The Weirdest Stories From Greek Mythology
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- When it comes to Greek mythology, some of the stories you'll find out there are pretty strange. Goddesses being birthed from clam shells, women being kidnapped by Hades, and plenty of stories of cheating god husbands (we're looking at you here, Zeus). But if you go past the more well-known myths, things start to get even weirder. Yes, those wacky gods on Mount Olympus have a serious strange streak that would shock even the most open-minded historian.
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There are more crazy stories in Greek myths that can't be covered in a single video
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@Weird History could easily make a series out of the endless pool of weird Greek myths.
Yeahh that's factual
There are even more crazy Native American myths that should be covered in the next video.
The real whole story about Hercules and his Labors is insane😮!! Not so Disney friendly. And the story of Hera and her real son Hephaestus is wack.
Something I've always found funny is that when Zeus's siblings were still inside Chronos, Hades would punch the inside of Chronos' stomach, just to remind him that he was in there.
1:45 Odd that you left out the detail of how Zeus escaped being eaten. Rhea hid the baby, and when Cronus came to eat him, Rhea wrapped the baby clothes around a big rock instead. Cronus went "This seems like a perfect weight and density for a baby, sure, this is not suspicious at all." and gulped it down, none the wiser.
To be fair Cronus was probably very large and overly hasty
Cronos wasn't the god of wisdom or intelligence. I believe he was the god of time.
For me, the weirdest story from Greek Mythology is when Poseidon assaulted Medusa (before Athena transformed her into a monster) she gave birth to Pegasus.
As I recall, when Medusa was decapitated, Pegasus emerged fully grown from her severed neck along with his brother Chrysaor, a giant bearing a golden sword.
That’s not from Greek mythology. That’s a later rewrite of the myth by a Roman. Medusa was never a human in Greek mythology
That's not the myth. That version is as valid as pocahontas presented by Disney.
It’s her being punished for being raped that’s the wildest part of her story
@mykaylag3907 that's not part of the story. That's ovid's take. Which is as accurate as Disney is to pocahontas.
The origin of the Minotaur is rather interesting. Prince Minos of Crete prays to the god Posidion for a sign to prove to the people that he is the rightful heir. So he sends Minos a pure white bull provived he sacrifices the animal in Posidon's name when he's reconized as king. Instead of following Posidon's instructions, Minos selfishly sacrifices a lesser bull and keeps the white bull for breeding. Enraged, Posidon punishes Minos twice. First, he drives the bull mad, where it reeks havoc across the land. Second, he made Minos' wife, Queen Pasiphae, lust for the creature so much that she ordered the inventor Daidalos to craft a cow dummy so she could mate with the bull. From this union she would give birth to the Minotaur.
I find Greek legends and myths to be fascinating.
Same, got super into Greek mythology in my teen years
That’s a pick up line in some bars
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I just simply love how weird history teaches history.
I'm still laughing -- this has to be one of the funniest Weird History collections ever! Kudos!
I love Greek mythology, regardless of how weird it is.
Such an amazing and heartfelt special. Ali is a master storyteller.
Aphrodyte's origin story is also super-weird.
A grown woman "birthed" from sea foam created when her father's severed genitals touched the sea water. Then she comes on shore by riding a giant scallop shell. It's truly weird indeed.😮
I used to love them myths back in middle school
Great video, as always! Made me laugh quite a few times 😂
This is very well researched, thanks!
A+ video!
Greek Mythology has the most tried and true stories, LOVE THEM!
The underworld wasn't known AS Tartarus. Rather, Tartarus was a region of the whole, bigger underworld where the titans and anyone else doomed to eternal punishment were thrown (and where some fearsome gods resided, such as Nyx or Eris).
Not exactly a mistake, more of an omission, but the primordial gods (lead by Uranus) were dethroned by the titans first (lead by Chronos), like the olympians dethroned the titans, and like the prophecy said that one of Zeus' children would dethrone him too. I don't know why that was omitted, it's kind of weird.
I guess we did dethrone him, since nobody worships those bloodthirsty lunatics anymore. :D
You're literally responding to a Hellenic pagan. @@Kainlarsen
I always watch your videos for really good puns, and you guys never disappoint! 🤣🤣🤣
Omg. Please do more mythical history!
Loved reading em growing up
9:54 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Heathers (1989) are my two favorite 80s films.
I have to admit that I've always been interested in Greek Myth and knowing about these guys is really very interesting. There's a thumbnail from The Life Guide - "The ENTIRE Story of Greek Mythology Explained" - I'll give that a listen. Thanks for this!!!!
Quite a subject so thanks for sharing.
greek mythology is really weird but awesome at the same time
So Zeus could magically save the child, magically incubate it in his frickin thigh, but not magically save the woman? Plot hole, I say!!! :p
6:56 The myth of Erysichthon gives new meaning to the news story from Spaceballs (1987) “TV Newsman : On a sadder note, Pizza the Hutt, famed half man, half pizza, was found dead earlier today in the back seat of his stretched limo. Evidently, the notorious gangster became locked in his car and ate himself to death”.
We used to read Greek Mythology for one of our high school English class.
Your retelling of Greek Mythology is entertaining.
Good job guys! I've been super into mythology since I was a kid and even so I learned new stuff here.
Never stop learning people!
Also, we should bring Greek mythology back. It makes more sense than a lot of the options out there currently.
Or maybe sun worship. Carlin was right about pretty much everything else...
Concurred on all points! Great Comment! And You even tucked in a nod to George Carlin! Awesome! Yeah, George worshipped the Sun ("Helios" (?)) ... but he prayed to Joe Pesci. Pretty practical, in my opinion.
Anyway, kudos on the note!!!
~TD, Boston
Part 2 please!
90% of the greek mythology is weird AF. Cant believe that time Tantalus was participating on "come dine with me"isn't in it
@@R.P.-hw2rq You are literally talking to an expert and although there are morals in there, a lot of ancient greek history is not as deep as people think it is. A lot of things are meant to be funny or to entertain. Stories about these heroes were like watching a Netflix series for people at that time. But the Greeks also had a great sense of humor. In fact, a lot of terms we use for humor come from Greek words.
There is no one who is taking it literally
coool.......more please
“There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.” ― Homer, The Odyssey
A woman can have twins by different men. Rare but not impossible 😅
Moral of the story: Don't piss off Zeus.
You have to admit...that cloud was a 10!
😂😂😂😂
At the risk of a bad joke
"You're dripping wet"
*Cloud made of water vapor blushes*
😅😂
As a Kratos, i can confirm that my fists made all the Greek Gods faces look weird.
A potato Kratos?
@@BeyondDaX Potratos, God of Starch
Please the cloud lady 😂😂
Very interesting
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
This time eating Cincinnati Chilli on spaghetti with basil and parmesan (from the Weird History Food video "Saucy and Delicious Facts About Pasta") with cafe con leche...while watching this Weird History video!
It’s 10:30 in the morning here, and I want spaghetti:(
Hera is so petty and I'm here for it lol
Pan pipe is a musical instrument that has been played in some instrumental music.
That whole horse cloud story has me in stitches ARE YOU KIDDING ME that's so far fetched i don't know how anyone would accept that haha
Can you do a video on “Mithter-ology” ?
Cam you do some more weird norse history either the gods or ancient human history
Zeus be wildin'
I really like the stories of Daedalus. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
8:16 Snickers is the best-selling candy bar worldwide.
It is my mother's favorite candy bar.
Fascinating.
9:37 I have probably watched the film Aladdin (1992) 100 times, my younger sister and I would watch it almost every day during one summer.
Only one I knew about was the one about the titans and gods, all other one in this video I didn't know about
Thanks for this! 🏺 Your video misspells deity as diety. #WeirdHistory #GreekMythology #GreekDeities
More likely Tennessee Titans since Nashville has a large Greek propulsion
Oedipus will always be the most messed up one to me lmao
if you do Norse Mythology the Poem of Thrymskvidha is my favorite its bananas as well
Fallen angels and their offspring did awful things. And still do.
4:36 Hera was the name of our family cat.
I like that. My cat is Bastet...the Egyptian Cat Godess. 🐱
@@thegreencat9947 Fantastic name!
I love Greek mythology ❤❤❤
I enjoyed them all,
Please make a video about Emma Goldman!
You forgot to mention Regurgitatia. The goddess of Bulimia.
The only tales more violent than the Greek myths are the Brothers Grimm fairytales. Clearly the ancient Greeks were very weird. It's no wonder they made the Ancient Romans nervous, even though they took on their myths and gods, altering names and events.
The Leda swan myth, is the basis of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet.
As a kid I went to two private primary schools, so I read about all this stuff. Local UK libraries used to have children's Greek myths books, when I was a kid in the sixties...they are probably banned now.
I just love that Snickers commercials joke and your Raiders Of The Lost Ark joke. 😆
The one tale I found the worst, was the man who was punished by being tied to a rock, by the gods and having his liver torn out by birds every day, then it regrows and it happens again the next day. How did they make him stay alive, what about his food and drink, or the pain? Totally crazy.
Only banned books are in the usa.. where the. Christian talaban are alive and taking away freedoms.
Prometheus I believe; he stole fire from Mount Olympus to give humanity the spark of knowledge, creativity, life, etc
As punishment for his theft he was strapped to the rock so that vultures would eat his liver. Being immortal himself, every day he regenerated his liver, every day the vultures came to feast on him.
One slice of mythology I enjoy involves titan brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus. Prometheus's big thing was thinking ahead, his name roughly translating to "Forethought". He foresaw how the war between the titans and the other gods would end up, so he convinced his bro to switch to the winning team. Epimetheus, for whatever reason, was put in charge of giving out gifts to these newly created things called 'animals'. Wings so they could fly, hooves so they could run, fur so they could keep warm. However, being the god of 'hindsight is 20/20' (roughly translating to "Afterthought"), by the time humans came up, he had run out of gifts.
Bro got his back, though! Even though he knew ahead of time that doing so would turn him into a bird feeder, Prometheus gave the humans fire that he stole from the gods. What a cool guy! Which is why, one day, Prometheus had a vision, and told his brother that the other gods were out to get him. Under no circumstances, Epimetheus was told, accept or open any gifts from those guys. This was very important, he was warned.
So when the other gods said hey, we made this beautiful woman for you, as a gift to marry, Epimetheus of course saw no problem with this. Her name was Pandora, and she carried a box she was told never to open, with all of the evils and bad things in the world trapped inside. This day keeps getting better for Epimetheus! He gets to get married *and* open a wedding gift! The obvious thing happens, and Epimetheus mugs to the camera and says gee, maybe I shouldn't have done that! Cue laugh track.
And here I thought all the plate breaking in restaurants was weird....
Dionysus, at least in some tellings, may be linked to King Midas and his golden touch. Allegedly, Dionysus lived with a hermit who had the ability to tell the future, but only whole completely intoxicated. Midas heard of this and had the hermit kidnapped, intending to use his ability for personal gain. Dionysus went looking for the hermit and found him in King Midas' court, being plied with the best food, drink and entertainment that could be found. Midas attempted to lie and claim he'd saved the hermit from starvation, but Dionysus could see through that. However, instead of punishing the king directly, he used Midas' own greed against him, offering him whatever boon he wished as thanks for saving the hermit. Midas wished for anything he touched to become solid gold. Dionysus granted this boon, a feast was held, and Midas soon learned that his boon was, in fact, a curse. He could neither eat nor drink anything, and upon hugging him, Midas' own daughter turned to gold. Knowing he would surely starve or die of thirst, and with his own child turned inanimate, Midas begged Dionysus to relieve him of the boon. This was done by allowing Midas to wash his hands in the river Pactolus, the sands turning to gold dust and the water flowing as if it were liquid gold.
"...Cl-era??.." funny stuff
I'm glad you think they are weird too. I wonder if the weirdness is just the story tellers trying to get more likes. Many ancient religions were genuinely disturbing. But they are worth learning about.
I know that it might be weird and kind of crazy, but my favorite is Medusa, and the reason why is because well she was supposed of been beautiful. She was lovely, according to the poem-until she was raped in Athena's temple by Poseidon. Athena then punished her for this violation, by turning her into the monstrous, stony-glanced creature that we know. And I have that same kind of anger and if I had that power, I would do the same thing I don’t like people for the most part people are mean people are actually cruel. I was raped if I could hurt the one that hurt me then I’d be happy. It is turned me into a very angry person and I know karma will come to that person someday if it already hasn’t entered, those that have ever been mean to me, it will come
Yes look what happened to medusa she got her head cut off
@@JOEFABULOUS. By Perseus.
That isn’t a Greek myth. It’s a myth written by a Roman in the 30-20s BC, who intentionally rewrote Greek myth to make the gods look even worse than before because he had an issue with authority. Never in Greek myth was Medusa a woman. She was a monster, the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, making her a half-cousin of Kronos, Zeus’s father
@@emilybarclay8831most of what is labeled Greek myths is actually invented by Roman writers.
5:06 Sagittarius (one of the signs of the zodiac) is a centaur.
Every male in my my immediate family is a Sagittarius (four of us).
This has been the weirdest Weird History video I've seen.
In Greek mythology Uranus was often times pronounced "Ouranos" (Οὐρανός). My Grandmother had art of Ouranos all over her house when growing up in Leuctra (Λεύκτρα).
In English it's pronounced you-rah-nous. The way the narrator says it is American.
That’s not the American pronunciation - it’s an ignorant and incorrect pronunciation stemming from an old Star Trek joke
It's like a good chunk of Greek Mythology are, in some way or another, caused by Zeus unable to keep it in his pants. I mean, damn man, control yourself sheeeesh.
Has anyone watch that parody from SNL about Greek gods? This video reminds me of that!
Unquenchable hunger and thirst. I have a granddaughter who has Prader-Willi Syndrome which is a chronic condition which causes unquestionable hunger. Her parents have to control her eating habits. As yet there is no cure.
“Your-uh- nuss” lmaao
07:24 lol wtf is that guy doin?
Lycurgus sounds must’ve been a teetotaler if he hated the god of wine
Uranus and Gaea also had children before the Titans. Includes ceeatures dsmescribes of possessing "50 heads and 100 arms" and the first cyclopses.
Best rendition of Zeus and Leda is by artist Boucher. You’re welcome. LOL.
François Boucher around 1740
Not sure why a LOL is involved but then again artistic preferences is subjective.
@@BeyondDaX LOL is for the swan and the overall X-rated look of the painting.
My favorite god is Dionysus/Bacchus. The party god.
if u guyz r interested the planets are named wrong…
atlas on 444 (axial tilt and 4 seasons) and khaos on 🎰 (7 generations for karma)
the Pleiades are also 444 light years away
atlas’ orbit is actually the limit of Uranus
they did get hades right tho
I have loved Greek mythology since I was a child with pigtails. 👧🏼
After watching this, That’s changed now! 😳
Because all that is messed up! 😄
And I thought I was from a dysfunctional family !🤨😄😄
Well atleast we know how L Ron Hubbard created scientolgy 😂
"Heroes of old, men of reknown"
In the modern version, centaurs were fathered by Mr Hands
Greek Mythology is ancient DevianArt text. So many strange transformations....I would've be surprised if Ovid and Virgil were early man's first furries.
What Hercules did to his music teacher?
How about what he did to his (human) family?
I can say if you want more weird mythology and folklore in a barely-exaggerated comedic style, I cannot recommend Jake Doubleyoo here on youtube enough. Greek and Norse myths are the bulk of his channel, but he's also taken a crack at Biblical and Egyptian stories, with a sprinkling of Korean folklore. He's not just a guy reading Wikipedia aloud, he actually goes to primary sources for his material, with an eye for how they were translated. Like he talks about the multiple stories and interpretations of Medusa, its use and significance in artwork, and how subsequent retellings adapted the story for different audiences.
If a Greek myth starts with something like “there was a beautiful woman…” then you know that Zeus is involved and she’s screwed
My opinion is that people from the past were insane.
Gaia: earth, Uranus: sky. Chronos : time. The first battles are allegorical.
All myths are allegorical. I can write a big paragraph of what is what.
But you got to remember the allegorical stuff are for people in those times.
Modern mentality might not be able to comprehend them.
Please do weird Egyptian myths especially the one about Set ans lettuce lmao
Also Metis was a Titaness not a mortal
Wasn't there one where this cow-headed goddess has to have beer constantly offered to her or else she'll go nuts and destroy everything or was that a fever dream? Her name was Hathor I think... Jesus fuck. Hathor fuck
The best dieties are the tricksters. Loki, Anansi, Coyote etc
Kokopelli
Like see more videos about this topic
Though you are inaccurate pretty often your videos are still fun.
8:32 also Thrace both then and today is in North-East Greece with some of its territories had been taken by other countries(Turkey,Bulgaria)later on...
And Odysseus was Greek by an island called Ithaca.
No one is asking for these videos to be accurate only that the history involved in it is weird
@@BeyondDaX true
best narrator ever
Wow - I don't remember much of that from high school Greek history. Maybe the colleges teach it in more depth...
Why am i laughing?😂
"seduce''. More like rhymes with "grape".
Disney's "Hercules" is an absolute abomination and complete insult to the myth of Hercules. The first and foremost obvious farce of the film is that Hades is depicted as the villain, even though in the original myth Hera is, more or less, the actual villain to Hercules. Hades barely makes an appearance in the O.G. myth, relegated to just allowing Hercules to take his guard dog, Cerberus, to the surface providing that Hercules does not harm Hades' beloved pet. I watched the Disney abomination only once and I will never watch it again because of how awful it is in relation to the actual mythology. I understand omitting certain aspects for kid-friendliness, but what Disney did was put a lot of false ideas into young viewers minds about the mythology. I'm guessing that the same people who wrote Disney's "Hercules" also worked on "Clash of the Titans" a film (or films) with absolutely no titans clashing.