Iris: The Goddess Of The Rainbow - (Greek Mythology Explained)
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2018
- Today we take a look at another of the lesser known and under appreciated Goddesses of Greek mythology. Iris the Goddess of the Sky, the Sea and Rainbows.
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i literally wore a iris costume for our myth pageant and when i won literally nobody in the room have heard about iris before me so i guess i did well in giving this marvelous goddess the spotlight that she needed because i WON the damn crown! just saying
👏👏👏👏
Iconic!
Congrats 👏👍
Nicky Gabstone YEAAAAAA CONGRATS
Facts 💜
This is why The Flash's girlfriend is named Iris, as The Flash was based on Hermes/Mercury. They're both messengers. :)
Ross T ,i am not pretty sure about that but i never even thought about her name
I've never heard this confirmed, but I bet you're right.
Ross T this is treu dc heroes are based on greek gods
Ross T
Cool! 😃
Ross T what. Is the deal with hermies?
In Spanish, a rainbow is an "arcoiris." Makes seeks that Arche and Iris are the two deities to form the rainbow then. 🤓🌈
Tanya Delgado-Valencia
haha didn’t see your comment. Just said the same thing.
Tanya Delgado-Valencia
and Arcus is Iris' roman counterpart
Also Icarus
I just saw this but same in portuguese!
Wow ✨Never looked at the word that way. Thankyou so much for sharing 🌈🦋🌼🐚✨
Life must have been far more interesting in ancient days, when everyone believed in all of the amazing things you show on your channel.
I agree. It seems no one believes in anything these days.
Personally i believe in science and magic/the gods
I've heard a lot of people say greeks didn't really believe the myths (after all, olympus was just a place they could go) and they were all allegorical stories, but I think that's modern secular projection that started in the renaissance. Renaissance pundits liked to play up the "positives" (things that agreed with their own, subversive ways of thought) and downplay the "negatives" (things that disagreed with them) of classical culture, after all. Greeks harshly punished atheists, which I think speaks for itself, and for example in the decades after Japan opened its borders when there were still a huge number of very serious and literal shinto or shinbutsu practitioners we got a glimpse of a people to whom their legends were MORE real because they could actually climb the mountains where their kami lived and "meet" them via channelers.
I totally agree with you, Joe. Ancient myths make us dream. Boring, dull-living positivists will always say that mythos are just childish, allegorical stories that help ancient civilisations to explain phenomenas they don't understand. I know that. But, anyway, in my opinion, a world without mythos, and especially this beautiful story, would be so empty, so drab that I would have no longer will to live in it. Why seeing the world in black and white when you can see it in so marvelous colours!
A lot of people still do believe in the gods and such you just don’t hear about it
Iris is one of my deities. She is the goddess of messenger, rainbow, healing, light and happiness. She brings luck and joy and colours to her followers. Indeed a very powerful ancient goddess. She works with faes and nymphs. Butterflies are seen around her as well as her followers.
I would love to get to know her
Did you just make her a gay icon?
another follower? serious devotee here myself .. . . do you have like a facebook or tumblr or something?
Sebastian Stormborn no????
Alexis Low what do you mean by one of your “deities”? I know some ppl still worship the Gods but I haven’t heard anything other than they are still worshipped.
"Zeus ripped off arche's wings during the war " WHOA! I NEVER KNEW THAT WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT STORY? I WANT TO KNOW MORE
Ok?
It’s a known fact plus he gave the wings to Thetis who gave them to her son Achilles
What if the pegasus lost his wings at some point and decided to use Arche's
I know she's a messenger for the enemy, but still, that was a dick move on Zeus' part
Aww. Leto must have been thankful to Iris for helping her and her children in her hour of need. Since you need the sun (Apollo) and the tides which the moon pulls (Artemis) to help create a rainbow.
i didn't know about Iris, everyone has an important role to play, many may think its trivial. but when you don't perform your role it can be the difference between winning or loosing a war.
"After all, who doesn't like a rainbow?"
My mother.
Stellar Panda 😮
Why?
@@projectfear22 I heard her say it once, she just thinks it's boring
My mothers name is literally rainbow... and my name is iris 😶 lmaoo
@@raze4885 LMAO
My three minor goddess triad
Psyche, Iris & Asteria!
Can’t wait for you to make one for mother Gaia!!!!!
Geae*
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Yo, asteria and Iris are some of my favorite minor deities too
I've heard of her but she is not represented a lot in mythology
barry delgado 😂😂
barry delgado yeah lmao
@barry delgado Oh my gosh..🤣🤣😍
Yeah that is a shame that she wasn't better represented in mythology.
Shes heavily used in percy jackson
I don't think I've ever had a definite favorite of all the Greek gods and goddesses, but I think recently my favorite has become Iris. She seems like such a pleasant figure, the embodiment of the rainbow, all she wants to do is help, very good of her. :)
I remember being introduced to her in seeing her in Fantasia in the end of the Pastoral sequence, where she's seen after the storm painting a rainbow across the sky. Since obviously the movie didn't say her name, I think my family and I always used to call her "Mrs. Rainbow". LOL
Also as a Christian, I like how at the end of the story of the Flood in Genesis, God sends a rainbow to symbolize peace. I always associate that story with Iris, too, as she can be a messenger of peace in Greek myth.
I also recently found a beautiful instrumental theme for her done by composers Derek and Brandon Fiechter, in their 1 Hour of Greek Mythology Music video. Check it out, it's one of my favorites. :)
And after all...who doesn’t like a rainbow 🌈? Lovely 😊
Well anti-LGBT, Christianity, and so much more?
Christians my friend
*Christians*
Why don’t Christians like rainbows?
@@kenthien353 stfu simpleton , I'm a Christian n I like it
@@jwhaler82 the rainbow these days was seen as a lgbtq + symbol making with a shovel of Christians who do not accept this community do not like it.
I 4 Intelligent,
R 4 Rainbow Goddess,
I 4 Immortal &
S 4 Supernatural
(Divine) Beauty.
Iris came to me during meditation. I had no idea who she was nor had ever heard the name. She came to me (weirdly as this may sound) and told me I was “the chosen one”! I have absolutely no idea what that means... I looked her up immediately and learned she’s a messenger!! Something happened today (the experience of communicating with her) and my life will never be the same!!! Thanks for sharing!!
can you do Mesopotamian Deities, they are very interesting but sadly not very known!
Agreed
better messenger than Hermes (and her other domain is a beauty :D ).
at least your wallet is safe with her.
with Hermes? 100% guarantee your wallet will gone.
and in myth, she's faster than Hermes.
anyways, great work, man!
Exactly, beware the Trickster.
yep, that cheeky little bastard.
imagine when Apollo interrogate him.
Shut up and take my money. I would pay to see that. Wait, where's my wallet?! czcams.com/video/eoNtgM4KGzc/video.html
razor edge 😂You make Hermès sound like a crackhead who works for UPS! 😂🤣😂🤣
+TAO TAO : well, he's a messenger of the god and the most sliest Olympian.
who know what he do now day.
Iris also featured on the story about the Trojan war. Homer's Iliad, I believe. She was the goddess who bore Aphrodite back to Olympus after she was wounded by Diomedes on the battlefield.
Can you make one about Hemera goddess of the day, I just feel like it would be fun to make one about her since you made one about Nyx
Can we just take a minute and compliment this man on his greek. So well done 👌 (from a native speaker)
You made me love mythology thank you
Loved it. I recently "stumbled upon" the name and mention of Iris in a video about the syndic cycle of Venus.
Conveniently, right as the Morning Star was rising in Gemini, the twins.
Wow, I literally had no idea there were Gods/Goddesses of rainbows. Or anything like that. Now I'm going to be thinking of Iris every time I see a rainbow :)
Also I was wondering, If you'd be able to do a video about the Phoenix? I'd love to learn more about it :)
I had, Percy Jackson man, those books are good, maybe not 100% accurate all the time, but gives you a lot of the mythology
Peyton Sims
Oh cool! I'm not the only fan here ☺
They are 100% INACCURATE 100% of the time.
Rick Riordan (The author) makes really good boks about mythology
i appreciate percy jackson series bc they really introduced me to greek mythology and got me into it
I probably wouldn't have known iris even existed or that there were titans if I hadn't read them,they also manage to add humour to the book great series if you ask me
I only heard of Iris from a different YT channel but it is always interesting to hear more stories to the same subject
I'v heard about Iris in Rick Riordans book series and I really love this video. Can you please make a video about Campe.
So I’m not the only one who is here from uncle rick
Yayy percy jackson books! Woho
Rick Riordan book's make me interested in mithology ^^
So happy that you mentioned Arke.
I researched her a while back and found that her wings were given to Achilles, who was know as “Podarkes” or “Swift-footed.
Coincidentally, Podarkes was the original name of King Priam of Troy.
Love you’re channel. Absolutely love it and learning every day. Fantastic work. Well done and thank you. ❤️🙏
iris seems to be one of the most chill now that you mention it. Most gods and goddesses were fighting over apples and shit.
My favourite part of these videos is listening to his voice....it makes everything more magical....at least that's how I feel.
Its 2 am where im at and tonight I just can't sleep.... This video is very beautiful though. You make me feel less alone at night. Thank you.
I literally can't get enough of this channel
I can‘t help but to picture Iris as a Leprchaun...
@mountain ranger. The pot of gold under the rainbow 😂
I was super interested when I saw this video pop up as a suggestion for me because I didn't know this goddess existed! The images you used are beautiful!
I find it interesting that there’s always an opposite sex to each god and goddess. Iris to Hermes and so on
It's something like Rule 63
+Daimon X 34? Oh wait sorry... Had Rule 34 on my mind
Supreme Nigga Snoke Oh, I bet You did^^ Peace.
It's not its gods
There's a goddess of rainbows!? Wow
There almost a god of everything damn did you know there a god of wine fucking wine
Thanks for introducing Iris, I didn't know of her before.
Never even knew that she existed before or even that there was a rainbow goddess in Greece. Keep up the good info👌
Never knew but listening to you had opened my eyes to alot I didn't know. Thanks
I have never heard of her..... Thank you so much, I love your videos. Keep up the good work🙌
Ok love the visuals and the harp 🎶
Must know!!
I only heard of her just now. My sources tells nothing of her, only the big ones.
read percy jackson books she had a few appearances there, mostly really helpful.
@@EinMarchen yessssss! Percy jackson. Love their books
Thank you for this video. I didn't know the Greeks had a rainbow goddess. This is the first time I've ever heard of Iris and it was fascinating to hear. I also appreciate the colourfulness of the visual part of the video. Gorgeous. Thanks again!
All info in this vid I was completely unaware of .Thanks
Iris is my grandmother's name and it also my middle although I didn't know she was a goddess. Never learned about her in school. Great video.
His voice is so calming.
I have been trying to do research on the goddess and have come up with a jumble of information. You can't know how happy I am to see/hear information that's reliable!
I did not know of her, love your videos. Thank you
I had not known of her till now. Thanks for the information.
I really appreciate your videos and knowledge. :)
Thanks for the information. I didn’t know previously
Wow you channel has boosted i remember it being on 50k not long ago wow congrats buddy you deserve it
Hey Myth! Interesting vid as always 😉 I'm a bit of a mythology geek so I've read about Iris before. The accounts of her having a twin sister who acted as a messenger to the Titans was news to me though :) I agree with your points on the dutiful, agreeable Iris. Isn't it a bit ironic that the goddess of the rainbow is the one with the 'colorless'/drama-less personality though? I almost wish a story of her making a fuss would be unearthed just to have a glimpse of "what makes her tick", y'know? Wish you all the best, Myth! 😆
I'm doing a project on Iris and this video helped a lot. Thank you!
Hei can you please give me your project? Pretty please
May you make a video about nemesis???
This is my first time hearing about her thank you
Wow! Did not know this. So enlightening ✌️
Beautiful...2 years has it been
So Glad to remember
In Spanish, the name for rainbow is "arcoiris". Arco translates to arch, so we were to literally translate it to English it would be irisarch. Funny how we never realize how much sense words make. Rain Bow, Iris Arch... Pretty cool, learn something new everyday
Ramon De Jesus :Iris is The Saggitarian Archer.
words are litterally the only frequency with which all things exist.
Lovely video, thank you! Iris appears as a character in plays of Aristophanes, in Plutos in particular, if memory serves me well.
Iris seems like a really interesting titan and i wished we knew more about her and her sister
Never knew but feel her often... thank you 🙏🏼
I’m actually not sure if I left this comment before. You mentioned her relationship with Zephyr. I couldn’t help but remember that in the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, there’s a minor character named Zephyr Breeze who has a crush on one of the main characters, Rainbow Dash. The show staff actually took a lot of inspiration from mythology and folklore, so it occurred to me that if you ever wanted to make videos like that, which talk about the use of folklore not only in that show but in others to, then I would totally love to see them.
I named my dog after the goddess of rainbows. Everything fit because my Iris is tricolor, and has heterochromia, and is also very fast. Thanks for the video.
I have always liked the depiction of Iris in the Greek Mythology part of Fantasia. She's depicted at the end, after Zeus stops throwing lightening bolts at everyone.
Loving this series of lesser known gods and goddesses
Iris seems interesting! PS I love this voiceover!
Thank you 🙏. Love and Light
These are great.
Hey, nice video! Think you could do one on Metis sometime? Her lore is honestly intriguing.
Thanks for the vid sir.
Very interesting. Never really thought about Goddesses and things like this. I have more to learn. :) I didn't even know this many existed.
Beautiful 🌈 Thank U
I knew about Iris. I learned of her in a series called Dark Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
I’ve never haard of this goddes before, nice video
Your channel is awesome thanks for vids could you do a vid about samara/sad aka the ring if it has a mythology bout it only if you can ,I love all your vids and the topics you pick
Thanks, that was sweet and interesting.
I knew of Iris, but that was it I didn’t even know she was considered to be a messenger or really anything about her apart from being a goddess of rainbows - great video as always ✨
I'm a new subscriber, great channel!!!
This story made me cry a little
That's very amazing
I didn't known that their was a Goddess of the rainbow 😐 ... that so amazing 🙌 .
i love all of your videos id love for you to do a video of nyx it seems no one has done a good video on her.
I never heard of her. I loved this video
OOOOH THIS IS VERY INTERESTING
I kind of know about her....for obvious reasons. But I did enjoyed your informative video. Thank You for making it.
Thank you. I learned something new with this one. :-)
omg i cry !! i did not know! this means a lot to me ! i thought the only messenger was Hermes, but there's Iris and Arce !
My name is Iris and I’m so glad I came across this video :)
I've studied Greek mythology for years and have never heard of her. Thank you!
Idk why but looked up Iris meaning on CZcams,instead of Google lol.... (Iris is part of my generated password that's why I was curious). I came across thiss and some more of your vids... I think you've earned yourself a subscriber. :) keep up the great content Mann.
I've read about Iris before, especially her role as Hera's personal messenger. And her role in the Argonauts. She's one if those mysterious goddesses hat seems to be always in the background. Love this one! Who's next? 😍😍😍
i heart your videos!!!!!!!!!
Would really like to see you do a video of KeK the light bringer !!!
I didn’t know about her either and I love her!
Bless you in your correct Greek pronunciation!!! And, your last image is used in a meme for bellydance being an art form ❤️ (I should know, it’s on my website) 😉
Few days ago I saw a rainbow. So I started to pray to Iris and thank her for the beautiful sight she gave me and our town on that day.
I never heard of her until not. Very cool 😊
Iris is one my favorite Goddesses!
I found a beautiful figurine with a
gown of pastel colors and wings,
at a thrift store and bought it, I love
to put her up on my window sill when
it rains and leave her there when the
sun re-emerges from the clouds her
gown looks like it glows. In spring I
display her with my grown Iris flowers.
She looks Beautiful!
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Thank you