Niobe - The Proud Queen Who Compared Herself to the Gods - Greek Mythology - See u In History
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- Niobe - The Proud Queen Who Compared Herself to the Gods - Greek Mythology - See u In History
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I personally feel bad for the Sons and Daughters they probably realized that their mother what's going to encourage the wrath of all the gods if she was going to be so proud but they didn't even warned her about it.
Especially her daughters after what they just saw…
Her Sons and Daughters clearly weren't that smart and brave.
If not one of her Sons, at least one of her daughters should have take heart and club down her clearly insane mother.
The Child will be cursed and hunted by the furies but at least the others have a chance to survive.
Of course.
They were arrogant, just like their mother.
And they did nothing to stop her.
So they're just as guilty.
She sounds like the Exodus Pharaoh
@@jakecarroll9500Yup.
Oh I recognize Niobe. She’s that lady you might see at some competition, say a game of baseball and you say “Yeah, I just scored a home run.” and she’s like “Well, ALL of MY kids are captains of their respective baseball teams and are all on the honor roll and have been pre-selected to Ivy League Universities.” and you just wanna smack her.
Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ancient karens 😂😂😂
@@CenturionShishKebab..... YEAH! I CAUGHT THAT!
Basically, a Becky.
Somehow Niobe reminds me of Kris Jenner
Niobe has 14 kids then Leto has 2.. Niobe didn’t think how Leto suffers from been chased by a giant serpent in her entire months while being pregnant with her beautiful twins
Hera is the one who made Leto suffered
If she did know then she probably would have bragged that she had such a wonderful and easy pregnancy while Leto had to suffer
I agree
It’s Ancient Greece and she gave birth to 14 kids and was still living that is very impressive for a woman of that time
Leto was a titaness and had two babies by Zeus. Now if Leto did it while married to Zeus which I think she did. I can see why Hera went after her.
To be fair, if someone can give birth 14 times, I’d consider them a goddess of motherhood.
Back in the 1900s people had children like that all the time. My Grandma had 11 herself oddly enough.
Agreed
Dont let leto or hera hear that or gaia who See themselve as such
@@spottedslash4256
My great-grandmother has 10 children too. And it's lead to I have a lot of auntie and uncle.
Have fun in Tartarus! ;)
Moral of the story is never boast about what you have because it can be taken from you
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@@katrinarobinson1037 thanks for noticing
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Facts, and a really good moral to be learned
I get a quality over quantity theme as well.
Niobe : Me and my big mouth
Her daughters were like, "We don't know her. That crazy lady is not our mom. "
if they did this ,Artemis would have spared them ,but they didn't.
Niobe's children were the grand children of Zeus. Apollo and Artemis were the children of Zeus. So they killed their own nieces and nephews. And Zeus allowed his own grandchildren to be slaughtered by his children.
Hmmm...then I'd rather be Zeus' dog than be a grandchild!
Zeus turned his dog that was born to caught anything into stone when it was up against an uncatchable fox
I'd rather be Cerberus, best boy to Hades, than being anyone or anything directly connected to Zeus.
@@adrianjamesdelfin7414
Yeah, Hades, despite a bad reputation, seems to be the best of the three brothers.
I would rather be hades/Pluto grandchild heck even his descendant then Zeus at least being related to the god of the underworld is 😎😎
I would even rather be door-holder to hades than be anything to zeus. Yk living my life peacefully, just opening doors for underworld gods for the eternity.
No blasting for an action my grand smt relative did, no turning to animal bc i was born mortal, no being killed bc of god's bet or drama.
Seem like a pretty good life tbh.
Being a mother of 14 does mean that she was pregnant for at least 14 times. Leda was only one time pregnant and had 2 children. Imagine that had 14 times pregnant with twins 😜😬
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Or just once with Fourteenuplets
@@ecurewitz I think, even Zeus would be afraid 😅
To be fair, some sources had her needing to wander across the world because Hera decree she couldn't give birth basically anywhere, stopped Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth, to help Leto so she was in labor for 9 days, and maybe also ordered a giant snake to hunt her.
Funny enough, Niobe actually retold the entire event by Ovid's retelling, so she basically said, "Look a what Leto went through, aren't I so much better than her?"
Or she could have just had multiple children at the same time…
This is where you never touch the fate in Greek mythology. You never can say to yourself to be a god. Otherwise, the gods himself will punish you
Do you mean themselves
@@user-sh2nv6vz6l ye sorry dnag autocorrect
Unless you are a demigod like Hercules... then you can become a local God.
Isn't comparing yourself to a god basically the definition of hurbis?
Apollo and Artemis were totally badass.
Niobe didn't learn from Arachne's mistake: "There's a nasty price to pay for arrogance!"
Yet Arachne had skills to back her talk
@@akaiyoru2681 Maybe, but still, it's true that "There's a nasty price to pay for arrogance!"
Arachne was given a couple chances by Athena herself to take back what she said and both times Arachne pressed “Confront.” And when it came to the actual contest she pressed “antagonize.” Seems Niobe didn’t know when the back down either.
😅
Niobe in the thumbnail legit looks like a next Disney Villain even though Disney's a greedy bastard and will give her a enforced redemption arc as well as the Olympians being the real villains!
but... they *are* the real villains
@@Birkebeiner1066 Excuse me but who are referring to?
@@Birkebeiner1066 Greek mythology doesn't have viallains ,no god ot a goddess is a villain! The closest that come to my mind would be The father of mothers Typhon .
@@user-mk3zm6fe4s It depends, the gods seen as characters tend to not be good people, even by their time there were things that they could only get away with for being gods (like cheating) as symbols and explanations to how the world came to be their moral rols becomes more complicated
@@giulianoaaronfrancoynsfran4858 the point is that noone is flawless and noone is all powerful ,so it makes it more realistic. Most gods were nice to you if you showed respect which is not hard at all.
These greek characters never let their ego's down 😂😂
What i learn from Greek mythology is that they REALLY disliked arrogant people lol.
Not arrogant per se, but rather blasphemous people who indulge in hybris. Many of the stories have a clear "know your place" as moral.
Greek Gods are very much like petty humans
I just realize since Tantalus was considered son of Zeus in some myths, that meant Niobe was married to her own uncle
I remember reading about this myth on the Lore Olympus webcomic. I think in that version they let ONE kid live, but man this is so sad I feel horrible for her children. They didn’t do anything except exist.
they didn't do anything ,exatcly !! Why didn't they defend Leto ,why didn't they punished their mother ??? The gods would have never killed them if they showed loyathy to the gods and stood against their arrogant mother!
@@user-mk3zm6fe4s Hippolytus was loyal to Artemis all the time and he was still killed unfairly, gods didn't care of being fair with their punishments most of the time, also it's ridiculous even if they didn't went outright against their mother they didn't deserve to die for a crime that wasn't theirs on the first place
@@giulianoaaronfrancoynsfran4858 hippolytus disrespected Aphrodite, he didn't give gifts and honours to the goddess atleast that is what i know about him .
@@user-mk3zm6fe4s Because people give honours and gifts to the the gods in return for their service in giving them what they need, the punishment a god can put for not being adore it's simply not giving them what they need anymore, Hyppolytus didn't need love, he never asked anything from Aphrodite yet she took this as a personal offense to her and decided to punish him
@@giulianoaaronfrancoynsfran4858 also i will remind you that in ancient greece the twelve olympians had major celebrations at least ones an year where everyone was required to give thanks and honours to the specific god or a goddess . He might not be in love but he was born from the union of a male and a female ,Aphrodite is believed to make all couples so it thanks to her that he was born . Aphrodite doesn't ask for much justva little repect and adoration and some offerings. A goddess as magnificent as her deserves more.
Wait if she was married to Zeus's son would that mean her kids were Zeus's grandchildren? I guess Zeus was okay with this.
Apollo and Artimis are his children, so I'm guessing he sided with those closer to him.
A "blood is thicker than water" kind of thing.
Tantalus is the son of Zeus, making Niobe his granddaughter
Considering Zeus murdered one of his own grandsons (Asclepius, son of Apollo), he obviously didn't care about Niobe and her 14 kids (but he did turn Niobe into a rock that "continuously weeps").
Zeus also told Ares that if he wasn't Zeus' own flesh and blood, he'd have thrown the God of War into Tartarus a long time ago.
A+ parenting there, Zeus.
@@LyraBarnes well Ares is a monster but your not wrong.
@@tut28Angel have you met his parents? 😂
Apollo: *kills half her children*
Niobe: *still thinks she’s better*
Artemis: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old woman!?
I have seen many insane queens but this one takes the price.
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Yeah, least if you had power to manipulation weather. If not then you are fool to think you can equal match to gods.
There's another lesson to be had. DON'T think yourself better then a goddess who happened to be mother of 2 GODS WHO ARE WELL VERSED IN ARCHERY. ESPECIALLY when one is GODDESS OF THE HUNT and other of the SUN AND DIVINATION. WHO SLEW GIANT SNAKE WITH A BOW.
I mean, all the greek gods are op, ever Persephone can turn people into plants
@@user-fl3oc1bw3u Koalemos can't do anything.
@@degstoll Yeah but some think that he wasn’t really a god
The Sun God is Helios, not Apollo
ah yes. the tried and true divine punishment of killing a host of innocent people for the sake of teaching the actual "criminal" a lesson
You need to understand the time and culture. In most of history children where seen as a sort of extention of their parents.
@@JonathanGhost42 i understand that things were different back then and that most of human history has been a bloodbath but i just have a hard time seeing it from that perspective
@@Ladazotz Fair enough.
Niobe: Ha! Do you think that will bring me down? I still have 7 daughters!
Artemis: Alright, BET
And how many of your 14 kids were gods, Niobe? Because BOTH of Leto's kids were gods 🤷♀️
Also, Leto wasn't a goddess, she was a Titan, and her twins are EXTREMELY protective of her.
Artemis killed Niobe's daughters peacefully in their sleep. Apollo killed her sons brutally while they were awake with flaming arrows. Yep, Apollo's a mama's boy.
A titan is just another form of deity in greek mythology. Seeing at the myths there is not really some physical or psychological difference between this gods.
A titan is like a surname they have ,olympian is a surname aswell . Gaea gave her 12 children the surname titans but they looked just like any other god and goddess ,so no they were not giants . There are giants but they were not considered dieties.
@@user-mk3zm6fe4s One could say that it is more like a group or faction.
The version i knew Artemis also killed the daughter's with arrows
Nah Eros was a serious mommas boy. He went everywhere with his momma. Apollo was just protecting his mothers honor. Leto don’t bother nobody. Her and Maia are the most quiet of all Zeus baby mommas.
Niobe: boasts that she is better than Leto
Artemis and Apollo: and we took that personally
Thus myth was mentoned in Dante's Purgatorio's Canto XII as a warning against arrogance.
Pride
@@bencooner2358
WHATEVER!!!!!!
2:31 "Mom! That's enough! Stop pissing off the gods!"
It's interesting when you remember her father was a kid of Zeus too so her kids were killed by her uncle and aunt.
The queen's father was also a child of Zeus
@@sufiahempire7364 so that mean he married her uncle
I'm sorry for the children
The fact nobie doubled down after her sons were killed made it even worse.
Her arrogance killed them
@@kriegermaria9923 Yeah I know
@@leirelarrakoetxea5747 in german y we have a saying Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall means being to brave to arrogant to proud leads to you Fall doom like with lucifer
@@leirelarrakoetxea5747 im half germanhamf polish silesia through
This was quite a severe punishment.
After all the children were inoccent of their mother's arrogance and foolishness.
But she should have never compared herself to a goddess
You see the more you puck around the more you're going to find out.
Niobe could have lived a happy life if she just closed her BIG MOUTH
There’s two types of BIG MOUTH she has
Pride goes before a fall.
When I saw the titles was like “ here we go again”
Can you please put out the story of the hero Jason
You can feel sympathy for Niobe's children, punished as they were for their mother's insolent pride, but aren't we all the victims of our parents' upbringing? A decent one can prepare you for a good start in life, while a bad one sets you a road to ruin that can be almost impossible to recover from.
I wonder why so many stories back then of kings and queens comparing themselves to gods and goddesses. It's because every monarch has to be divine in some way it's kind of weird, sad and pathetic
Could be mostly because they are in mythology related to the gods and also forget their natural place, when they rule above other mortals and indulge in the idea to be more like the gods than their subjects.
@@JonathanGhost42 or it's just there trying to be something that they're not - so they can have more power over people & this goes for a lot of ancient cultures as well
@@-RONNIE Oh, I was speaking more from a perspektive from the mythology. But yes, in the real world it was and is so.
@@JonathanGhost42 I know you was talkin about mythology but it's kind of a coincidence that people from ancient cultures and even more modern monarchs do the same thing kind of. Nice talking to you 👍🏻
@@-RONNIE No problem! Have a nice day/night. :)
I heard that Niobe's husband communited suicide afterwards
A recurring theme in Greek mythology especially is the dangers of pride. When we let pride become the all-encompassing emotion, it always leads to a painful downfall. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your work or in someone like your children. However, when you let pride be the driving force of everything, it quickly makes enemies. A very wise man said, "Pride is more concerned with WHO is right. Humility is more concerned with WHAT is right."
Over proud leads to pride and that pride leads to blindness narcissistic way and selfish
How about the 9 night affair Zeus had to make the Muses.
I am Hades...I remember this from Clash of the Titans. Awesome story!
Two words: god complex
You can actually find her in Turkey
Be humble, and never forget there is someone above you
She gave birth 14 children
Can you tell a story of Rasputin? Yes, Grigori Rasputin. And I want it to be the same animation as Greek Mythology.
Maybe ask morpheus or Daniel they'll probably tell you one
@@mrnukes797 Let me guess Dream of the Endless from The Sandman
@@milutinstankovic4638 precisely
Doesn't seem fair that the children be sacrificed for their mother's arrogance.
No body questions the Gods who killed the children one after the other just because their ego was hurt!!!
That's... Extreme.
I feel sorry for the children
Unfair justice
I wanna see the story of Orion, please
Same here including Hippolytus and Aura
@@misslangleysoryuisiconic Good idea. I the story of Orion and Hippolytus on Overly Sarcastic Productions
Will we get any north mythology next like the elves?
Awesome and cool! :D
I mean.... this punishment was rather tame compared to some of the other ones they dealt out.
According to Apollo in Trials of Apollo series, taking revenge on Niobe was one of rare moments the two agree on something.
Is it bad if I don’t feel bad for Niobe? I personally think that that is a suitable punishment for hubris
Niobe definitely Tantalus daughter
At least her brother Pellopas have better fate.
Yeah
Like father, like daughter.
So she is based off the Weeping Rock! This is amazing!
Pride does comes before a fall.
That is Sick!
I like your video
I think This is The Best Revenge Plot that i like in Greek Myth
To be fair, Niobe’s children did nothing to deserve death. If anything, it should have been the queen herself’s fate to die.
and that's why she received a punishment WORSE than death
Niobe: “I am better than the goddess! I have 7 son!”
Apollo: “Aight bet.” *pew pew*
Niobe: “oh…Well I still have 7 daughters so hah!”
Daughters: “MAMA WHY?!”
Artemis: “OH!! WORD?!”
Isn't Tantalus also a son of Zeus.....
That’s like 60% of characters in Greek mythology, to be fair.
No, Tantalus wasn't Zeus son. But the husband of Niobe, Aphion, was
So much for the rule of 'No killing family members'. Still, Niobe was asking for trouble, I wonder which section of the Underworld her kids went to.
1:58 2:03 2:38 2:44
I understand they're trying to punish if I think you have to deal with her directly instead of trying to punish her sons or daughters
They known this hurt her most since she was so Proud of them i mean she made leto cry to so
Leto hadnt the nicest Life thanks Ro hera Zeus had 7 wifes hera was the last but if metis Would be their hera wouldnt even have anything to say as his first wife sie didnt harm unlike her
Imagine being killed over someone else's braggadocio just to teach that someone a lesson...
Technically, that isn't the whole myth and there are a couple different versions. Niobe was ultimately turned into a pillar of salt if I remember correctly, but only after her hubris caused her to speak the boast that sealed her fate
Yeah, and in one version the youngest son and youngest daughter are left alive due to their innocence.
Niobe forgot that although Leto only had two children, those children could still inflict divine retribution.
It is always important to learn humility otherwise you will be in for a very harsh downfall
Most literal message of quality over quantity.
But what did the sons and daughters do to deserve this?
Moral of the story: If you live in ancient Greece, don't have massive egos and don't be related to people with hubris?
It's not about being proud with Niobe anymore, it's about being overly cocky and arrogant
I mean interrupting a ceremony for a goddess just to boast your ego? That's just rude and disrespectful
They whom boast of a superiority to the gods cannot possibly comprehend the arrogance of their proclamation nor the extent of the wrath of the gods.
Naiobe is just as arrogant as her father clearly she didn't learn anything after what happened to him.
Any movies that adapt this tale, I'm now curious
Wow, the monarchs of Thebes really have no luck to be involved in so many tragedies.
So would Niobe be the original r/entitledparent?
What happens in Ancient Greece when your mother is a Karen or entitled lady (which ever term is correct) who won’t shut up. And you (the kids) know you’re gonna pay for her actions.
I feel bad for the kids. As far as I'm aware, they didn't do an wrong
Well only the truth can hurt this much.
Why would a goddess care about what a mortal says? It shows how insecure the Greek gods were
yeah but respect
The first Karen.
Niobe is an example of hubris being a crime against the gods.
she could have been the goddess of trashtalk
Typical mortal hubris
*Amphion - Son of Zeus :* "Ehh... there goes my family liniage I guess."
At least he knew he was gonna meat death for the second time💀
Man it would be messed up to make the children pay for the sins of the parent, the gods should have just cursed Niobe
Moral of the story: please learn from your mistakes.
Also don't be related to people with hubris
She just kept cooking
Her daughters were like,
"Mom! Shut up!"
Whoops
She’d make a great god of war character the motive is there
Yea, blasphemy runs in the family.
She was daughter of Tantalos.
Who the Olympian Gods could be so petty, sure glad Kratos dealt with them in a calm and respectful manner.
This is what happens to people who think their immortal
Niobe decided to take it up a notch by comparing her to Leto by saying that she had fourteen kids while Leto only had two so who's the 'real' goddess. Well apparently Leto because the moment she heard that she called up the twins who came and killed all her kids.
that is a line i tink overly sarcastic productions used for there version of this
I love this story that niobe deserved it