The VERY Messed Up Myth of Adonis and Aphrodite | Mythology Explained - Jon Solo
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The main take-away I get any time I listen to a Greek myth is that, back in the day, the only way to be ensured a long, happy, and uneventful life was to be an unnamed background character...
Or be Perseus.
Really, you did not want the attention of the gods.
Which is easy if you're not royal, most if not all of the demigods were from royal family.
@@ginnyjollykidd no, lol, having the attention of the gods was just kind of putting you into Big Trouble (the kind you seldom asked for but ended up having to deal with anyway). I guess the gods got bored in the days before television or widespread publication of books, because... darn.
@@revan0890 Yeah, the offspring of the Big Three were much likelier to get be allowed an exemption to that general rule.
It’s kinda odd that Aphrodite tortures and kills Adonis’s mom for being so beautiful, but then falls in love with Adonis for the same reason. Hypocritical Gods 🙄
She hates it when the woman is hot. But man is not a woman. Do you see where I'm going with this?
Fudgcking double standards 🙄🥱 my gaw
Sounds like human gods to me 😂
@Young Shoto I think Aphrodite falls in love with Adonis ever since he is born.
@Young Shoto Im pretty sure when she sees baby Adonis, she is like, "What a cute, hot, and handsome baby! I will keep him all for myself!".
“These arent Gods we’re talking about, these are mortals so incest is SUPER Not Okay” 🤣🤣🤣 Best Line Lol
Not bad really
Literally died when he said this 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Incest is always okay.
Persephone, angry that Adonis chose Aphrodite over her, went to Artemis, who was angry with Aphrodite for killing one of her favorite humans, to devise a plan on killing Adonis. Ares, angry that his lover was being taken by a human agreed to disguise himself as a boar to kill Adonis, then lie and say he wanted to kiss the boy’s thigh.
Sounds like a legit teamwork
🎶Team work makes the dream work!!🎶
Didn't I see that on a soap opera, As the Greeks Turn, or something like that.
Hades then get s the soul and asks his wife about it and she tells him the story and he turns it into the plot for twilight
"Favorite human"
Beautiful.
"Messed up boar-igans" xD that deserves a like
glad someone caught it 😅
I caught it too. Lol
The best part is that the Boar didn't need explanation, they just be like that.
Good thing it wasn't boar-ing. 😅
Someone give The Fates a medal because I cannot.
Falls in love with the son of the innocent girl you cursed only to have him be barely even interested in you and then killed. Lol.
Messed up origins XD
😂
*Messed up Boar-igins*
I can’t-
Brilliant!
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I think Adonis should be considered more as the manifestation of “ unbridled desire”. Myrrha’s desire for her father, his repeated desire for the sexual encounter, Persephone’s desire for a child (or lover depending on the Version), Aphrodite’’s desire to live a life with Adonis, Ares desire to eliminate ate his mortal rival...even Adonis’ love of hunting... all of the characters are helplessly fixated on the object of their desire, to the point of total obsession. Adonis to me represents all fixations, preoccupations, and obsessions (or addictions) that overwhelm or thinking and dominate our actions and ultimately our lives.
I’d rather be cursed by Maleficent. 100 years of sleep don’t sound too bad now!
Actually Maleficent cursed Aurora with death, it was Maryweather (one of the fairies) that changed the curse to be sleep instead of death.
@WTF Am I Doing With My Life Studios Oh god, I remember that...
Seriously.
Wasn’t she woken up during childbirth too? Essentially raped?
Angel Juliet
I was going based on the Disney version
Jon: One version where Aries was the boar.
Me: Messed Up War-igins
@TheNewGTAV-Modder Yes. Why?
@TheNewGTAV-Modder ok i hope he is a good one
Which means that, the king, the father of the child, is also his grandfather. And his mother is also his...sister? Wait wtf, I'm confused, also the wife of the king, is at the same time the mother and the grandmother of the child?!
It's like dark's family tree.
Actually you got it right. Back then it wasn't too unusual for the immortals' family tree to not have a lot of branches.
Jennifer Stine but they are not immortal
Yep, that's incest for ya.
Is that a tree or a tumbleweed?
In another version, Aphrodite actually falls in love with Adonis due to a curse from Zeus.
See, Aphrodite was not just the goddess of love/desire, she was also the personification of it. So any time Zeus fell in love with anyone, which as you know was a lot of times, it was Aphrodite causing it/cursing him. To get even with her, he forced her to fall madly in love with not only a mortal man, but a mortal man who didn't even really love her back.
Definitely interesting that in some stories falling in love was considered a curse.
Unreciprocated love is definitely one of the most painful emotional states to be in, so I can see where the Greeks were coming from
Zeus is getting payback for all the women in Greek myth. It's all Aphrodite's fault.
Well, that pregnant, half-tree, half-human, permanently suffering abomination is in my head now. Thanks, Solo.
Fallout:
Half tree half human full incest baby
Hey john I was wondering if you could discuss the myth of the banshee I'm irish and that would be so cool,man
I third this statement.
Leave my mother out of this
@@mr.diddles3806 😂
I 4th this idea
I would also like that
Fun fact, in my country we have a river called The River of Adonis, because in spring the water turns red (because of the soil) and little red flowers (poppies) would grow on its sides, which is said to be in memory of Adonis.
There is another version to the boar chapter:
Early all roses were white. (Important!). Aphrodite bragged so much about her new lover, that Zeus decided to pull a prank on her and send a boar after Adonis. He was killed by that boar and as Aphrodite heard him scream, she came down to earth again, just to find him dead. As she screamed and whined, she cut herself on a thorn of a rose. The blood, dripping from the cut, colored all roses around Adonis lifeless body red. That's why we give red roses as a symbol of love. :)
Hmm that’s actually interesting
wow. im saving this! and then doing my best to share this story next time I'm in the presence of red roses
Oh that’s a really cool version! I always learned that when she was born from the sea, roses came along with her. It’s why they are featured in Botecelli’s painting: the birth of Venus :)
“It was just a prank bro” - Zeus
Beautiful
Zeus: “lets compromise”
Persephone: “not this shit again”
Given that Persephone is queen of the underworld, I think killing Adonis is the ultimate “No he’s mine, I’m keeping him and bowls there’s nothing you can do about it”
The Greeks had some wild stories to explain flowers 🌹
All cute boys turned into flowers and all cute girls turned into trees
@@jacobw4612 What they had against the women.... To be fair, the story writer in the past is not about woman equality.
Nobody cares
@@L16htW4rr10r they obviously hate men too, really no one is safe in their stories
Game of Thrones has made me immune to incest in fiction...
A king sleeps with his one daughter? PBBBT!
Craster had a whole village of his own daughters as his wives! Top that Greek mythology! ( No, don't top that ... I am betting somewhere in mythology you do ... )
Enki slept with his sister, their daughter & his own daughter/granddaughter, who he was particularly smitten with.
@@dafttool So ... Diverse incest over quantity of incest?
in the Odyssey Odysseus meets the family of the keeper of the winds, Aeolus whose sons and daughters are married to each other
Well let me introduce you to Dark
@@vikramprasanna8908 bruh what happens
Would you ever consider doing a "Japanese mythology" series??? I would love to hear you explain all those messed up origins of yokais and ghosts....
@Violets Are Blue me too......
That would awesome
Watch a channel called linfamy. He does the same exact thing and he explains them in a fun way by cracking jokes and stuff like that. He's a pretty nice guy
@@deformedmistake5334 will definitely check him out
Who wants to see our boy Jon do a Messed up Origins of Hephaestus?
I thought he already did?
I don't think he did
Hephaestus is good, but has Jon done Dionysus and the Bacchae yet?
Yes, one of my favorite Olympians.
The most handsome man in the history of human existence is obviously Mama Luigi
No its papa oompa
No Uncle Iroh 🥵🥵
don't you mean Quasimodo
Ricardo
@@naank6177 he sure is
The version I heard the most is that both Persephone and Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis at the same time but fought about who could spend time with him. So as a compromise, he would spend a certain amount of months with each goddess and 1 month with who ever he chooses. When Adonis picked Aphrodite, Persephone was pissed and thought if she can't have him no one can so sent a wild boar to kill him when Aphrodite wasn't looking.
I lowkey wouldn't mind screaming and banging my chest hysterically rn. It'd be a good change of pace also I'll let out some stress.
Thank you for blessing us with another upload 🙏
I never get tired of hearing that I look like Adonis.
6:42 I’m guessing it was Zeus. He’s been known to turn people into trees.
@@heccoff7500 you're an idiot. Do research and you'll find out he turned an old married couple into trees because they were the only people who worshipped him in the village.
@@heccoff7500 delete your comment or show off your incompetence to the world. This is the consequence of your unconscionable inaction.
@@Shawn-hk1ud sorry it was just a joke and didnt know about the whole tree story
I honestly thought it was Apollo. Lot of his lovers turned to plants. Also, judging by how hard you guys are ripping this person a new one, their comment was bad. Care to elaborate, please?
@@heccoff7500 wait what did you say ?
This is all Cupid’s fault. Man shouldn’t just carry his arrows that cause people to become badly inlove lol
Or lead arrows that cause people to hate.
This dude just shoots an arrow at me Everytime I see someone, seriously Eros you are indeed a jerk.
Samantha Cabarles lmfao same
he keeps 'accidentally' making people fall in love at the wrongest things and time, maybe dudes a sadist, enjoys seeing people suffer :T
tho he sometimes gets it right. i mean with his myth with psyche and hades and persephone, those the good stuff.
I think the real ones at fault here are the gods, like in every myth I've come to know there is always this one god that just goes "I don't like this mortal. Imma make this person's life hell", most commonly shown in hera's wrath to zeus' lovers who were just minding their own business when the dude just decides he wants to-you get what I mean.
and when mortals win the favor of the gods they're just livin their best life, I mean the trojan war lasted for 10 years cuz the gods each decided to just side with a team and helping them out. Its like youre playing a game of chess but you're not actually playing cuz the gods are all just meddling in the affairs of the mortals.
Its too biased and I don't really like how the gods don't have any consequences for their actions because they are the highest beings. There are many times where the gods aren't really showcasing the 'fair and righteous' characteristics, like arachne was straight up stating facts. everything is just so messed up.
but what the hey -^-
I enjoy it cuz its so messed up so my point is gone. bye-
@@trishazarzoso1723 i mean the Greek gods aren't exactly known for being "fair and just" for a reason lol.
Also in my opinion Arachne was just stupid. She constantly insults a goddess despite being warned multiple times, and by said goddess herself, to stop. Arachne then makes a tapestry of Athena's family members having sex, despite it being common knowledge that Athena is one of the few goddesses to have taken a vow of virginity (she doesn't want to see her family, including her dad, having sex). Like what a dumb move.
Then Arcahne herself feels bad for embarrassing her favourite god that she trys to kill herself, so Artemis is forced to turn her into a spider to save her life.
Tldr; Arachne is not the victim who was cruelly screwed over by the gods. She's just a dumbass.
Petition for Jon to make messed up murders/origins (Disney) about Ed Gein, The Black Cauldron, and/or the Night on Bald Mountain from Fantasia.
Ed Gein
That’s sounds interesting
You forgot the best part of Adonis's Origins!
Myrrha is the daughter of Galatea! The woman who was originally a statue that Aphrodite turned human to appease Pygmalion, her sculptor, to answer his prayer.
Which means that Aphrodite brought his Grandmother to life, then cursed his mother into conceiving him through freaky ways, and then ultimately starts a love affair with what could essentially be considered her Great Grandson.
Which is freaking wild!
0:17 actually, I thought of Narcissus as the most handsome man 💀
Narcissisus certainly thought so.
Then there's Ganymede, the only male Zeus fell in love with (and the only mortal lover he immortalized), and also Hyacinthus, who had many suitors.
Same.
..........the heck?
That's all I can say to this myth. Greek myth is messed up at the best of times, but this one took it to a whole other level. Screwing a bull, yuck. Eating your kids, messed up. Everything about Prometheus's fate, yikes. This....incest, double goddess lust, becoming a tree, murder dad, all the different boar stories (or boar-ies), and how the guy didn't ask for any of this. Seriously, poor dude couldn't help that everyone wanted a piece of him (including the boar...for some reason). I feel bad for Adonis, honestly. And his mother, jeez.
I’m wondering, maybe I missed it, does Aphrodite know she is the reason for Adonis to exist via his mother’s curse? Sounds like a weird version of karma for cursing a child, to then have her love be taken later, and him also being the child of that who was cursed. 🤔🤔🤔
A lot of churches are built over Pagan sites. And they say The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built over a pagan shrine to Adonis.
Cyprus has a special history with aphrodite and Adonis. Orthodox priests built their churches on top of old temples including aphrodite's
can you do the messed up myth of Lilith? shes supposed to be the first women before eve.
I also want to see that video, as well as a video about the messed up origins of mermaids, a video about the messed up origins of sirens and a video about the messed up origins of the succubus.
@@yvesforbesfloresii Mermaids and sirens are the same thing pretty much, and one could easily say mermaids are the succubi of the sea.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 Actually, the original sirens were half bird instead of half fish. Mermaids and sirens were only merged in the late middle ages. Before then, mermaids were basically one night stand fish girls, and sirens were evil sea bird ladies whose singing drove sailors to their deaths.
I am down to hear about Lilith.
This is a good idea!!
Now I know why Drake named is son Adonis... start 11:57 ... “I wasn’t hiding my son from the world, I was hiding the world from my son” 🤣
One of the first versions I heard of this myth is when Aphrodite saw Adonis hunting in the woods one day with her young son Eros, and when Eros got jealous of Adonis, he accidentally shot an arrow at Aphrodite, making her fall in love with him, whereas previously she didn't really care for him. Then somehow Persephone got involved when Eros accidentally shot her with an arrow. Then Ares sent a boar after him to kill him since he used to be Adonis' lover and he was jealous of Aphrodite replacing him. Then that's what started the whole cluster in the Underworld of who Adonis got to be with. And to think in this version, none of this would have happened if Eros hadn't shot Aphrodite or Persephone. LOL
But I did not know of Adonis' especially messed up origins, that's some straight up Electra complex right there! D: And yes, Aphrodite totally got her karma in the end; she had it coming, although Adonis did not. She deserved to lose him after what she did to his mother.
Jon can you do the Messed Up Origins of Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
Yes great idea
I thought I was the most handsome man?
Nope that's papa oompa
No it's your father
Ofcourse you did
Your no man kim you're a supreme leader 😌✊
Then when he died Persephone and Aphrodite continued to fight over Adonis till he had to split his time between the two goddesses
Remember “Jon shot first”
I love how you have the Greek gods as a whole subject on your channel. I lived in Greece for a while and feel like you are more knowledgeable than most Greeks. Cheers!
I typed this before the whole Dad and daughter thing...I may have typed too soon.
5:05 personally I feel this video is worthy of a very in its title
Small reminder: Cupid and Venus are the Roman names, Eros and Aphrodite are the Greek names. For consistency ;)
I've been studying Greco-Roman mythology for 25+ years and this is the first time I've heard of a connection between theses two, thank you for adding to my knowledge
between what two?
Didn’t Aphrodite curse his mother... ironic that she fell for the son of the girl that she ruined the life of.
Definitely the easiest person to be punished was actually Myhrra’s MOTHER. She’s the one who (without realising her error) had put her daughter AND grandson in lots of danger in the first place.
As for Aphrodite, I’m wondering if she knew that Adonis was mhyrra’s son? Because if she didn’t, she indeed got the taste of her own medicine by causing herself to go mad after his death. The two poor souls didn’t deserve these fates at all
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Jeffrey
You always post when I loose the will to live thank u 😂🤷🏾♀️💖
He posts alot. So you must lose your will to live very often 😂 we are very alike
@Jackson Storm wish they were 😁🤓
Also same 😅
My favourite goddess is Artemis. Would you tell her and her brothers story?
It would be interesting to cover Babylonian/Assyrian and Sumerian mythology, because some of their myths are very messed up.
When I see a new Messed Up Origins I just know we're gonna hear about something terrifying in the most entertaining way possible. 😊
I would LOVE!!! too see the origins of Dr jeckle and Mr Hyde
🚨*Spoiler Alert*🚨
Well you could probably find the book on Audible, the library or bookstore. It's also available as movies. The story itself is pretty simple. Dr. Jeckle is a good man and scientist. One night a wicked man named Hyde appears causing trouble and damages. The next day Jeckle comes by to pay for the damages. This keeps happening to the confusion of the people. Now towards the end of the book. Dr. Jeckle had been trying to separate the evil side from the good side of himself in hopes that he could do this to everyone. Then he would cleanse the world of the evil half of man. What he found was that one could not exist without the other. Hyde became increasingly evil because there was no good to keep him restrained. Also in order to get rid of Hyde he had to get rid of Jeckle. (Seriously, how can you be purely good if you kill?) So in order to restore the natural order Jeckle kills himself leaving a note that explains everything.
The irony... Aphrodite fell in love with the kid of the woman she is cursed... Like he wouldn't be born if Aphrodite didn't curse his mom...
The only channel I'll click that fast for
So this was all Aphrodite’s fault and the the whole Persephone thing was a retcon. Am I getting that right?
And can you do a video on minthe?
What did Aphrodite do? She warned him and he didn’t listen. I don’t think she was in the wrong here.
Metamorphoses is probably the least reliable source for Greek Myths. Most of his stories are basically him casting the Roman Gods (Hence why "Cupid" is used and not Eros) as capricious asshats. This is the same guy who made up the whole thing with Medusa getting raped, as opposed to her and her sisters (Who don't appear in Ovid's take) just being monsters originally, and Poseidon just banging one of the Gorgons.
Odds are high that Aphrodite and Persephone were both into Adonis in the original myths
Totally didn't even make the connection that Aphrodite experienced heartbreak because of the curse she put on an innocent baby until you pointed it out, that's awesome! Also, the one where Persephone killed Adonis via the boar so she could keep him was the first version of the myth you heard, huh? So I'm guessing you've seen a Let's Play of Dreaming Mary, too, or maybe played it yourself? XD
The most handsom man in history is clearly The Click
Uwu
@@thatemonerdthing.ugh.6332 clicky wicky
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I love history and understanding Greek and Roman myths help you know alot about how people thought back then
Ik,me to. :)
the most handsome being is clearly gunther
thats what i said to
Tiffany Stewart oh sorry I didn’t see it, my apologies
@@pearheadperi no thats not what i mean
First version was that its just a simple boar, later its apollo, later artemis and the last being Ares in 5th A.D.
I honestly really wanted you to make this video so i’m glad you made it
Quick note, Cupid is the Roman name of the god, his Greek name is Eros, which is where we get a few...shall we say, mature terms for a few things.
What are you implying? 😓
@@EmperorVegeta0204 I'm not implying anything, I was just pointing out an origin for some modern words.
Do Chinese mythology like wukong his story is one of my favorites and I would love to learn more. Love your videos by the way
Great artwork Jon! Love the paintings and sculptures. Thanks!
Your channel has become one of my favorites. I love these mythology videos the most and I can't wait until you touch on norse mythology. I was wondering if you're planning on doing a video on Dionysus? I think it would be really interesting.
Boar: i wanted to kiss him on the thighs
What really happened : rams horns in pp
I still say "The Goose Girl" is the perfect messed up fairy tale to cover!!
Ive been checking my phone all day for this video 💕i love your videos keeps me happy !
Wow this was an intense episode, I feel like Adonis had it really bad. Mhrrya if I spelled it right, is such a pretty name!!! Also, Gunther is such a cutie pie, just sleeping in Daddy's arms. ♥
Myrrha
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
Im so surprised you haven't done one on Apollo yet! Please do one Jon!
Hey Jon. Another Great Video, Thanks!
Have you ever considered doing the Arthurian legends ( Camelot, the round table, Excalibur, etc)?
I can't wait for the next video.
I really love the mythology explained series!! Please keep the amazing content coming
I always enjoy your videos
So Adonis ended up with Persephone at the end! Dead or Alive!
I really enjoy all of your videos, they are so informative & your wit is entertaining. Thank you for sharing your passion about Mythology. Cheers
@9:44 "What the goddess found when she returned broke her heart into a million pieces"
APHRODITE: Hey, Eros! Pick it all up!! This is your fault in the first place.
EROS: Aw, come on!!
In our synagogues we invoke the name of 'Adonai' every week, and when you look at Asteroth and his role as consort of Asherah, the connection to Adonis is pretty obvious. I love these crazy stories... And if anyone knows how Adonai became one of the names of god, lmk, I've never been able to figure out how that got worked in like that.
I love your Greek mythology videos there so informative and cutting edge I would love if u did the Egyptian gods I like to know more about them
I really love how you mention other versions of the story and the fun ways you explained the story so it made sense to me. You should teach these in school as a teacher.
This was gold Jon, thanks
Me: *hearing the goddess of the underworld killed a person who she raised* ...... SO THAT'S WHY HADES LOVES HER!!!!! (Jk, it was funnier in my head)
Well, once he's dead, he has to be with her permanently in hades, away from the competition of Aphrodite. So... 🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♀️ 🤷🏽♀️
Can you do a video on Thanatos? He's one of my favorite gods and I'd love to know more about him.
Hey Jon, great video 💖
I like that i actually learn cool stuff from your channel, man! Thank you for all the work you must put in to provide us with some good, tangible content in a sea of fluff!
Can you do Oedipus. It's REALLY messed up, there's a lot of stuff happening so you just feel for Oedipus. The O is silent BTW.
I paused a serial killer with piers Morgan for this yes ur more interesting to listen to then piers Morgan
My high school did a play version of Metamorphoses (with no Adonis for some reason). There was that whole plot line with the king and his daughter, and in our show, the king basically tried to drown his daughter. The guy playing the king had to dunk the girl playing his daughter’s head into a makeshift pool we had. In one of the final performances, he actually dunked her head so hard, it hit the bottom. He felt so bad about it, I don’t think she got a concussion though, so that’s good!
The story of Adonis’ mother reminds me Oidepus with the whole loving your parent thing 😅
Hey john could you cover an Italian myth, like Romulus and Remus or the Befana? Ive only ever heard of these stories from my grandparents and Id really like to learn more about them and hear what you have to say on the matter.
Do Egyptian gods! The whole family tree starting with Ra!
At first I thought all these warnings Jon gave us were crap but.......I got a feeling this time he was right so I subbed, liked and put post notifications like a good child of the gods
Your script is absolute perfection. 👌💕
can't wait to watch! keep up the good content Jon!
based on his creations how did her turn out hansom?
I think because his mother was so beautiful so it just genes
@Baribefe Kpurubu To be fair, this is Gods we are talking about. Baby with defect is very rare at best. Hephaestus is some exceptions.
I'd love a video on Ganymede. He's one of my favourites, even though he's basically never mentioned.
Great video, Jon.