Mythology Explained

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the Primordial Deities of Greek mythology: ancient gods, the first gods, gods older than Zeus and the Olympians, older than the Titans, gods who do not rule the world, though they once did in the primeval past, but who are the world, the universe, creation itself. Yes, the Olympians rule the world, but they aren...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to dive into some Egyptian mythology, specifically, the twin serpents of creation and destruction, Atum and Apophis - one to create the world, raising it out of the waters of chaos, the other to destroy it, returning it to the waters of chaos. To begin with, we're going to discuss the state of existence before creation; th...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Typhon, the most powerful monster in Greek mythology. This is a topic we made a short video on last year, and now we're going to examine it in greater detail. First we're going to look at what's told in The Library of Greek Mythology, a concise yet comprehensive compendium of Greek mythology written by Apollodor...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Satan, also known as the Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, the Great Adversary, and Lord of Hell. We're going to go through the Old and New Testament, examining Satan's role, character, and story throughout - his precipitous plummet from exalted hierarch of heaven, one of the foremos...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the number 666: it's inclusion in the New Testament, why it's considered an evil number, and the various explanations of its meaning; this last through two of the four lenses of eschatology, the branch of theology that's focused on death, final judgment, and the afterlife: specifically, at Preterism and Idealism...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video we're going to discuss a couple chapters from the Iliad that culminate in the gods attacking each other and play out with all the excitement of a tavern brawl and all the drama of a soap opera. The gods are summoned to Olympus, where Zeus bades them to descend to the mortal plane, to join the Trojan war directly, supporting each side,...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Scientology - specifically, a portion of the scriptural narrative that was previously only known to higher-ranking Scientologists, but has since become public knowledge on account of former-adherents leaving the church and uploading secret information online. This information, which most people find outlandish a...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, We're going to discuss what is most widely regarded as the most powerful weapon in Greek mythology, Zeus' lightning bolts. More specifically, where they came from, who made them, who transported them, and if their supply was limitless. Let's get into it. On the whole, Zeus' lightning bolts are presented as the most powerful weapon in...

Hey everyone, Welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Dionysus. Let's get into it. Known as Bacchus to the Romans, Dionysus was the god of wine. Both the Ivy, a plant symbol of eternal life, and the grapevine were sacred to him. He kept a raucous and motley entourage that included Satyrs, Silens, and Maenads. In art, he most commonly featured on alcohol paraphernal...

TIMESTAMPS:10:40 - end of events leading up to the TitanomachyHey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video we're going to discuss the seven most devastating weapons in Greek mythology, weapons so powerful they won wars, structured the cosmos, and even dictated the destinies of Primordial Deities, Titans, and Gods. Let's get into it. Starting off our list is Medusa's head. Medusa...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Cain: the first person to be born, as Adam and Eve were created by God, not born in the traditional sense; the first person to murder someone, his younger brother, Abel; a man cursed by God with the mark of Cain, which would visit sevenfold the retribution upon anyone who perpetrated violence against Cain; a man...

Hey everyone, Welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the five most powerful male Titans in Greek mythology. We'll make a separate video for female Titans later on. Let us know in the comments if you agree with our selection. Let's get into it. Beginning our list is OceanusOceanus was the eldest of the 12 first-generation Titans. He personified the river Oceanus, w...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Odin: how he constantly endeavored to expand his knowledge, deepened his wisdom, and develop his magical mastery; how he alone of the gods bore the burden of the future, knowing that Ragnarok, the great conflict that would end the current age, was not long in coming; and how one of Odin's primary motivations tha...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the Antichrist. First we're going to dive into a treatise written in the 10th century that details the Antichrist's entire life; it was a seminal work, and though short, it's packed with information, taking from scripture, of course, but also from many other works written by philosophers and theologians in previ...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Chiron. Let's get into it. Centaurs are mythical half-man, half-horse amalgamations. From the waist down their bodies are that of a horse, and their torso, arms, and head are that of a man; and in some less conventional portrayals, so too were the fronts of their legs. They live in mountains and forests, preferr...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Baphomet, an entity worshipped as an idol, demon, and deity, depending on the group, particularly by pagans and gnostics, and depending on the time, as documentation of him goes back almost 1,000 years. Some modern conceptualizations present him as a nexus of opposites, comprising a network of dichotomies and th...

What if Atlas Dropped the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBx2CrbnWIHey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss how Hades could usurp Zeus and rise to become the new king of Olympus. I'd like to preface this video by saying that Hades wasn't an Evil God. In fact, using a contemporary lens, Hades was downright chivalrous and honorable when you compar...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to take a look at the Aesir-Vanir War, the war that took place in the mythic past between the two tribes of gods in Norse mythology, and following that, at how, ultimately, the Mead of Poetry, the mead that inspired gods and the greatest of skalds, bestowing mastery over verse and song, was created. Let's get into it. In N...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Uriel: regent of the sun, archangel, presider over Tartarus, flame of God, and angel of September. We're going to start off with some rapid fire information; following that we're going to explore Uriel's role in scripture, meaning the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran; and finally, we're going to...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Cthulhu: a behemoth monster from far-flung space, a creature that has lived on earth for millions of years, a sight so overwhelming and incomprehensible to the human mind that one looks shatters sanity and binds the shards with madness. We're going to start off by taking a look at Cthulhu's family tree, somethin...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Prometheus: a Titan who betrayed his own kind and joined the gods, the champion of humanity, the wily trickster who stole fire from Zeus, and the victim of one of the most truly diabolical punishments in all of Greek mythology: to have his ever-regenerating liver ripped out of his belly each day and devoured by...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the Nephilim: primordial giants of incredible size and strength, hybrid sons of fallen angels and mortal women, abominations despised by God, colossal corpses obliterated in the great flood that consumed the earth. We're going to start off by looking at two of the passages in which the Nephilim are mentioned in...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Lilith, the queen of hell, mother of demons, angel of prosti.tution, killer of pregnant women and infants, Adam's first wife, and seducer of men. We're going to start off by looking at a couple of allusions to her in the Old Testament. Following that, we're going to look at early influences that originated in Me...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss an interesting question: just how many angels, exactly, betrayed God, were cast out of heaven, and became demons. We're going to begin by looking at an earlier iteration of the Devil, one that portrays him as an instrument of God used to test humanity, not as the ruler of hell and king of demon kind; this will t...

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss Adonis: one of the most - if not the most - handsome man in Greek mythology, a man who was born from a sappy womb encased in the trunk of a tree, a man with whom Aphrodite was infatuated, a man doomed to fall well before grey flecked his hair or the lines left by long years etched his skin. Let's get into it. Ad...