Miscellaneous Myths: Hermes

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  • He's fast! He's smart! He should really put on some pants! It's history's most marketable deity, Hermes himself!
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  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Před 5 lety +6178

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your every day life?"
    *Me:* "Is it Hermes?"
    "Wrong! It's Hermes."
    *Me:* DAMMIT! If I had only known!

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios Před 5 lety +6042

    Hermes did more as a fcking infant than I'll ever do in my lifetime.
    Damn what an icon.

    • @wombythewizard1673
      @wombythewizard1673 Před 5 lety +109

      Ace Coordinator Mary Well I mean he did have the ressources. Idk about you but I couldn't turn the hooves of a herd of cows by 180 degrees even if I wanted to.
      Also killing a turtle to turn it into a musical instrument? Not on my personal bucket list.

    • @nobertosanchez647
      @nobertosanchez647 Před 4 lety +63

      In that case let their be a sitcom staring Hermes and Mwindo as infants! It might be like rugrats but with gods and demigods!
      Like and reply if you agree and like.

    • @them.
      @them. Před 4 lety +18

      @@wombythewizard1673 you could turn around a herd of cows hooves if you have enough brute force, a very compact space that was well guarded so the cows don't try to leave, and enough mental instability to maim a herd of cows

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail Před 4 lety +7

      Ace Coordinator Mary heh
      Icon
      Cause.. cause he shows up as a symbol?
      Nice

    • @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie
      @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie Před 4 lety +8

      Hey let’s spice it up Hermes did more as a one ☝️ year old then most political parties does under a hundred

  • @rojaedavis8367
    @rojaedavis8367 Před 2 lety +7424

    *Hermes:* God of merchants
    *Also Hermes:* God of thieves
    Great. So he's robbing me both legally and illegally.

  • @escapismatitsworst8838
    @escapismatitsworst8838 Před 3 lety +3154

    No, but Apollo and Hermes having younger brother/older brother dynamic while Artemis is the oldest sister who thinks both are idiots is absolutely hilarious and somebody needs to write a book about it

  • @emanuelstornello8009
    @emanuelstornello8009 Před 4 lety +4161

    Loki to hermes
    Loki: who are you?
    Hermes: i'm you, but faster.

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 Před 4 lety +267

      and way more likable

    • @joeywarren60
      @joeywarren60 Před 4 lety +154

      Loki: Minus this. *ignites Hermes*

    • @Talonistrying
      @Talonistrying Před 4 lety +60

      @@francescolombardi3438 oh you little--

    • @lol...
      @lol... Před 4 lety +179

      Ah but Hermes didn't give birth to a horse

    • @rowknan9848
      @rowknan9848 Před 4 lety +113

      Loki: “That’s what all the ladies say too.”
      “Well, and the men.”

  • @thosegoodbois4594
    @thosegoodbois4594 Před 3 lety +5651

    Hermes’ mom, looking at her newborn child for the first time: *hmmm, yes, I shall name you: pile of rocks*

    • @bobthegamingtaco6073
      @bobthegamingtaco6073 Před 3 lety +552

      It's cuz he ROCKS
      I'll see myself out

    • @kawaiikoffing
      @kawaiikoffing Před 3 lety +161

      My sibling keeps joking about naming my eevee in Let's Go Haruki which they say means stone but translate says it's spring child. I wouldn't ming if it was stone though

    • @DevilCryno
      @DevilCryno Před 2 lety +125

      I mean she did live in a cave

    • @pickedceasar1216
      @pickedceasar1216 Před 2 lety +17

      @@kawaiikoffing it would fit

    • @cobaltordinaire5219
      @cobaltordinaire5219 Před rokem +9

      @@kawaiikoffing hey, at least they didn't name the Eevee Koishi

  • @TheDakkaman
    @TheDakkaman Před 3 lety +1930

    I can’t help but notice nobody’s made this observation yet:
    Hermes: Arguably the nicest, friendliest, and all-around most helpful of all the Olympians by a significant margin.
    Also Hermes: Literally murders and skins the first living creature he ever meets besides his mother to make an instrument like a damn sociopath.

    • @PolishAxolotl
      @PolishAxolotl Před rokem +129

      Hestia: I'm joke to you?

    • @himum3429
      @himum3429 Před rokem +228

      @@PolishAxolotl While she's technically the nicest, it's really only because she doesn't actually do anything. Whether it's good or bad, she kinda just chills and takes care of the family hearth. The Mythology doesn't really have many examples of her going out of her way to do stuff whereas Hermes does have that (sometimes bad but mostly good). He's an active hero whereas Hestia is more of a passive hero.

    • @leahsimi7259
      @leahsimi7259 Před rokem +21

      no he ate a cow first then he murdered and skined a turtle

    • @elizabethshaw7472
      @elizabethshaw7472 Před rokem +99

      The fact that Hermes can do that and still be considered one of the nicer Olympians just further demonstrates how messed up the other Olympians were.

    • @Mythmasyer4728
      @Mythmasyer4728 Před rokem +61

      @@elizabethshaw7472 In his defense, he was an infant. So he hadn’t learned animals have feelings yet. Or that’s the excuse I’ve made up on the spot

  • @lynds5815
    @lynds5815 Před 3 lety +2746

    Me, having multiple anxiety disorders, hearing that Pan is said to be the source of panic: alright time to go to the woods and fight an ancient God

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 Před 4 lety +8756

    Imagine being Apollo and your baby half brother's just been born. You're all like "yeah no biggie, I get a new one of those every other week" but then said baby half brother goes and does the equivalent of raiding your snack stash the day he's born

    • @flor2637
      @flor2637 Před 4 lety +168

      😂😂😂😂

    • @luciusvernus3174
      @luciusvernus3174 Před 4 lety +154

      Listen I know,because I am

    • @Ledwards007
      @Ledwards007 Před 4 lety +607

      And he still comes out as your favourite brother

    • @calliopeirwin712
      @calliopeirwin712 Před 4 lety +666

      @@Ledwards007 of course. any child that can steal an entire snack stash at the age of half a day will become a powerful ally.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 Před 3 lety +141

      Ah, sibling rivalry.

  • @lenax9798
    @lenax9798 Před 3 lety +9835

    Apollo:"Who are you?"
    Hermes:"I'm you half brother!"
    Apollo:"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down??!!"

  • @aethersaltaccount3551
    @aethersaltaccount3551 Před 3 lety +2056

    Hermes seems like the type of kid that in high school would pull the most rad pranks and ALWAYS get away with them.

  • @laurakastrup
    @laurakastrup Před rokem +604

    I found it hilarious that my father (a doctor) confused Hermes’ staff for the rod of Asclepius and I had to ask him “do you WISH for your patients to enter the underworld? Hermes is a psychopomp”

    • @phoebusapollo8450
      @phoebusapollo8450 Před 11 měsíci +37

      A lot of doctors do steal you money though-

    • @ImperatorMatthew
      @ImperatorMatthew Před 11 měsíci +3

      100th Like

    • @ziizification
      @ziizification Před 8 měsíci +48

      To be fair to your dad, I regularly see ambulances and even the odd actual hospital make the same mistake, to the point where I'm pretty sure at least in the US they're no longer distinct from each other.

    • @BetaDude40
      @BetaDude40 Před měsícem

      @@ziizification According to wikipedia, 62% of professional healthcare organizations in the US correctly use the Rod of Asklepios, while 72% of the commercial healthcare organizations (health insurance and all) use the Caduceus. The quote Wikipedia uses is also pretty cool:
      "As god of the high-road and the market-place Hermes was perhaps above all else the patron of commerce and the fat purse: as a corollary, he was the special protector of the traveling salesman. As spokesman for the gods, he not only brought peace on earth (occasionally even the peace of death), but his silver-tongued eloquence could always make the worse appear the better cause. From this latter point of view, would not his symbol be suitable for certain Congressmen, all medical quacks, book agents and purveyors of vacuum cleaners, rather than for the straight-thinking, straight-speaking therapeutist? As conductor of the dead to their subterranean abode, his emblem would seem more appropriate on a hearse than on a physician's car."
      - Stuart L. Tyson, "The Caduceus", in the Scientific Monthly, 1932
      Like, wow, god damn. Prophetic even for 1932.

  • @Grim_Sister
    @Grim_Sister Před 3 lety +9319

    Apollo: are you calling it a lyre?
    Hermes: I’m definitely not calling it a truther

  • @iwakeupandboomimarat
    @iwakeupandboomimarat Před 5 lety +10030

    hermes just wanted to pay his rent stop judging him and his 83 jobs

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 Před 5 lety +832

      Man, can you imagine working 83 jobs across the breadth of an entire grouping of city-states, and STILL not being able to pay rent on time? That would be a disaster...or New York City.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei Před 5 lety +334

      Greek gods pay rent? To Zeus? Or Hera? Hermes might be like "Me pay rent? I've never Hera such nonsense!"

    • @iwakeupandboomimarat
      @iwakeupandboomimarat Před 5 lety +196

      Ronin 6 hermes now canonically lives in new york city

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 Před 5 lety +102

      @@iwakeupandboomimaratThat sounds like it would be a set-up for one of those reality show-type deals, the more I think about it lol XD

    • @sadforever-jz9ln
      @sadforever-jz9ln Před 4 lety +21

      This is great!

  • @bankruptedwizard1413
    @bankruptedwizard1413 Před 3 lety +1315

    Aphrodite and Apollo- Kiss it!
    Ares and Hera- Kill it!
    Hermes- *Quietly walks in* If I could just... Ya know- *S T E A L*

  • @toolazytomakeaname1341
    @toolazytomakeaname1341 Před 2 lety +624

    Hermes: *literally just left the womb*
    Also Hermes: "Oh boy, it's trouble-making time."

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma Před 5 lety +2591

    He's the god of *Lyres* and thieves.
    Eh? eh?
    I'll see myself out.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan Před 5 lety +51

      **GASSSSP**

    • @capital1867
      @capital1867 Před 5 lety +86

      Come back in my friend, with quality content like that you should be praised

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe Před 5 lety +58

      @@capital1867 I was going to "say see yourself back in here and take your f****** prize"

    • @ariesthezodiac7274
      @ariesthezodiac7274 Před 5 lety +13

      EEEEEEYYYYYY!! 👉🏻👉🏻

    • @christianw.509
      @christianw.509 Před 5 lety +20

      That is actually what I though she said in the first place

  • @quinncosm
    @quinncosm Před 3 lety +557

    Red: Hermes was Pan
    LGBTQ+, Japanese people, and Spanish speakers: *visible confusion*

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 Před 3 lety +88

      Spain, Portugal, and Japan (who got that word from Portugal): WHAT??? IS THE LORD OF DA BREAD?!?!?!

    • @alannisalarcon7648
      @alannisalarcon7648 Před 3 lety +28

      You killed me whit the "spanish speakers" part 😂.

    • @inoli3164
      @inoli3164 Před 2 lety +35

      Any Romantic language: Visisble Confusion

    • @oooooooo8970
      @oooooooo8970 Před 2 lety +2

      XD confirmo

    • @burnv664
      @burnv664 Před 2 lety +16

      Hermes is bread?

  • @paodepota8373
    @paodepota8373 Před 2 lety +704

    You know Hermes is the real deal when even Apollo, god of the music and arts, gets addicted to your lyre playing skills.

    • @timjim-ks8gi
      @timjim-ks8gi Před rokem +19

      He wasn't the god of music until hermes invented the lyre

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 Před 4 měsíci +14

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi Hermes also wasn't the god of messengers until Apollo gave him the title. It's a nice mutually beneficial relationship

    • @colt9836
      @colt9836 Před 7 dny

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi In Homeric Hymn 3 (to Apollon), when Themis gives newborn Apollon nectar and ambrosia, he immediately jumps from her arms and states that both the lyre and prophecy shall both be his.
      "Wait," I hear you say, "how could Apollon say that if Hermes hasn't invented the lyre yet?"
      Well, one explanation could be that Apollon, as a prophetic god, forshaw Hermes created the said instrument and basically called dibs.
      Another, which I believe more, is that Greek mythology was a big mess with a bunch of people playing a massive game of telephone. The Ancient Greeks didn't have a cohesive pantheon; we have the benefit of hindsight.

  • @nooneinparticular5256
    @nooneinparticular5256 Před 4 lety +3809

    When no one was looking. Hermes
    took *fifty* cows. He took 50 cows.
    That's as many as five tens.
    And that's terrible.

    • @dreameater8548
      @dreameater8548 Před 3 lety +152

      FIVE TENS!!! DAT A BIG LOT O' COWS

    • @gayfish9238
      @gayfish9238 Před 3 lety +127

      *this is the true meaning of I’m hungry*

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 Před 3 lety +37

      Ignoring that I ticked it to 69, *nice*, you can think of that as half of ONE HUNDRED.

    • @nooneinparticular5256
      @nooneinparticular5256 Před 3 lety +67

      @@jonnyofalltrades6620 I was just making a reference to that one Lex Luthor meme.

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 Před 3 lety +20

      @@nooneinparticular5256 oh dear, finally a meme I don't remember

  • @marceeprime4029
    @marceeprime4029 Před 5 lety +859

    Hermes: **is born**
    Also Hermes: *It's Mischief time...*

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 Před 5 lety +32

      Marcee Prime *It's Free Real-estate.*

    • @KnittingGirl28
      @KnittingGirl28 Před 5 lety +43

      Ah, but of course the minute you are born is the perfect time to make mischief. They would never ever suspect a cooote widdddle baebae~

    • @caseygray2328
      @caseygray2328 Před 5 lety +10

      Well he has a lot of time to make up for, after all he spent all that time in his mother's womb

    • @mewsingsbynatk
      @mewsingsbynatk Před 4 lety +5

      🎵HERE COMES TROUBLE!🎵

    • @coffeewolf5789
      @coffeewolf5789 Před 4 lety +2

      666 likes

  • @bejeweledbedhead1551
    @bejeweledbedhead1551 Před 3 lety +626

    10:25 "Tammuz, Tammuz, he's our man! We'll start making funeral plans!" MADE ME LAUGH MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE

  • @patrickthornton840
    @patrickthornton840 Před 3 lety +433

    I always like to think of Hermes as the god of the internet. It's one of the most widely used ways to both trade and communicate these days, so it fits him pretty well.

    • @lilj362
      @lilj362 Před 2 lety +18

      Is this a Percy Jackson reference?

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 Před rokem +49

      I'm also certain that like ancient Greece the internet is being divided between the gods.
      Hecate's domain is Deviant Art but for some reason Nyx and Erebus have control over the video game section of Kickstarter.

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Před rokem +6

      @@lilj362 Not really

    • @blackjoker2345
      @blackjoker2345 Před rokem +32

      It's also one of the most powerful tools of crime humanity has ever invented. It 100% fits.

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 Před rokem +39

      @@gothnerd887 Nah I feel like Aphrodite has Deviantart and Wattpad, Ares has control of all the Twitter rants, Hephaestus got those forgong stuff on CZcams, Hermes got Google.

  • @GioTheVax
    @GioTheVax Před 4 lety +5548

    Hermes is the patron god of Barbie
    Source: Barbie has many jobs and degrees at such a young age

    • @hyperkitten2247
      @hyperkitten2247 Před 4 lety +64

      you have 100 likes and i wanna like, but i dont wanna mess it up

    • @commandrogyne
      @commandrogyne Před 4 lety +337

      'Barbara Milicent Rodgers: daughter of Hermes' is a Percy Jackson spinoff I would absolutely love to read

    • @andreafussaro7384
      @andreafussaro7384 Před 4 lety +6

      GioTheVax 👌

    • @bobross3969
      @bobross3969 Před 4 lety +17

      Well, you aren’t wrong...

    • @boyojesuschrist4673
      @boyojesuschrist4673 Před 4 lety +37

      Or miss rabbit in peppa pig

  • @colecarsten9532
    @colecarsten9532 Před 5 lety +4037

    "Hermes used to be Pan."
    Well it was Greece, I thought most Gods were-
    "Now the Greek god Pan-"
    OH.
    WHOOPS.

    • @iceluvndiva21
      @iceluvndiva21 Před 4 lety +97

      XD is it bad that I immediately thought that a few seconds before realizing what red meant?

    • @user-qb6hm8qw2n
      @user-qb6hm8qw2n Před 4 lety +28

      Me, when I hear "pan" before I get the other meaning: The greek god of the wild, Pan!
      Me after: Some old and usually good greek god but still blah, blah, blah... and MAGNUS CHASE, DUH!

    • @soupmayor-themayorofsoup
      @soupmayor-themayorofsoup Před 4 lety +16

      Aliksandr
      *ah yes, my favorite god*
      *he makes good chikken nuggies*

    • @dem0nich0ursuwo60
      @dem0nich0ursuwo60 Před 4 lety +3

      Зоя Калайджиева YES MY FAV PAN BOOK CHARACTER

    • @Luna-zx1fx
      @Luna-zx1fx Před 4 lety +8

      You're close enough, considering everything before the 1800s CE was either ace or bi

  • @KHTimeProtecter
    @KHTimeProtecter Před 2 lety +267

    About the dong situation: Hermes was actually known to be the paragon of masculinity and fertility (makes sense if he’s an offshoot of Pan). In fact, he had a kid with Aphrodite named Hermaphrodite, who’s an intersex being that encompasses both the most feminine traits and the most masculine traits. Notice how the name is a combination of both of their parents’ names. So the dongs make logical sense.

    • @Oturan20
      @Oturan20 Před 7 měsíci +17

      Hermaphroditus was their child's name. Hermaphrodite comes from Hermaphroditus.

    • @addiewest6070
      @addiewest6070 Před 6 měsíci +19

      A sentence i never thought I'd read "the dong makes logical sense"

  • @alexlefay
    @alexlefay Před 2 lety +256

    I always thought that the Odin = Hermes thing was pretty weird... When Loki is a thing. The whole "mom, I killed my brother's herd, a turtle, created the lyre but trust me, it's all part of the plan! You'll see! Oh, hello brother! Me? AN INNOCENT BABY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT *wink wink*" screams Loki all around.

    • @theholyduck5520
      @theholyduck5520 Před rokem +40

      Loki seems to be a spin-off of Odin's trickster god persona (Odin had a lot of divine functions on his plate), and Loki fulfills the role of the increasingly malevolent trickster. It should be noted that Loki's schemes rarely went as well as Hermes'. Loki in the myths usually had the antagonistic trickster god function of complicating everything, even when he was working for the benefit of the Aesir, on a few occasions simply because he was drunk. He frequently outsmarted himself and was expected to clean up his messes in hilariously humiliating ways, with escalating consequences as he tried to spin events to his own benefit, usually unsuccessfully. This is why he, at various times, had his lips sewn shut, his testicles tied to a goat, was impregnated by a jotun's stallion (giving birth to an eight-legged horse), and was threatened by Thor with grievous bodily harm on multiple occasions. Things turned really bad when he caused the death of Baldur and prevented his resurrection and Odin had officially had enough of his shit, the consequences of which finalized Loki's face-heel turn. Odin's trickster attributes would probably have been viewed as more heroic (like when he seduced a giantess to steal the mead of poetry) and thus more in line with how Hermes was seen. He also spent a lot of time walking the earth in Gandalf cosplay.

    • @manmoy4104
      @manmoy4104 Před 8 měsíci +11

      As there are no written records of Loki outside of Scandinavia in the post-Christianized era, it's possible that Germanic peoples outside of Scandinavia probably never worshipped him. Versions of Odin and Freya sporadically pop up in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and charms as well as German and Dutch folklore but no sign of Loki anywhere in these regions. So for some of the Romans, equating whatever version of Odin they encountered with Mercury (the catch-all god of basically everything) was an easy decision

    • @logosimian
      @logosimian Před měsícem +1

      Loki and Odin are not as distinct as most folks would believe.

  • @emper1on
    @emper1on Před 5 lety +1581

    Apollo:
    Hermes: *hands lyre*
    Apollo: Friendship ended with cows lyre is my new best friend

  • @krausercruz2780
    @krausercruz2780 Před 5 lety +1641

    "DAMMIT ZEUS"
    Greek Mythology in a nutshell.

  • @skturbo107
    @skturbo107 Před rokem +238

    “For somewhat complicated reasons the nymph Io ends up getting turned into a cow…”
    Not really that complicated. Like most Greek myths, Zeus was horny.

  • @DragonxFlutter
    @DragonxFlutter Před 2 lety +39

    So Sun Wu Kong, Hermes, and Loki smash down the door to a bar and shout “DID SOMEBODY SAY *_MISCHIEF?!?!”_*

  • @jamiepollard7857
    @jamiepollard7857 Před 4 lety +3425

    Romans: Odin is Hermes!
    Loki: am I a JOKE to you?

    • @frodoswaggins3132
      @frodoswaggins3132 Před 3 lety +180

      Odin was far more of a trickster than other head gods like Zeus and capital G God.

    • @yourfriendlytaxonomist
      @yourfriendlytaxonomist Před 3 lety +80

      @@frodoswaggins3132 Dude... Odin wasn't a trickster near as much as he was a destructive deity like Zeus.

    • @charlottekraker4152
      @charlottekraker4152 Před 3 lety +103

      Darkrai Killer Odin tricks people all the time

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 Před 3 lety +150

      @@yourfriendlytaxonomist Odin is a god of general cunningness, wisdom, mad power and was usually worshiped by the ruling class

    • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
      @marloyorkrodriguez9975 Před 3 lety +53

      Odin is also a traveler

  • @mootang
    @mootang Před 5 lety +857

    >In the myth of Io, for somewhat complicate reason...
    It's ok Red, you can just say "Zeus". We understand.

    • @benvaughan2171
      @benvaughan2171 Před 5 lety +42

      I think Zeus is a swear word for Red

    • @DerplingKing
      @DerplingKing Před 5 lety +28

      Now let's be fair. Hera was also involved.

    • @licasabinaandreea2361
      @licasabinaandreea2361 Před 5 lety +24

      Yea, but she got involved only cause Zeus got "involved"

    • @whoknows7968
      @whoknows7968 Před 5 lety +32

      *Deep intake of breath* Zeus yet again couldn't keep it in his pants, Hera went to see what Zeus was doing, Zeus disguised Io as a cow so Hera wouldn't know he banged yet another woman who wasn't his wife but Hera didn't buy this cause duh, Hera has Argus watch the cow *wheezing intensifies* Hermes kills Argus then Argus' dead eyes are put on a peacock which is why peacocks are a symbol for Hera. *Collapses to the floor*

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 Před 5 lety +5

      @@whoknows7968 And then Io is chased by a fly all the way to Egypt where she is returned to her human form and marries the king.

  • @Cheattoe
    @Cheattoe Před 2 lety +199

    “The Dong on a statue is ALWAYS non-negotiable” said every artist everywhere

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Před rokem +6

      I found this oddly funny

  • @isabellareny3359
    @isabellareny3359 Před 5 lety +507

    Greeks: Tammuz says great god Pan is dead!
    Pan: quit telling everyone I’m dead!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice

    • @1Wintersoldier
      @1Wintersoldier Před 5 lety +7

      @@pumpkinpixie9677 The Percy Jackson books shouldn't be taken for fact and the same as the mythology. Things were changed to make stuff more interesting

    • @soldiaz7261
      @soldiaz7261 Před 5 lety +11

      Pumpkin Pixie Did you just... Did you just say Rick Riordan is more of an authority than mythological scholars and the mythos itself...?

    • @evilproductionstudios9659
      @evilproductionstudios9659 Před 5 lety

      Isabella Reny pan: because I’m right here dumbos!

    • @berengustav7714
      @berengustav7714 Před 6 měsíci

      @@1Wintersoldier Considering how we can't be sure which myth is the original,and a bunch of ancient writers had thier own takes,years from now,Riordan's takes will be considered part of the Mythos itself,and that's okay.

  • @davidchenoweth3457
    @davidchenoweth3457 Před 5 lety +2456

    Hermes is the first chaotic neutral dnd character. change my mind.

    • @csweezey18
      @csweezey18 Před 4 lety +39

      If Hermes is chaotic neutral, then I guess I'm just plain chaotic. ;)

    • @bonnesuenos
      @bonnesuenos Před 4 lety +176

      Sung Wu Kong. He literally rampaged through heaven and fought everyone just because.

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 Před 4 lety +15

      Vio Ani you win.

    • @q345ify
      @q345ify Před 4 lety +43

      @@lordfelidae4505
      hermes is older than sung wu kong although Gilgamesh would seem to fall into the catgeory of chaotic neutral

    • @CeCe593
      @CeCe593 Před 4 lety

      Kronos?

  • @PieNumber4
    @PieNumber4 Před 2 lety +117

    Pan is so rare in this series, he feels like a guest star

  • @filipevasconcelos4409
    @filipevasconcelos4409 Před 3 lety +121

    I really wish the parties i used to frequent were so cool that sharing an anecdote about how a greek god's death was just a colossal misunderstanding would be effective on attracting the good kind of attention.

  • @keithkania3810
    @keithkania3810 Před 5 lety +2144

    Ancient Greece: Boy we have a pretty cool reli-
    Rome: *DID I HEAR R E L I G I O N*
    Ancient Greece: *OH SHI*

    • @voivodadracula1936
      @voivodadracula1936 Před 5 lety +179

      Greek Hellenism: * exists *
      Rome: hey nice religion, can i take it?
      Christianity: * exists *
      Rome "aww $hit, here we go again..."

    • @TheKirbylore
      @TheKirbylore Před 5 lety +49

      ***This is mine now***

    • @inanjarif1388
      @inanjarif1388 Před 5 lety +75

      Rome: *_OOH A NEW ONE ABOUT A GUY GETTING NAILED TO WOOD! ME LIKE IT!_*

    • @blossomvines341
      @blossomvines341 Před 5 lety +96

      Rome: Sees another religion
      Rome:
      *It’s* *free* *real-estate*

    • @chunghung7951
      @chunghung7951 Před 5 lety +11

      Sir Doggo Rome:REEEEEEEEEE LIGION

  • @kittymeowmeow7097
    @kittymeowmeow7097 Před 4 lety +2543

    Me taking Spanish:...
    Red: "Hermes used to be...pan."
    Me: NO WAY, he used to be BREAD?

    • @sjargo11
      @sjargo11 Před 4 lety +199

      It is in fact also the Japanese word for bread (パン) “pan”

    • @skyew.3939
      @skyew.3939 Před 4 lety +142

      It also sounds like the French word for bread - pain

    • @cjkelly7536
      @cjkelly7536 Před 4 lety +87

      @@skyew.3939 Weird. It's not like bread brought pain in France.
      (BTW That's sarcasm)

    • @wooyeah1738
      @wooyeah1738 Před 4 lety +18

      I was kinda like HIM TOO, and then I was like, shit she meant the god.

    • @shockingheaven
      @shockingheaven Před 4 lety +36

      And that may be why the movie Pan's Labyrinth is called El Laberinto del Fauno, not El Laberinto de Pan.

  • @RandoFan415
    @RandoFan415 Před 2 lety +138

    Hermes was like the spiderman of greek mythology. The young guy that got popularized around the world with a seemingly more down to earth relatable personality then the others. Lol

  • @Kelaiah01
    @Kelaiah01 Před rokem +95

    Theory/Headcanon: Hermes' first act being "to annoy Apollo" was to gain Hera's favor. After all, Hera hated that Leto was going to have children by Zeus and tried to kill Leto and her offspring, and later Apollo killed the serpent sent by Hera to kill them. So I imagine Hera would be pretty salty about that... here comes along *another* illegit child of Zeus, only this particular one is stealing from/annoying Apollo, so she decides, "Meh, this one's alright."

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 Před 10 měsíci +4

      That wouldn't work because Hera is the goddess of marriage and family and a bastard son of Zeus' affairs while married to Hera wouldn't fit well to her domain and her personality.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 Před 10 měsíci +13

      @@BoostedMonkey05 Hera had no problem with Perseus, another bastard son of Zeus. She never once made trouble for him, and even helped him indirectly at one point during his quest. It seems there is the rare occasion when Hera is willing to look the other way.

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@Kelaiah01 because perseus was perfect. Boy was loved by everyone up on olympus that he was showered with boons to get to his legendary status

    • @ninamermaid5467
      @ninamermaid5467 Před 8 měsíci +7

      Or maybe is because of his mother, Maya, it's said that Hera was amazed by the intelligenge and beauty of the titaness/goddess. Also Hera could have thougt that she shouln't mess with hermes for being able to outsmart Apollo even when he was a baby and the messanger and thieve god. Maybe he was the only bastard that was a real trheat if she did anything to upset him.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 Před 8 měsíci

      @@ninamermaid5467 Also fair. XD

  • @37fishsticks69
    @37fishsticks69 Před 5 lety +981

    Hermes:Mom can I be born?
    Maya:To live your life and help people?
    Hermes:yeees
    Actualy steals a bunch of cows like a boss
    Hermes: Mischief Time

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 Před 5 lety +17

      A baby talking before birth just reminds me of Kirikou

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 Před 5 lety +1

      I thought it was Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 Před 5 lety

      @@neonayse8803
      I have no idea who that is

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 Před 5 lety +1

      @@gunjfur8633
      Maya/Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 Před 5 lety +2

      @@neonayse8803
      Ah, yeah.
      Its Maia, not Maya

  • @imaginethatravens7815
    @imaginethatravens7815 Před 4 lety +6546

    Apollo: Hey dad, your son stole 50 of my cows.
    Zeus: Which one?
    Apollo: The one that was born a few hours ago...
    Zeus: ...
    Apollo: Dad, don’t laugh, it’s not funny.
    Zeus: *dying of laughter*

  • @theoverpreparerlamenters3r436

    "What's the Greek god you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    "...Hermes?"
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."

  • @slugcat6226
    @slugcat6226 Před 3 lety +51

    I’m sorry but “Tammuz, Tammuz, he’s our man! We’ll start making funeral plans!” Is the best quote in this video

  • @adumbooctopus1115
    @adumbooctopus1115 Před 5 lety +1789

    5:35
    Everyone: It says Panic
    Me, an intellectual: PANK

    • @Sam-bp2dg
      @Sam-bp2dg Před 5 lety +150

      I'm laughing my ass off, 'pank' means 'broke' in Swedish

    • @corylusbluefox9482
      @corylusbluefox9482 Před 5 lety +139

      @@Sam-bp2dg Well, I guess that makes sense. I tend to panic when I am broke.

    • @Bluey306
      @Bluey306 Před 5 lety +25

      i need this to be the top comment very badly

    • @connordillivan452
      @connordillivan452 Před 5 lety +76

      What’s it called when Pan goes out dancing?
      Panic at the Disco 😁

    • @dwiariismurini7544
      @dwiariismurini7544 Před 5 lety +5

      I thought that as well!

  • @NeutralDrow
    @NeutralDrow Před 3 lety +2370

    "Kinda hope you're not dealing with [elemental mercury] daily, but still..."
    Well, what *ELSE* can I consume to gain immortality?! That damned monkey ate all the peaches!"

  • @lewislake5128
    @lewislake5128 Před 3 lety +37

    That is probably why Hermes knew his god abilities the moment he was born. He was originating from old pan, with all the understanding he needed, and carried the original pan’s legacy of trickery probably

  • @thatyellowmenace9324
    @thatyellowmenace9324 Před 3 lety +61

    Hermes is like the main character of the anime 'The Devil is a Part-Timer!'
    but his title will be "Greek Messenger God is a Part-Timer!"

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Před rokem +3

      your comment made me happy

  • @brennacomstock2602
    @brennacomstock2602 Před 4 lety +2131

    “Or just read the Percy Jackson books”
    *sweats nervously in Percy Jackson fan *

    • @fictional-girl_05
      @fictional-girl_05 Před 4 lety +33

      sad happy meal Same

    • @BladeWild2319
      @BladeWild2319 Před 4 lety +15

      Lol same

    • @elizathesimp
      @elizathesimp Před 4 lety +11

      Me to

    • @carolferrao1415
      @carolferrao1415 Před 4 lety +119

      Damn, the Percy Jackson books (and Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods) taught me SO MUCH about Greek Mythology and references to it!!💙I don’t care if some people don’t like its accuracy, this saga taught me and introduced me to the world of the Greek Gods in such an incredible way! Rick Riordan is an amazing teacher!

    • @fiashlightyear9004
      @fiashlightyear9004 Před 4 lety +60

      @@carolferrao1415 bruh you mean dam lol

  • @Taiyama2
    @Taiyama2 Před 5 lety +615

    My Therapist: Original Pan can't hurt you, he doesn't exist.
    Original Pan: 7:06

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 Před 5 lety +91

      Therapist: He can't hurt you, he's dead
      Pan: Is alive, and also _TWO_ gods now

    • @alecchristiaen4856
      @alecchristiaen4856 Před 5 lety +5

      he looks like Wilbur Whately from Red's vid on lovecraft

    • @JustNierninwa
      @JustNierninwa Před 5 lety +2

      10:15 original pan: not only am i not dead but i've split in two
      Also, seriously *Péh2usōn is pretty cool. Can we also link Rowan trees to him? That'd be great. Cause like, it's found all around the world and has been associated with boundaries since at least the Celts?…

  • @fionagibson7529
    @fionagibson7529 Před 2 lety +47

    When the Herms transition screen came on and that song started playing, I happened to be drinking water. Before now, I never fully believed that you could shoot water from your nose by laughing. That was perfect.

  • @Frontline_view_kaiser
    @Frontline_view_kaiser Před 2 lety +29

    2:18 I love the look of the Hermes statue after making a fool of Apollo
    Its like "Get a load of this simp"

  • @DefNotThePope
    @DefNotThePope Před 5 lety +458

    If Hermes singing "Country Roads" sounds like Red's cover of it, I completely understand how he instantly gained Apollo's approval.

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe Před 5 lety +13

      the moment I heard that cover I instantly came to the comments to see if anyone had said anything about how amazing it was because hot damn

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 5 lety +10

      Yup, Red has a singing voice that'd probably make certain greek godesses jealous...

  • @iluvchess14736
    @iluvchess14736 Před 3 lety +3151

    "And is unsurprisingly the son of Zeus, like roughly 7% of Ancient Greece"
    Truer words have never been said

    • @corvusnocturne
      @corvusnocturne Před 2 lety +78

      and yet still room for improvement, its more like 70% of ancient greece

    • @Chokah
      @Chokah Před 2 lety +85

      There's a reason for the joke that like 75% of Greek Mythology is basically "Zeus was horny, hijinks ensued."

    • @fionagibson7529
      @fionagibson7529 Před 2 lety +37

      The dude was the Greek Myth equivalent of Ghengis Khan. It’s honestly surprising that he was supposed to rule the gods when he can’t keep it in his pants for ten seconds.

    • @ambrosic_shifter8947
      @ambrosic_shifter8947 Před 2 lety +3

      Yoo 666 likes!

    • @autisticdancer
      @autisticdancer Před rokem +9

      Only 7%? I would have thought it would be at least over 10% lol.

  • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606

    4:54 "Literally legendary dong", "Sex and fertility" so THAT'S why fauns are sometimes portrayed as insufferable horndogs.
    *_-Usually by furries-_*

  • @pan_bacchanal
    @pan_bacchanal Před rokem +21

    I absolutely love how the word "shenanigans" describe so well all wild and weird shit that mythical god are doing all around, being as creative as they can

  • @GodzillaFan8889
    @GodzillaFan8889 Před 5 lety +624

    Nobody:
    Not a single god:
    Hermes: M I S C H I E F T I M E

    • @IceQueen975
      @IceQueen975 Před 5 lety +5

      Me, thousands of years later: DO A FLIP, MY THEOI!
      Pretty sure that's why He did it. XD

    • @spoontheguy5397
      @spoontheguy5397 Před 5 lety +10

      o h
      w o u l d y o u l o o k a t t h e t i m e

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 Před 5 lety +2

      If nobody said nothing, that would mean everyone was talking.
      Think it through next time.

  • @hanyuu05
    @hanyuu05 Před 5 lety +1880

    Red: "What's the Greek gods you see the most influenced of in your everyday life?"
    Me: "Her--"
    Red: "Wrong, it's Hermes!"
    Me: ರ_ರ

  • @MoonClawx
    @MoonClawx Před rokem +16

    I like that Hermes was said to be Odin, when in reality he'd be more like Loki, but Loki would love to seen as actually Odin, so makes a lot of sense.

  • @lazycatjansen9442
    @lazycatjansen9442 Před 3 lety +158

    Red: “Pan is credited for TWO things, both of which share his name”
    The comments: make that FOUR

    • @phastinemoon
      @phastinemoon Před 2 lety +18

      Except the “pan” meaning bread doesn’t come from the Greek, it’s from the Latin “panis”, which comes from an Indo-European word meaning “to graze, to eat”.

    • @liamzakhaev
      @liamzakhaev Před rokem +1

      @@phastinemoon logic chopping fallacy in action right here.

  • @ArachCobra
    @ArachCobra Před 5 lety +791

    So Pan got killed by ambiguous syntax. That's new.

    • @wisewillow7530
      @wisewillow7530 Před 4 lety +69

      i like to think that pan himself told everyone his dead as a tricky joke but it backfired.

    • @iamRageTheWolf
      @iamRageTheWolf Před 4 lety +14

      i mean they say words have power

    • @markmayonnaise1163
      @markmayonnaise1163 Před 4 lety +24

      @@iamRageTheWolf The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; the former killed a god!

    • @Lord_Of_Night
      @Lord_Of_Night Před 4 lety +6

      @@markmayonnaise1163 And considering fiction works in general, I'd imagine a lot of literature killed gods. Lol.

  • @myriadofcolours9861
    @myriadofcolours9861 Před 5 lety +1757

    Hermes
    Fetus Genius
    Baby Icon
    Infant King
    The Gucci of Newborns
    Okay, I'll stop.

  • @Manda_Kat
    @Manda_Kat Před 3 lety +63

    Historians: Pan is dead.
    Pan: STOP TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Historians: Somedays, it's like I can still hear his voice

  • @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967
    @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 Před 3 lety +56

    1:42 I never thought I'd say this, but Zeus is absolutely right.

    • @alisonlazarus5989
      @alisonlazarus5989 Před 2 lety +10

      The only time Zeus had an appropriate reaction to something

  • @this.weird0820
    @this.weird0820 Před 4 lety +760

    Hermes: *looks at Apollos cows*
    Hermes: *_I THINK IM BOUT TO STEAL_*

    • @demonguysayshi2666
      @demonguysayshi2666 Před 4 lety +8

      Everyone: hermes how are you so famous?
      hermes: the secret ingredient is crime. and speed. A lot of speed.

    • @randoeinyoutube3321
      @randoeinyoutube3321 Před 4 lety +4

      Hermes steal? *NO DIGNITY*

  • @tyrantking9000
    @tyrantking9000 Před 3 lety +5035

    "Hermes was Pan."
    Me: "Hermes was pansexual?"
    Red: "Pan the character."

  • @huldrrrr9486
    @huldrrrr9486 Před 3 lety +13

    Hermes + Loki + Sun Wukong = the holy tricker trinity (and best bois)

  • @clottedscream
    @clottedscream Před 3 lety +44

    Fun fact, Hermes is also central to the religious philosophy behind alchemy, which is called Hermeticism. Which, extra fun fact, also means you’re kind of performing worship of him every time you read tarot.

    • @Chonk_enthusiest
      @Chonk_enthusiest Před 6 měsíci +4

      Alchemy doesn't have a religious foundation, it has been used throughout history in religious context but it's always been just about understanding how the world and body interacts when put together. Hermeticism is also so much younger then alchemy, it came about as people looking back on ancient texts on medicine and thought as well as rural practice which were all covered under asclepius, hermes and thoth, they then merged them into one god.
      Also Tarot has nothing to do with anything, I'm assuming you got that from the famous art for the magician card, but tarot didn't exist until hermeticism was on its way out from scholar circles and was a practice for lower classes not those that had the opportunity to read about the hermetic arts.

  • @unnecessaryjourney634
    @unnecessaryjourney634 Před 3 lety +2922

    Red : Who’s the Greek god you see the most influence of in your every day life?
    Me : Hermes
    Red: WRONG it’s Hermes.
    Me : >:}

  • @picklequeen9795
    @picklequeen9795 Před 4 lety +2209

    I get it Red. Sun Wukong is literally my favorite character ever.

  • @nodmyhead6198
    @nodmyhead6198 Před 3 lety +20

    2:14 -So Hermes is a Slytherin is what I'm getting. Or atleast, Slytherins would probubly have an affinity to worshiping him.

  • @watchingtheworlduk5253
    @watchingtheworlduk5253 Před 3 lety +51

    "Hope you're not dealing with that daily"
    *cries in chemist*

  • @spoontheguy5397
    @spoontheguy5397 Před 5 lety +468

    Hermes playing country roads on the lyre/guitar while riding on top of a car/train/Charon’s ferry across the Styx.

  • @swashhustler1326
    @swashhustler1326 Před 5 lety +16417

    Greeks: This year we lost our beloved wilderness god, Pan.
    Pan: QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice...
    Edit: Top comment? Liked by OSP? Mom, look, I made it!

  • @avataryangchenbl9706
    @avataryangchenbl9706 Před rokem +11

    Zeus: YOUNG MAN COME BACK HERE BEFORE YOUR GROUNDED!
    Hermes: *WELL I DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE GOD OF RANDOM SHIT NOBODY WANTED TO BE THE GOD OF!*

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman Před 2 lety +35

    This is one of my favorite OSP videos. Lots of people know the mainstays of Greek mythology (read: lots of people have read Percy Jackson) but studying the origins of the myth is _much_ more interesting in my opinion. Homer and the other Greek poets wrote stories about gods and heroes that were already well known in their day. Why were they well known? Where do these ancient ideas come from? Where and when were they created? Why were they created? What do they represent? How were they worshipped? What can we learn about the people who worshipped them?
    Ultimately the attributes that people chose to deify can tell us about what they valued. People don't tell us about the gods; the gods tell us about people.

    • @niserresin2006
      @niserresin2006 Před 3 měsíci

      The Aphrodite, Hades and Persephone, and Dionysus vids all have similar histories of gods.

  • @Anthintendo
    @Anthintendo Před 5 lety +315

    “Take me home, Country Roads
    To the place, where I belong
    Arcadia, Mountain Olympus
    Take me home, Country Roads”

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 Před 5 lety +25

      You are misguided , all roads lead to roma
      ROMA INVICTA

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 Před 5 lety +6

      @@aneesh2115 Since Rome was in fact not built in a day, how long did it take to build the roads leading to it? :P

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 Před 5 lety +4

      @@loneronin6813 3 take it or leave

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 Před 5 lety +3

      @@aneesh2115 All jokes aside, I think we can all agree that Rome performed a lot of technological feats that are still impressive to this day given the time they were made in so I'm certainly not one to complain :)

    • @neine999
      @neine999 Před 5 lety

      Mount Olympus is in Macedonia tho

  • @zackovgaming3983
    @zackovgaming3983 Před 5 lety +397

    Apollo:How can you prove youreself to be a great god
    Hermes:*grabs his lyre* *COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG!*
    Apollo:You we will be a great god

    • @scottrauch1261
      @scottrauch1261 Před 5 lety +2

      Good god yez

    • @danielcharland1374
      @danielcharland1374 Před 5 lety +9

      "Almost Elysium/ West Arcadia/ Olympus Mountain/ Styx and Lethe rivers/

    • @leonmercury3732
      @leonmercury3732 Před 5 lety +4

      I always imagined it as wonder wall during research. Just for personal laughs.

    • @Chivi-chivik
      @Chivi-chivik Před 5 lety +2

      @@danielcharland1374 West Arcadia fits the best 😂

    • @grimtheghastly8878
      @grimtheghastly8878 Před 5 lety +1

      @@danielcharland1374 life is old there/older than the trees!

  • @BigAmericanGirlFan
    @BigAmericanGirlFan Před 3 lety +9

    It's hilarious that as Hermes is the god of athletes and thieves, both the Flash and the Rogues (Captain Cold, Trickster, Mirror Master) fall under his jurisdiction.

  • @templarw20
    @templarw20 Před 2 lety +13

    One of the very short list of things I didn’t hate about the Percy Jackson movies was them casting Nathan Fillion as Hermes.

    • @BigAmericanGirlFan
      @BigAmericanGirlFan Před rokem +2

      Fitting, since Fillion eventually played another famous thief in a fan film later who had a run in with a secret society that is based on Hermeticism in one of his games. What a small world, isn't it

  • @Salemwaaa
    @Salemwaaa Před 5 lety +462

    Mortal Women:
    Zeus: CAN'T KEEP MY HANDS TO MYSELF!

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 Před 5 lety +27

      *I MEAN I COULD BUT WHY WOULD I WANT TO*

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 Před 5 lety +21

      More like, "can't keep my D*** to myself"

    • @KnightsWithoutATable
      @KnightsWithoutATable Před 5 lety +9

      @@gumballz.9259 "If it becomes dry, the world ends! At least, that's what I say when the girl is iffy about it" -Zeus

    • @privatepessleneck
      @privatepessleneck Před 5 lety +5

      estrus cycles: *exist*
      Greek Gods: "Its free real estate."

    • @lady_sir_knight3713
      @lady_sir_knight3713 Před 5 lety +5

      CAN'T KEEP MY -HANDS- DICK TO MYSELF!

  • @nobertosanchez647
    @nobertosanchez647 Před 4 lety +700

    “What’s the Greek god you find the most influential in your life”?
    “Wrong, it’s...
    Dionysus”.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 Před 4 lety +60

      @Devere Myer I'm not "absolutely hammered" I'm religious

    • @sticks4632
      @sticks4632 Před 4 lety +38

      @@themostbritishpersonalive868 im not an alcoholic im just really devout

    • @IcestormTundra
      @IcestormTundra Před 4 lety +37

      Dionysus, Hermes and Apollo would be a hellish superstar trio of nonsense and shenanigans.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 Před 4 lety +28

      @@IcestormTundraApollo: answer us this mortal
      Dionysus:which one of us has the bigger shlong
      Hermes:it's really an easy question

    • @lolballs2790
      @lolballs2790 Před 4 lety

      I don’t think that’s good

  • @hetrosjistin4837
    @hetrosjistin4837 Před rokem +17

    The reason why the dong was non-negotiable (as described to me by my roman history teacher in uni) was that one of the things Hermes was the god of was the god of intersections, including the 'intersection of man and woman' and the dong was the representation of that on the cross roads markers.

  • @earthdust00
    @earthdust00 Před rokem +36

    My cat is named Hermes. I call him Hermz for short sometime. Nice to know I'm calling my cat a pile of rocks 😆

  • @bachpham6862
    @bachpham6862 Před 3 lety +6567

    My favorite culture story regarding Hermes:
    In most Western, and Western-influenced traditions, the Rod of Asclepius has been the de-facto representation of healthcare, medicine, healing, ... from the Greek god Asclepius. The rod itself is extremely similar to Hermes' Caduceus (or at least the artistic representation of it) with the exception that the rod only has 1 snake and no wings. However, for some reason, when it was imported to the US, they mistakenly took Hermes' caduceus and used it to represent healthcare-related services and a lot of US still have this misconception and confusion. Given that US is one of the only developed country to not have a fully nationalized public healthcare, this mistakes turns out to be hilariously cartoonishly ironic. Hermes is the patron God of not only commerce, finance and money but also the God of liars, thieves and mischief and his iconic symbol is plastered all over the US healthcare industry somehow is the most beautifully on-the-nose representation I have ever seen.

    • @Jo-sv9io
      @Jo-sv9io Před 3 lety +598

      This is a criminally underrated comment

    • @Hello-og7os
      @Hello-og7os Před 3 lety +435

      Hermes' caduceus is on the logo of our Department of Health... twice. We're a former territory if the United States. I want to cry.

    • @michaelabbott5999
      @michaelabbott5999 Před 3 lety +406

      If I read a book with fictional gods and saw this scenario I would think it was the lasiest metaphor ever

    • @satanadev8990
      @satanadev8990 Před 3 lety +128

      that hurts that really hurts

    • @Maplestarknight
      @Maplestarknight Před 3 lety +344

      Did Hermes/Asclepius fucking curse us for using the wrong staff with a snake on it. Is that why American healthcare is still so nightmarish.

  • @juniperrodley9843
    @juniperrodley9843 Před 5 lety +406

    country rooaaads
    take me hoooome
    to the place
    i beloooong
    MOUNT OLYMPUUUS

  • @vladlena72
    @vladlena72 Před rokem +14

    I love the word "shenanigans” refering all wild and weird shit olympians gods are doing (especially when they young), it fits sooo well

  • @aj.judge09
    @aj.judge09 Před 3 lety +20

    Red: theres that goofy anecdote you can share at parties
    Me: are you suggesting I get invited to parties?

  • @jacobhamilton2473
    @jacobhamilton2473 Před 5 lety +282

    Hermes: Invented the lyr, then became the God of liars.

  • @peffiSC2source
    @peffiSC2source Před 5 lety +514

    Hermes: fanfic of a reboot.
    Romans: Hold my wine

    • @queenalice7483
      @queenalice7483 Před 5 lety +2

      Red: Hermes and Romans both have an M and S
      Also Red: Coincidence? I THINK NOT

  • @sarahcole9661
    @sarahcole9661 Před rokem +31

    Fun fact, after Argus’ death, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of a peacock, giving the bird its distinctive bling and also making the entire species sacred to Hera in the bargain

  • @LunDruid
    @LunDruid Před 2 lety +9

    So the whole Healthcare association is based on a misunderstanding... *and* the idea of Pan being dead is *possibly* based on a misunderstanding...
    Given that one of his primary domains is deception, that actually fits extremely well. XD

  • @ang1759
    @ang1759 Před 4 lety +493

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    Im guessing Hermes.
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."
    ...

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 Před 4 lety +15

      It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws
      I T ' S N O T

    • @PabloNavarrete5780
      @PabloNavarrete5780 Před 4 lety +23

      We’ve been tricked, we’ve been backstabbed, and we’ve been, quite possibly, bamboozled

    • @godofnerds761
      @godofnerds761 Před 4 lety +2

      @@PabloNavarrete5780 RvB references, nicee

    • @julianarwen
      @julianarwen Před 4 lety

      Pablo Navarrete I’d even say smackledorfed!

  • @balamugunthbalaji8110
    @balamugunthbalaji8110 Před 4 lety +765

    Hermes: god of boundaries and borders
    Also hermes: requires all statues to constantly be showing their junk to people

    • @when7573
      @when7573 Před 4 lety +89

      its a brilliant system if you think about it. nobodys ginna touch your land if you slap a bunch of penis statue everywhere

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP Před 4 lety +108

      @@when7573 Its the ancient version of "trespassers will be prostituted"

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 Před 4 lety +16

      @@2MeterLP
      Thanks for making me wheeze.

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 Před 4 lety +12

      Funny how boundary-markers show no respect for personal boundaries.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 Před 4 lety +11

      Well, he's also the god of... lyres.

  • @cookubanana
    @cookubanana Před 3 lety +13

    Let us not forget also that the most famous Speedest super hero are based on Hermes/Mercury. The original Flash himself (The Jay Garrick one) used Hermes's helment as part of his design.

  • @15oClock
    @15oClock Před 3 lety +18

    Hermes is also often mistaken for his son with Aphrodite, Hermaphroditus, who originated the term hermaphrodite. It's awkward at family gatherings.

  • @owneyw4374
    @owneyw4374 Před 5 lety +904

    Maybe a weird request, but can you do a misc. myths on Hestia? She is virtually unknown, but is fascinating because she is just generally a good person.

  • @RyelynCaster
    @RyelynCaster Před 5 lety +6135

    Are you going to be doing one for every god? Cause I would love to see one for Hades.