!
Please keep this UNCENSORED. To talk about these legends without the.... impressive amount of sexuality that's involved in them, will do a disservice to education. They are often central to the story.
Jaydoggy531 Yes, although they will have fun any time they talk about Zeus. 😆
Jaydoggy531 flashback to Loki transforming into a female horse and becoming pregnant
+10 to this, specially greek
I didn't get the sense they were going to censor sexuality altogether, but just tread a bit more lightly on the sexual violence. ..which makes sense when this is used in schools, but also bc of the massively high probability a ton of survivors will watch. Even still I didn't get the sense they'd leave it out, just tread more lightly.
Jaydoggy531 +1
I am very pleased that you mentioned that myths have been told and interpreted in many different ways. Such as the story of Persephone that you told. I grew up being told that Hades (Deity) made a deal with Persephone, if she could walk out of Hades (Realm) only looking forward, never looking back, she may leave. If she does look back, she must stay. She made it all the way to the exit, but with one foot out of Hades (Realm) and the other foot still in, she heard a sound behind her and got startled and looked back. Hades (Deity) and Demeter argued if she can return to Demeter had to stay with Hades (Deity/Realm). Zeus decreed since Persephone was half in and half out of Hades (Realm) than she would stay in Hades (Realm) for half of the year and can leave the other half. For the most part, in these myths, the ideas of the story are the same, but the details are different.
I love how there are so many different versions of myths out there! This version of the Persephone myth sounds like the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, another Greek myth.
I've personally always been told this story like it was told in the video (With slightly different details) but I like this version too :)
IcyHaze02 this is the first time I heard this version of this tale but there is another myth I've heard with the same concept where a man was leading a girl out of Hades and if they look behind they're stuck there forever.
Orpheus!
In all my experiences the never looking back into Hades thing related to Orpheus and Eurydice, so that's interesting.
I am aware that there are different versions, but I think you either got a completely wrong version or mixed up the tale of Orpheus with the more standard one. You won't find any version akin to the one you told in any reputable source; I guarantee it.
12:18 "Just ask Balder, Norse god of joy"
*looks at Loki* BUT HE DIED!
I grew up in a conservative home/school. Watching Crash Course History allowed me to understand history from a vantage point other than the great man approach of my high school. Thank you for that experience.
As far as this series goes, the ideas of myth/story/religion/science/meaning/belief and how they all intersect is something that fascinates me. I am also a Christian Pastor and appreciate your approach of myths as stories as well the respect given to myself and others to let our beliefs fall where they may.
I am looking forward to this series.
Dude, Freya totally killed people. She was a goddess of the battlefield who rode around on a chariot drawn by giant war cats. Not saying she'd definitively kill Aphrodite, but you're way underselling her by conceding the point to Aphrodite on the whole "kills people" point.
I'm not gonna watch again, but I think he was talking about Artemis, not Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the goddess of love, she's not very good at war. Artemis is a huntress virgin.
He totally said Aphrodite. It confused me for the logical reason that you just noted.
Yeah, you're right. It happens around 4:50. He's comparing goddesses of love. I must then agree with the original comment, because Freyja gets half the dead warriors and has war cats and a boar. Aphrodite is not very good at war, so I don't know why she would win.
Its blatant greek favouritism! D:
Well, Aphrodite has been sleeping with the god of war for gods know how long. If she hasn't picked anything up from him, at the very least she could probably count on his support.
When he @ Rick Riordan and your fangirl heart stops just a smidge b/c Percy Jackson😂😂
Taylor Banks oh please, Riordan bastardizes mythology in the worst way possible! His series is to mythology what Twilight is to vampires. If you wanna see myth adapted into a modern context right try Gaiman.
Cris05 Gaiman's lit
Rick Riordan's work functions as an introduction to modernized mythology for middle-grade students. The series can be an excellent source of entertainment and wellspring for tangential learning. If you are going to be a purist join me in learning Greek and read them in their native language. But, we should not pretend that we should tell contemporary children the traditional Greek myths. Translation removes important meaning in the Greek myths, and the cultural separation from Ancient Greece makes it impossible for today's contemporary reader to have a full understanding of the texts. Culture innovates itself continuously through reworking previously resonate material to make it relate to a contemporary context. This is what Riordan does for his audience.
Cris05 Everything that I've ever learned about mythology lines up with what Riordan writes. Show some evidence with your statement instead of simply making silly statements.
Colan Magill I prefer to stick with Latin, since I already have some years of training in it. But I disagree with your statement that we shouldn't present the traditional myths to the children. My introduction to Greek mythology and mythology in general was through a two volume work by Alexandru Mitru called Legendele Olimpului (The Olympian Legends), which I read sometime in elementary school. They were shortened versions of the main myths. Being familiar with these myths helped me a great deal in my studies later
I just discovered this channel, and I'm so, so happy it exists.
Wow, i just clicked a link that was an external resource for one of my uni courses and it brought me here! Good thing i've already watched this entire crash course series twice.
YASS! Mention Rick Riordan, HE'S DAM AMAZHANG!
Choco Lolz YES PUNS
Choco Lolz oh god why ... all Riordan did was writing a child-friendly relatable teen story vaguely related to real mythology. Poorly written that is. And now all the teens think HE'S sooo amazing. Why would they mention a teen fiction writer who used greek myths in his works ?! Many others did the same thing, with better results ! Mention Shakespeare !!
Daniel Szalega Because Riordan has taught an entire generation about mythology. He's inspired me to learn more about other cultures and history. I have to give him credit for that, even though I do realize he isn't the best author by a long shot. To disrespect teens who grew up with him and learned so much from him is short sighted. The Percy Jackson books were MY Harry Potter, (however HP is much better, I still didn't grow up with it and it didn't have as big of an impact on my childhood). Also, as a person who has read all of Riordan's mythology books, he has really progressed as an author. His books are inclusive of people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community, which is, in my opinion, a very positive thing to do in middle grade books. That is why teens love him. We've grown up with him, he has expanded our knowledge and imagination, and he is an inclusive author.
Daniel Szalega as a college student with a minor is classical civilizations I have a professor who also praises riordan because of HOW he impliments the stories. Its not that he did it's how he did it. He kept them accurate and yet still entertaining enough to keep a young adult audience. his books are what got me back into mythology and put me in the mindset of doing a classics minor.
archerymaster8 Heather I'm sorry I got mad because as a huge fan of mythology (especially greek) and everywhere I go on the internet I see teens who praise Uncle Rick's world while knowing nothing of real myths and the beauty of them. I myself loved his books when I was younger but I had the luck of being introduced to real mythology beforehand. His evolution and success as an author have nothing to do with the fact there is no single reason why he should be mentioned in this series. It was not my intention of insulting anybody, I got emotional that's all. Anyhow my apologies to the offended.
Are you going to cover Celtic myths? I love Celtic myths!
They're such a mess, though. Those episodes would probably be even harder to write than usual. I should know.
The main problem with Celtic myths is we don't have any pre-Christian documentation. And it's well known that the monks documenting them did a bit of editing.
I was never interested in Greek Mythology until this Covid-19 hit and my teacher made me watch videos about it....one night I was watching videos/studying Greek Mythology and came across crash course...there videos have to be the most interesting so far....THANK YOU CRASH COURSE!!!
(Who else had this happen too them?)
rick riordan is my favorite author, i read a lot of his books.
Who else paused the opening theme to read each scene
I do this with every Crash Course series! I also use a tip learned from Hank Green to go through frame-by-frame to make reading easier.
I also picked up on a couple of typos! "...was the most popular and influential myths..." (inconsistent pluralization) and "...an die-hard devotee..." (incorrect use of "an").
Nit-picking is fun!
Who doesn't xD
There are viewers who don't do that?
I remembered Hank's vlog about things you didn't know about CZcams videos and the hot keys for moving forward and back frame by frame to read these
Kayla Sajous of course
"when you're in underworld, don't eat anything!"
I am so excited for this - I love that I can include this in my coverage of World History!!!!!! I hope that this helps my students understand mythologies of the world which sometimes I have trouble explaining - AWESOME!!
I really like how you made this video first to avoid offending those who believe some of these stories. I find it extremely considerate. Thank you.
when myth becomes a fact, can it be called "alternative myth"?
sco2oter
Only if the person talking about it is a fake storyteller.
sco2oter Alternative Fact
* leans into mic * Fake myths.
When it is all myth it's called CNN
+Minion Master Gaming or not the proven fake news of biased liberal media
Anyone here before this is going to be shown in classrooms?
Brajany yep because i can't wait to use it.
Don't think I've ever actually used anything I learned in CC. But I love learning it anyways XD
Knowledge slurpee, this is awesome already and the host's enthusiasm and ease and very pleasing pace of speaking, im so pumped to binge on these!!
I'm rewatching this series for the third time! I really freaking love this series!
I really hope South American, African, and Australian/Polynesian myths are also included in this course!
Just my own two cents, myth isn't "primitive" science.
There are definitely some aspects of myth as science in explaining things, but I would argue that science/technology are related to humans ability to act to change their worlds, myths don't really provide that beyond a few about who you could sacrifice/pray/give respect/etc to.
Instead I would argue that myth is more about worldview, helping people reconcile the world with their worldview. Social societies have very social myths, violent ones violent ones, bureaucratic bureaucratic, etc, and the distinctions between Hercules and harry potter isn't that we used to think Hercules could be used to plow irrigation for us, but Hercules was a story used to extol the virtues of that culture, like harry potter is today.
I think primitive science is actually wrong as well. When you reject myth and try to explain the world through explanation, like Aristotle or Thales of Miletus then than that would be primitive science. Actually, that would just be science. Okay, actually I agree with the video.
I love this so much, so excited to watch the rest of the episodes that are up so far! Also A+ job again thoughtbubble!
This series started at a great time actually as I've just started covering myths as part of religious language and philosophy.
I really hope you cover traditional Nigerian mythology and its branches in America (Brazil, Louisiana, Haiti). Nice course!
I hope so too!
THAT CRASH COURSE INTRO WAS THE BEST BY FAR
YAAAAAAAY IM SO HAPPY THIS EXISTS! This will help with multiple courses I'm taking in college, as well as be interesting to watch in general. Thanks crash course!
Thank you for this series. I have been looking for information about Mythologies and this series seems a comprehensive and engaging way to learn more about them!
Oh, good. You're inviting us to hold theological debates in the comment section. This will be fun :-)
Jan Dvořák Don't eat anything in the comment section.
+Sebastian Schneider lest thou becometh entrappened for 6 of your Earth months in thy comment section underworld!
The only difference between religion and mythology is time.
blackmesa232323 no because a religion is a practise, myths are simply stories (that may or may not have meaningful interpretations)
Michael Hart but the mythology we consider today were practiced as religion long ago. We may see a similar pattern in the future.
Michael Hart However, a lot of myths were believed to be true at one time (i.e. Ancient Greek/Roman mythology, Norse mythology, Egyptian, and more).
Hanayo Please eat me so? Then they are still religions just extinct ones. Myths are a subset of religions. I've never came across a religion that simply has stories and no practise elements to them. If you have such an example then that would be interesting to know
They where practices at some point.
This is absolutely fascinating. I'm looking forward to this series (and not just because I teach history!).
Till now all that I know about mythology (other than Hindu) is from Rick Riordan's books and this is just next level exciting !!!!!!!!
I've never been so early to ANY video before 😂
I've always been interested in learning more about Norse and Egyptian mythology, can't wait to see more episodes!
Love me some Bret Bunker
Hey, Riordan's done/doing series on those as well (granted, each is only three entries long compared to the Hellenic series' 13+ at this point). And yes, they take creative liberties, but as a place to start, they can't be beat.
Yolktru you should def check out the Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase
I heard Neil Gaiman recently realized that he was a terrible writer and cut off his fingers.
#SaraSutenSeti
Excellent! Never managed to finish the Golden Bough, been looking for something like this. Greatly looking forward!!
Can't wait! This sounds suoer exciting and super fun, I am looking forward for a new episode! Hope you guys also talk about different myths rather than Greek, for example I really want to see an episode of: Shahnameh, The Book of Heroes by Ferdowsi!
I like this guy and the respect he's giving to the issue so far. Great job
Can everyone PLEASE stop saying that religion is a myth (EDIT: In a clearly insulting way, not in an objective one)? We get it. I'm not religious at all, but by insulting people's beliefs that they often ADMIT are unjustified is obnoxious and childish. You're not being edgy or groundbreaking when you say that they have no evidence.
I don't know how such a positive channel like Crashcourse can have such horrible comment sections sometimes.
It's CZcams. These trolls have to hit every channel.
Kevin96AT But just because you think it's true beyond belief (fair enough) doesn't mean that other people shouldn't, and that they should be constantly mocked for it. You can't prove that it didn't happen, just like the can't prove that it did. The only option (until we invent the science needed to verify all of history) is to be respectful of one another's opinions, and talk like reasonable people.
Really, calling religion a myth isn't necessarily an insult.
But religions are the basis of myth. Should they discount greek myths aswell or norse myths and hindu myths, in that case: What would even be left?
I mean common, he explained that pretty well in the video, didn't he. "Myth" doesn't mean that something is true or false, it's simply a story that has persisted through centuries.
It's a trap!
this is such a good video. i absolutely love myths (and history) and this might be one of my new favourite channels
Nicely presented and carried out! Crash course knows this is a sensitive and delicate topic to discuss especially online, but you guys have made it work! i'm finally having hope for the internet
For the love of Hades, I can't wait for the next episode!!!
God I love you for taking an entire episode to clarify what you are going to talk about and how and why. Seems like CrashCourse learned from the human geography incident.
GKMcWhite what was the incident?
I absolutely can't wait for the rest of this series!!
So pumped about this series!
His voice is so calming. The rhythm is amazing
"Myths are simply stories about truths we've forgotten." - Randolph; from Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard, The Sword of Summer.
I LOVE how this video is designed and animated! Beautiful!
JRR Tolkien's stories would fit perfectly with this series. It would probably be easier to discuss those since there IS an official version (with plenty of earlier drafts), material is accessible and so far, covers every topic up to ep 7.
Edit: Oh, and he based his stories on other myths as well.