Meg, in case you don't know of him, Michael Levy does great music on recreated lyres and kithara. his new album opens with a song for Hecate, its quite spooky :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Omm4iJZZ2No9Esi=c9yOerBVCmSjSKAk

What the hell i have an exam tomorrow and I don’t play regency solitaire

when she casually dropped that she is also a titan early in the game I was actually kind of shocked and became very interested.

Beautifully crafted video! ^-^ Any chance you migjt cover Legend of Zelda twilight princess?

Interesting so the epithet (witch of the crossroads) is kind of correct.

Keep it up! Love the high quality content

For whatever reason, when I heard artemis-selene-hecate, all I could picture was all three of them doing a sailor moon transformation and kicking chronos timely butt. Weird thought, but it made me chuckle!

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This was exactly what I was looking to learn after sinking like 30 hours into the early access

interesting

I love the really subtle but smart references made to modern Wicca and western ceremonial magic, alongside bits gleaned from what we know of actual Ancient Greek mystery cults. The sister blades are meant to evoke the athame (artavo) and boline, ritual knives that first appear in the Lesser Key of Solomon (before Gerald Gardner decided to place heavy emphasis on the Athame in his newly-formed Wicca because of his fascination with Indonesian Kris knives) The torches are meant to be wands, obviously (as well as referencing the whole “Hecate entering the underworld armed with a torch” story) There aren’t direct correlations to the pentacle and chalice in Melinoë’s armaments, the last two of the four Wiccan instruments (after Blade and Wand), though I could see an argument for the Skull representing either. But the Axe is of some pretty nifty provenance: it’s very specifically a double-bited axe ( a _Labrys_ ) a weapon-turned-symbol that (at least in Crete) was only ever associated with female goddesses. There’s some contentious etymology regarding its relation to the word “Labyrinth” which is pretty fascinating. But it also became a symbol in the modern era - of both the neopagan Goddess movement of the 70s, as well as lesbian feminism, both due to the Cretan association with feminine divinities. There’s so much more… the tarot cards, the incantations in rhyming couplets, the way Melinoë is depicted (including her safron robes, her “half-dead” interpretation, and her dualistic Nightmare aspect from the Dark Side hex)… it’s just all such reverent and clever reference while staunchly being its own thing, creating new interpretations of half-remembered mythologies and cultural practices. Supergiant is impeccable.

LOVED this video, your channel is so underrated!!

Exciting Update: After more research, I think it's possible the three bronze tablets I mention in this video are related to Neoplatonism, a popular belief system around the Mediterranean from about the 3rd-6th century CE. Look for more info about them on my upcoming video on Hecate. <3

Both Melinoe and Zagreus are often thought to be avatars of Dionysus. They adressed that as a prank in the first game, but I wonder if either Dio not being around is a sign of something more (plus his VA seems to voice Odysseus, so I guess he won't be in the game as the similarities are pretty clear)

Dusa short for Medusa. Dora could be short for Pandora?

The idea of stealing the wife, its actually a real thing that happened with many cultures in history. It was likely less aggressive and more of a traditional event.

So.... hecate is as Nix was to zagreus?

I'm not much for history but loved Hades. I think this is a high quality video, thanks.

Im pretty sure they are combining the two titans chronos and cronus in this game, because they’re talking about the titan of time, but he is imprisoned in the way the titan of agriculture was imprisoned after the olympian revolution

Omg H***** is in the game?? AAAAAA!!!!

I really hope it's good! I hate for this game to become political, Like many other games.

You might want to interview a Haitian historian, they exist.

1st Hades video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2Zg32ta56SfaM loved the vids very informative! :)

you have earned a follower. amazing video

How is this not watched by hundreds of thousands? I thoroughly enjoyed this video/interview! Great job Meg!

Hugely appreciate being invited back on, pal. I had a great time.

Awesome! Thanks for playing our game and for the additional history lesson :-)

Oh it's not really meant to be a name but Quistis may be this Inflection of queō (second-person plural perfect active indicative)

I learned a few new things for sure. Good video.

What does Zagreus have to do with Zeus besides being a nephew. Its like saying Horus is the son of Ra. Or Hel is the daughter of Odin.

If anyone believe this story you’ve got to learn to think for yourself. She is spot on according to the known history. What I mean is that you are dumb for believing Zeus had intercourse with his daughter. Perhaps someone wrote that story at a point because they didn’t like the idea of other religions. Hasn’t that always been the history of the world.

Oh. My. Gosh. Played this on stream. I love it! And hate it! And I'm so glad you're doing it in the context of history behind it! What a freaking cool channel concept, holy shiiit.

I loved the interview.

Hi, this interview randomly popped up in my reccomandations and I'm very glad of it - it was well spent 30 minutes ^^

My studies of Carl Jung rekindled my interest in the classics. Classic scholars not familar with Jung might find Jung's work of interest.

I learned that persephone is the doughter of demeter and zeus and that zeus impragnated demeter in the Form of a snake. Maybe this is another source than the one you got your informations from.

looks good!

I just stumbled on your video thanks to the almighty algorithm, and I’m so glad it did! Love the deep dive into the historical material, really well done!

Amazing work! This was a fun watch

Great conversation.

Wow super impressive how much you got right simply from knowing the history of what inspired the zonai

Awesome that you opened with the Orphic hymn dedicated to Melinoe.

You deserve so many more subscribers! I love this concept as both a gamer and history nerd 🤓

Criminally underappreciated video!

Ooh! This is an exciting interview. Looking forward to diving into this now. Great work as always!

Oh wow glad I got recommended this ahahaha

awesome! ty, Meg!

This was super cool. I had no clue about any of this history. I learned sooo much.

Well tbh most of the god we worship today are still jerks. There is no god that is not a jerk. The abrahamic god is a jerk.

Interestingly, Greek aristocrats seemed to love Achilles. I had a professor who exained that though Hector was respected, Achilles really was the favorite. Achilles wasn't self sacrificing, he was denied his warbride and he decided to bring the Greek war machine to its knees. That's a romantic idea, kind of like Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged but less dense, easy to read, and full of beautiful similes. Nietzsche has great things to say about ancient greek thinking, stating that, "a modern person would shudder to understand how a greek experienced the Iliad." Also, his essay on the greek competition is great. I am starting to think Nietzsche is right, and that the author Homer is entirely beyond morality/ outside of modern platonic morality.