The Myth Of Pandora's Box - Greek Mythology Explained
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- Today we look at the story of the first female created in Greek mythology, Pandora. We examine why she was created and how she doomed and saved humanity with her box.
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I think someone opened pandoras box on december 31 2019.
Someone in a lab in China opened it.
I think it was September 2019...
Lmao
They opened it and unleashed the virus
Escape the night season4 joey 😂
Zeus put Hope in the box to make sure humans won’t give up and kill themselves. Hope was his greatest evil. This would insure that humans would continue to suffer for eternity just like Prometheus .
Yes 100% agree!
That is a unique take on it I never thought of that. Makes sense though.
@Aika Papa I agree halfway, too much hope keeps you prisoners to little hope makes you a prisoner. You need a balance and everything is life. Good point though it got me thinking. Do you like mythology a lot? Cuz I love it.
@Aika Papa We are never truly certain of anything worth hoping for .
Hope is the uncertainty that you're stuck in unfavorable circumstances.
What's sad is she's often blamed and vilified but Zeus literally created her to fail. She was made to have such an unnatural level of curiosity and was handed what was in essence a bomb. They specifically designed her to be unable to leave it closed, she is blameless really.
If she had been a normal, mortal woman who was gifted the box then you could argue that she carries a small amount of the blame for opening the box as her free will was involved (but the box shouldn't have existed in the first place).
Poor Pandora wasn't given a choice as it was truly down to how she was made. She was a tool used in a conflict between two warring Men, and as always Zeus was a HUGE D**K about everything!
100% Agreed!!🙂✨🦉
Beautifully Put!!xxx💝xxx.
I slightly disagree. She was given curiosity as a trait but she also had free will. She was created by the gods, just as all men were, but she was still a normal, mortal woman. She was told by the gods not to open the box. It's true that Zeus hoped she'd fail. If she didn't, man would just go around with their fire and now their Pandora. He wanted her to fail, but he didn't force her to fail. Had she just followed what Zeus had told her and not opened the box, things would have been different. If only one of her gifts was self discipline or obedience.
Wonder if Hera had not given the gift of curiosity where would we be now.
Kinda like Christianity eh?
She had free will, giving her curiosity doesn't doom her to have to open the box. She made a decision against the orders of the man who gave it to her and doomed mankind. The same way Eve had free will and was explicitly told not to eat the apple but she made a decision and doomed mankind.
Eve, Pandora, Bathsheba, Delilah, Hellen, Tamar, Lot's Daughters, Gweniviere... I'm sensing a pattern here.
I only heard of eve and pandora but the two are the same storys with differnt versions
Yeah. They were all played like pawns in a master plan to someone else interests then they were discarded like so.
Can women stop being taken adventage of for a second? Lucifer, Zeus, Aphrodite.
How does lot's daughter fit into this?
Stephen Leong right
@@anirbasnoel649 feel the truth... Just feel what your past species have done to us all.
Hera gifted curiosity and Zeus gifted a box "to be never opened". Those two are shady as fuck. Well all of the gods are shady. I love your channel BTW.
they even gave her a damn key
D X X N. Shady as fuck
D X X N you a mere mortal dare to judge the Gods?!
yup they set her up
If youre a god u can do anything bcoz of boredom
If zues is pissed of discovering fire, then what would he do after discovering electricity?
Saisesh nag lol
Humans did not discover fire, it was gifted.
Saisesh nag 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
from fire we made similar weapon to his thunderbolts with firearms, we can kill with the sound of thunder.
Memes
Pandora's story has always been intriguing to me. The moral behind this story is very deep. Imagine living in a world without hope. It would be impossible to bear everything in life without breaking inside and out. Love pandora's name too it's very beautiful.
Named my daughter Pandora
@@rellikinvictus1057 that's really nice. 😊
Greek here, us clinging on to hope was the whole point of Zeus' scheme.
To abandon hope is to free ourselves.
You wouldn't need hope if it weren't for the all the misery that was set free. Hope was Zeus's most evil addition to all miseries. Hope is the lie that tells you to keep going. What u don't realize is that what you keep going, is in a circle of perpetual torment and pain.
You draw the wrong lesson from the myth.
Pandora is the Greek version of Eve
Or Eve is another version of Pandora lol
They're probably both a version of a much older religion.
Great Thought
Yep, and Eve is a myth as well. Just like all of Christianity.
@Mark Nuz because Christianity is a mythical religion as well.
Well ...... historically Pandora means all gifts. Pandora did not get a box. She got a jar. Throughout history, many translate the original text and mistranslated part of the story. Pandora’s story is a very male dominated point of view toward women. Depict women as the one who release all evil to the world yet with a hint of hope for the future. In the Ancient Greek language, womb was described as jar ......... which indirectly saying the gods send Pandora out to cause trouble to man kind by lighting the fire of jealousy, lust, pleasure , madness and etc within them. Yet contain hope within for a future or a better future - another word: children.
in the bible they also depict woman as the direct result of well what everything else happened after God kicked her and Adam out.Idk i guess people viewe women as primal source to evil back then. And those crazy feminist are starting to bring that feeling back into men and its a shame. People worked hard to create a some what normaly working society and you can tell that its starting to go down hill as of late.
it's that MAN in the White House!
Yes it was pandoras pithos
Ya know you can't trust woman
How ever men are the one's doing evil shit and plenty of them are in control of this country. Take responsibility for your own shit, Think I just realized why some men blame everything on other's they were taught through false teachings to make their self feel better. Just my thoughts on this bullshit, I watch men everyday make evil choices with or without a woman near. Very interesting although most are narcsisstic ass teachings.
I like the way the game God of war handles the Pandora's box story even though I don't really like the way they handle Pandora herself. Zues put all evil thing inside the box and Athena secretly put Hope inside it. When the box was open, all the evil infected the gods themself first and lead them to their destruction, the end of the age of gods. As Olympus fell, the world of Greek also ruined. It's like the original story: when the box is opened, the world is ruined. Finally hope was release and spread among man kind. From that point, man are on their own, no longer being controlled by gods and have to rebuild everything: the start of the age of man. However, poor Pandora....
wow what an interesting take!
Curiosity killed the cat or should I say the world
But what happens to Pandora???
@@gabsmlane1413 she died to open the box
I heard this story decades ago and the ending was different but also the same . When Pandora released the demons on the world she was able to shut the box in time to stop the last demon from escaping . That demon was hope . If that demon would have escaped there would be no hope because that demon would have destroyed it , but because she stopped it the world would still have hope .
Just an insight: Pandora ( Greek - Πανδώρα (Παν-δώρα ) stands for All-Gifts or Gift of gifts (both sound weird i know). In the Greek language, *Παν* is a prefix used to describe a summary of elements or the greatest of them. An example of the first use can be seen in the word "Πανελλήνι-ος/α/ο" which means "All over Greece", treating the Greece as a summary of lands(provinces), while "Πανάγαθ-ος/η/ο" , meaning the purest of pures, is a good example of the secondary use. As the video explains that Zeus was planning to gift Pandora to Epimitheus, you can start to imagine the irony behind her name and her story.
Mythology & Fictions Explained is a great channel, and i think is pretty accurate on the facts and the myths. Good job and keep it up. Greetings from the corner of the world, Greece.
I randomly stumbled upon this channel and I’m awed! Thank you so much for your efforts! This video was amazing! Cannot wait to watch all other videos you have uploaded!
I have to disagree with the assessment that hope was, or is a good thing. It was included in the box because it is the most dangerous of all. it gives people an unrealistic sense of comfort and placates them rather than spurring them on to action. We mortals have become complacent and are far more willing to spend our time hoping that things can or will get better and precious little time actually doing anything to make things better.
Yeah I've had this discussion a few times and I do agree with you I kinda see the idea of hope or false hope as Zeus' last laugh.
Ah but true hope does cause you to act. True hope is action in the midst of evils that otherwise can overcome us, bringing about change and new life.
too true , hope is the last evil to leave as with all the evils released into the world to have hope was a delusion , it was nothing to do with a fair chance because after all the evils were let free we are born and we begin to die , its the one thing that is 100% a cert , zeus was a arsehole that wasn't content with a quick death , when he had a point to prove he went out of his way to prove it
Alex Hunter Hope is both good and bad. You’re absolutely right in your assessment, but hope is also the one thing that helps us withstand everything else. It is the belief that there’s a possibility things can get better. It’s a blessing and a curse. It breeds laziness and complacency, but it also inspires action. Hope is facing all the horrors of this world and emerging with a smile on your face and new resolve.
in our view correct it is both but in ancient greece HOPE was all bad ....... child mortality was sky high , living to 40 was for a few , women died during childbirth death was all around the visage of medusa they painted on shields to cause fear were based on the face of corpses , to have hope with death around the corner was seen as a total evil ........ before the evils of the world were released there was no call for hope ......... everyone lived forever lets not forget that zeus had a wicked sense of humor as did all the gods but zeus when he went to prove a point he went full steam , look at the story of the minotaur or medusa being punished for being raped hercules killed his own family all their stories ended in tragedy so no in greek HOPE was the last evil as to have hope was wasted and a cruel jest
is it just me or is there a very big similarity between the story of pandoras box and adam and eve?
I don't understand
Brain Devloper Dimensional they both have the same outcome. Because of the actions of one (both female) mankind was doomed . Opening the mind ,opening the box essentially the same allegory
I agree
Ok ,I'll stop my ranting but it just something I notice in all Gods from many cultures ; I apologize if you are religious and offended by my comment.
Kidus Eshetu it's just like Adam and eve cause god said don't eat that Apple and they ate it any way and in this is just like it because Pandora didn't listen when zusse said don't open it and she did.
Thanks for this amazing video. It really saved my time searching for results and the explanation is great. Keep up the good work!
I loved the way you tell your stories, because it is is accompanied with graphics, which makes the story interesting and easy to follow. Thank you! 😍
Very under rated channel. You’re videos are amazing, please keep them coming!
Because people don’t think of these people r watching people eat tide pods I agree with you this channel should grow more so people know so much more
3:34 ... opps... sorry ;)
*Just one question*
*Why in the world would you give a box that shouldn't be opened*
Well that was the point, Zeus wanted it to be opened.
A test
The same reason God put a forbidden tree in the garden. To create humility.
losing temptation can be both metaphorically explained as losing your imagination both can be constructively the same
GohariJoules same way god gave Adam and Eve a tree they can’t eat off of
This has been one of my favorite stories after taking mythology in school. Also because my name is Hope. Naturally I've named my cat Pandora.
Really enjoying watching and learning more about Greek mythology thank you
Zeus probably gave us “hope” in the box because like you said, he didn’t want to complete destroy us but more so humble us 😂 Also I think that’s where the phrase “curiosity kills the cat” probably came from.
Brain Devloper Dimensional Whenever you’re trying to share your opinion on something especially when literally no one asked you to, its not every wise to refer to them as an idiot like do I look like your mother? Secondly I never asked you shit about you or your opinion. You could have just left my comment as is. This comment wasn’t for you brah. Keep fucking scrolling.
@@gabbdonn
Haha that troll just deleted his/her comment!
Then Kratos killed them all.
K. T. EXACTLY
Lol XD But true...kratos is the guy
K. T. And it was soooooo satisfying
K. T. 😂😂😂😂😁😁😁😀😀😀
Don't drag that fanfiction in here lol
Love the way you narrarated this 👏🏽👏🏽
I'm glad that this whole thing is making sense for me now and am greatful for Greek Mythology Explanation
I think it’s so interesting that HOPE is both negative and bad. And also, it’s always Zeus fault- Pandora wasn’t the culprit here....
throughout greek mythology god are always at fault
BrittKatSlat
Who are you question the perfect Zues - king of the Olympians and man ?
Swap any god in for Zues .
Yahweh is somewhere around there ...if you read the "holy book " correctly and logically .A lot of thing Yahweh orders was nasty but because he's god & creator , no one can judge .
Just saying .
BrittKatSlat it was the fault of the woman just as much, as well as all mankind
elgatochurro no it wasn't Pandora's fault because Hera hated mankind (especially women due to Zues's infidelity) so much that knowing how Zues planed to use Pandora as a weapon against his enemies real or imagined she gave Pandora the "gift" of curiosity so she would be forced to ppen the box. If Hera had given Pandora ANYTHING else as a gift the box NEVER would have been opened and Zues's plan would have failed.
ruste shackleferd it was Pandoras fault as well, she opened it.
Who cares about the gift of curiosity? All humans and sombre animals habe this gift and they could've opened it too had they been told to not open it.
Very well narrated. I liked the simple way story was told and with a message at the end, giving the moral of the story. Beautiful pictures. This channel is perhaps one of the best ones for history, mythologies etc
Great video, too the point without being to long or to short. Good job Really enjoyed it and got the point.
I love the image of Pandora at 2:00 it is gorgeous.
Yeah... uh huh
point of the story is........................
if you got give from someone who butt hurt at you or someone you know, POSITIVELY reject it.
PERIOD!
Do you speak English?
Fuck hope
+Billy Anderson : there's no hope for you then.
such a lose cause.
razor edge who will be the finder then ?
dunno and don't care.
Good video.
I always took hope being in the box as a view into how the teller thought of the emotion. Something capable of helping but also extremely destructive depending on the situation. Hence why it was in a box full of evil.
Wow I love this explanation so much
So before Pandora opened the box, humans were vampires with their humanity switch off. 😂😂😂
Gr8 Content. Keep up the good work. 🙏🙏
So pandora is the reason I tell lies and have bad thoughts 😆,and have high hopes for relationships.
No, Zeus was.
In my course book, when I was in grade 11, this story was there. It’s been 8 years and I still remember the story. In an Ancient Greek myth, a woman named “Pandora” was given a box not to open. Because of her curiosity, she opened the box and chaos released into the world. These are some of the lines I still remember.
Knowing which you known so much more may yet left close up to point not ready knowing true lies out side box ..Great works thanks
Your channel is really great i like the way it is based on pure mythology..im a great fan of the channel n im looking forward to more videos
Zeus was a complete A-Hole! great channel, great content keep up the good work
Edejanio Fortes Don’t speak like that about Zeus. Fear the Gods. Respect them and ask them for help. You don’t want to make them your enemies.
mlazos if he bangs my wife, like literally, i will wage war to him
Vforfettuccine thats ok and you will be right to do so. You can go against the Gods, but dont insult them. Arrogance is something they dont forgive.
hahaha! to be very honest, I think Zeus is very wise.. We took something that wasn't ours, and he gave us a price to pay, and once we paid it, we earned it.. sounds fair, no? I wonder why he won't wipe our memories of how to use fire again, instead.
mlazos If only kratos was real😒
Fabulous channel so much more inspiring than how to knock ten years off your age etc....The host is most articulate
This video helped me a lot. Not only in my school homework but in general too.
Excellent narration! Very, very interesting!
Hope has caused more death and destruction than hatred.
How?
DuBstep115 Kratos that’s how
That wouldn't make sense. Everything would be imbalance. Lol
Because hope can also fuel bad desires not only good.
Gods are no better than humans i think...
shibi xavier I agree Zeus tried to rape Athena Poseidon raped Medusa ares raped several women
to conceive his children
yea cuz these are just characters made up by humans ofc they're gonna project their issues into these characters
shibi xavier that’s kinda the point.
Flawed creators make flawed creations.
Hence why the Bible makes sense.
If the biblical god were perfect, then man would be also. But since this God is also flawed, then it naturally follows that he created rules to control his flawed creations. Then blames other creations (devil, demons) for misleading his last creations.
I agree
No shit.
I adored this video. The ending , your explanation on why Zeus would put hope in the box.. beautiful 🌹
Thank you! Your videos are really interesting
3:44 and it was at that moment she knew she f up
I hold a pandoras box. My therapist said so 🤣 I bring up things and she says NO SHAN! We're NOT opening Pandoras box. My middle name is Leedora so a Leedora box 🤣
Thank you! I love greek mythology and love how you explain different perspectives. I would like to see a video about the fates :-)
This is so amazing! Great going!!
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.”
Hope is the most destructive of all things in that box.
This is a beautiful story 😍
This is one of my favorite videos yet!👍🙏
glad I found this channel. Huge mythology fan
The loud hissing sound and hideous oder........ A fart in a box 😂😂😂
Please do Dante's Inferno. Thanks! Btw, you've just earned another subscriber! Keep the vids going!
Thanks for sharing this knowledge.
Really good video it helped me with my assignment thank you very much 🤞💯
The most important similarity that comes to anyone’s mind is the uncanny similarity between Zeus and Indra.
Not only both of them are King of Gods in their respective mythologies, but even their weapon is almost same.
The similarities do not end just with their position or weapon, even their abode is quite similar. While Zeus stays at Mount Olympus, Indra
stays at Mount Meru.
Zeus is known as the king of gods.
Indra is the king of gods.
Both of them also share some striking character traits.
I don't know if Hindu Mythology or Greek is older.
It's not Mythology when you say Hindu. It's theology, or ancient history. I know it sounds illogical, but we need to know that "mythology" is the term given to it by the Europeans. They branded only their religion as something that really existed, while calling everything else a myth.
@@damunaik4 1. Zeus is a European god and is considered mythology today
2. myth
A.
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
"ancient Celtic myths"
B.
a widely held but false belief or idea.
"he wants to dispel the myth that sea kayaking is too risky or too strenuous"
So it is not necessarily referring to an alleged false belief.
3. Christianity did not start in Europe and is not a European religion
Just because you have a hammer doesnt mean you should treat all questions as a nail. Ffs dude
3.47 i thought he is gonna say "it was at this moment she knew she f*** up" 😂
One of the accurate descriptions I’ve read very nice
This really helps. My school did a show about Pandora’s box for band
This helped me alot especially because Im currently reading Percy Jackson books in school and working on greek mythology things
Kayleez Life welcome to the fandam
@@rawdhasuhail11 jason×percy=person
The title:"The myth of *Pandora's box*"
My mind:"Either you or all your enemies take damage"
Wonderful presentation!!
Thank you sooo much, you helped me with some REALLY hard homework!😄
That makes a lot of sense with times that we live in
@Galva Tron
Ha! Interesting take. I like it!
Indeed. It explains why men blame women for literally everything.
"Here is a gift, that you can never open. I hope you like it!"
Keep these videos coming. ! thank u
love these vidoes always educational
Remember there is always HOPE 🌻🌼🌺
Hope is the most destructive of all the monsters released. It taps into the stupidity and arrogance of humankind. Zeus' final burn on humankind.
Curiosity kills the cat,as they say. Too bad there was no iPad for her to play with instead of that box.
kirby march Barcena curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought him back is the full saying and exactly why hope was put into the box
Samantha Lugo Yeah,that may be but surely, Pandora's curiosity got the best of her and she never will have that satisfaction that she hoped for after knowing she was responsible for the release of the evil deeds.
Great channel, great art work.
Keep it guys, excellent channel!
That's why Zeus was so pissed about electricity discovery so he cursed humans with the electric shock
Gosh your voice is so soothing when you explain myths 🌝
Great channel keep up the good work
So I just found this channel and it's official I'm obsessed😊.
Nope! Wrong hope was another evil-the box (jar) was "full" of evils and hope is the most powerful evil; it fuels the others
Sounds like the story of Adam and Eve
But in a different way, makes us understand that all ideas, thoughts and religions and lots of Science are taking from the old great civilizations 💀
Amazing video as always...
This touched my heart!!
It's also said that Hope was as evil as anything in the box for sometimes it's also futile to hope when there's no prospects of things getting better. For example: we hope that someone dear comes out of an illness and when it doesn't happen along with all the hope disillusionment will follow and we feel the weight of it. The Greeks also thought of this
Humans to a certain extend but not always can change your lives for the better. True bad things like natural disaster, loved one death, serious health problems, being born into poverty with no legal way to make money because no one will give you a job even when your education qualifies you for that job, and etc. happens. I believe humans if joined can work together to ease the burden of those problems. Even individuals with nothing have occassionaly when given a chance do succeed against the odds
I believe that hope is the match that lights the flame of trying harder and learning more in order for success!
Hmm. Well a chain mail message says that you have to resend it 10 times if you "hope" to have a good life. Are you resending it, or ignoring it? 🤔
@mythology and fiction Can you explain the war of kurushetra
Excellent video.
I love your work!!!
Sooo... why give Pandora the box when the point was NOT to open it?? But incidentally... WHAT'S IN THE BOXXX??!!
The point was to open it and unleash all the evils upon mankind... Zeus said the box was not to be opened knowing that Pandora' curiosity would get the better of her.
Mythology & Fiction Explained Mann... Zeus is one wacky dude.. Thanks!!
Link to rick roll
Same as the tree in the garden of Eden.... Chose and free will
It was a test I think
I named my daughter after this myth
Good video,great work
always a pleasure to listen
I just realized that I was subscribed to you! Fixed that ASAP :)
Can't tell if that was an insult or if you meant to say wasn't subscribed lol.
Mythology & Fiction Explained typo lol *not subscribed* I love your channel!
Mythology & Fiction Explained
haha natural unintended comedy at its best!
opening Pandora's box might be a metaphor for sex
the "hope" being the search for the female orgasm ;)
You have no idea how happy I am to have found this channel
A very nice interpretation
Zues: It's just a prank bro
I like the Greeks for this the first and original fiction writers giving hope to us all without imaginations
Pandora is my favourite greek mythology character ❤🎉
Awesome video 👍❤
Zeus is a big baby, he has more power than fire, he's even more powerful than Hades. Unfair advantage, we're bloody humans.
This made the old statement prove it's facts and truth.
"The Curiosity killed the cat"
This made the old statement prove it's facts and truth.
"The Curiosity killed the cat" - Curiosity may kill the cat but save a lots of human life numbers of time
this is amazing channel i enjoy the action depths and facts of mythology the british voice is smooth charming the stories are far from dull a thumbs up for sure i would like stories on loche god of solstice winter and his romance
thanks this helps alot