Greek Gods vs. Giants - Greek Mythology Explained

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[@ImNotGoodAtAnimation]

the idea that Artemis, goddess of the hunt to just straight up have a gun is amazing

[@RedPandaMountainGoat]

Yes

[@YourRichFriend1829]

2:11 Artemis doesn’t even use hunting guns, just a nine

[@christopherb501]

(deep and raspy) *"This* is a _gun?!?_

[@redbrachydios]

Gotta ice some fools sometimes

[@No-cc1fq]

No

[@toadeenie9745]

The lesson at the end is one to remember for generations to come

[@saanalahde3082]

Come

[@thebaldcat6708]

Ok EDP445

[@saanalahde3082]

Oh god

[@_Circe]

Or not! Very likely not. Definitely not.

[@dirtdoes6272]

At the end of the day, it’s night

[@sonofcronos7831]

Funny how Hades never participate in any battle besides the Titanomachy, but he is always willing to give his Helmet to Hermes in the Gigantomachy, or to Athena during the Trojan war. Great uncle.

[@celina3042]

Hades has to welcome the aftermath of war, he is good at his job… you could say too good.

[@omarsalem1219]

How do you people manage to still needlesly praise hades even when he is barley a part of the story when will this fanboying Stop

[@videogollumer]

@@omarsalem1219 They're just bummed that he has been, and still is, frequently adapted as a villain because he's the god of the underworld and Hades literally has the same etymology as "Hell"; both mean "Hidden, covered, or unseen.". The reason Hell is exclusively bad in Christianity is because the good part, Abraham's Bosom, is no longer there. Still, I agree that there's a point where the so called "underdog" becomes overrated.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@omarsalem1219 well but there is a lot of characters in greek mythology that barely appears, so this is not a demerit for Hades. The fanboying over Hades is ok, the only aspect that i not like about it is that it paints Hades to much as a good guy, when he was one the most terryifing gods for the ancients greeks (not because of his appearance that was exactly like his two brothers) because people feared being punished in his realm. In Erebus, you have no other god that you can pray besides Hades and Persephone, so you better not make they angry. But he is a great uncle because he always helps his family, contrary to movies that depicts him as a traitor evil god.

[@alberich3963]

@@sonofcronos7831 man, Socrates literally described Hades as the most amazing being in existence(the guy is so amazing that nobody leaves the underworld because he is too amazing)

[@limkailuen3022]

2:47 “ Alright Otis , who of the olympians do you want as a wife “ “ I want artermis , the maiden virgin goddess who one defining trait is that she doesn’t want to be married” “ That’s tight bro , I want Hera yknow the wife of Zeus who is rlly doesn’t like unfaithfulness in marriages “

[@hornyinnit9426]

Pls tell me that is in the video

[@failureman6832]

It isn’t sorry

[@dr.bright6272]

There was another instance of people who wanted wives that they probably shouldn't have. Like Paris and his buddy, they wanted to take other people's wives as their own. Paris started the Troy war with his and his buddy got punished by Hades for trying to take Persephone.

[@retinazer7652]

I read Magnus chase too much so my instant thought was ”Otis? As in, the goat?”

[@arthurdias6860]

@@dr.bright6272 i think it was theseus and his buddy that did it

[@FrumiousBandersnatch42]

I love the little scene of like Zeus: * aggressive electrocutions * Poseidon: * agresssive trident stabbings * Hades: Visible. In-visible. Visible. Invisible.

[@celina3042]

At least you can see Zeus coming (that’s what she said), feel Poseidon’s anger but Hades explains why we all fear the dark.

[@MorglortheMangler]

The real victim in all this is Gaia having all of her children either killed or imprisoned, I really feel sorry for her. Also Artemis having a gun taped to her bow is just brilliant.

[@sk416yearsago]

"That's the last time I'm having mutually consensual intercourse" is a quote I was not expecting to hear today

[@travisoliver6741]

That gave me straight-up psychic damage.

[@OptimusPhillip]

Learning the actual story of the Gigantomachy makes it really funny when Riordanverse fans complain about the characters "cheating" to beat the Giants in Heroes of Olympus. Not that their complaints aren't reasonable, but it's more an original sin of the mythology than a flaw in the books' writing.

[@eravern]

oh thats where Gigantomachia's name came from, didn't know how i missed that

[@mrjoe332]

And I thought the characters didn't cheat nearly as much as they could

[@xsxeno]

Huh? How did they cheat?

[@mrjoe332]

@@xsxeno Percy killed one of the Giants by hitting him with a living statue of the god of frontiers, and also other things

[@pn2294]

@@eravernMHA reference?

[@justinmoore8641]

I know you cover mythology but will or would you cover the Arthurian legends? I would love to see the comedy and animation and (satire?) that you put into your mythology stories and animations into it. Your vids are always a treat

[@arabellacarter1482]

Ohmygod pleeeaaassssseeee

[@deadly_golem]

Interesting fact: King Arthur is actually a notable character in Welsh mythology

[@videogollumer]

Jake would probably come up with an interesting unconventional design for Merlin, considering Merlin is... a half-demon. I'm guessing he'll put tiny horns above his forehead or something.

[@projekttaku1]

Can't wait to hear about gawain, the man who's strength would rise with the sun and reach a peak at noon everyday.

[@sirmultiverse5896]

Well, they dealt with giants much more effectively than the norse gods

[@moisesinfantes2797]

Norse giants scale higher.

[@hamesthebeautiful3830]

Bruh what, according to whom?

[@moisesinfantes2797]

@@hamesthebeautiful3830 Mythology.

[@sirmultiverse5896]

@moisesinfantes2797 what is your source?

[@hamesthebeautiful3830]

@@moisesinfantes2797 Ah yes the mythology where norse and greek entities never once interacted because Scandinavia and Greece are about 1,500 miles away from eachother

[@videogollumer]

Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Otus and Ephialtes captured Ares WHILE they were trying to get Hera and Artemis; and Artemis turned into a deer because she was aiding Hermes in Ares' rescue. Edit: Also, Ares was their prisoner for thirteen months, not three.

[@peralta8525]

No corrections needed

[@videogollumer]

@@peralta8525 Thanks.

[@segnos]

Yea that's also how I remembered the myth but I guess there are many versions of it

[@sonofcronos7831]

The story is told in the Iliad, in the Odyssey and in Apolodorus with some modifications. Sometimes Ares is captured, other times he is not, etc

[@MeliesCinemagician]

"And they, all but Ocean, attacked him, and Cronus cut off his father's genitals and threw them into the sea." I'm just picturing Oceanus being like, "Bro, what the hell?! I said I didn't want to get involved! Why are you throwing dad's junk at me?!"

[@silentnight6810]

Kronos: "cause you're a coward"

[@sonofcronos7831]

Cronus actually trew the genitals into his uncle Pontus, the primordial Sea. Altrough Oceanus name is the base for the name Ocean we used today, it dont refer to the salt sea but to a mythical fresh water river in the ends of the world. Funny enough percy jackson literaly uses that joke too

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

@@sonofcronos7831 Well, originally it did refer to a freshwater river, but later on when the Greeks realized that wasnt a thing he was instead equated with the Atlantic

[@amydoesart3724]

The Idea alone of a Titanic creature being scared of a pissed off woman using somones SKIN as armor have to be one of the best cases of female empowerment i ever seen

[@amydoesart3724]

That and my Queen artemis gunning down a giant

[@limkailuen3022]

Artemis was borned after the Titan war , so how would she be able to gun down a Titan ?

[@amydoesart3724]

@@limkailuen3022 Sorry, i got i little confused

[@sonofcronos7831]

​@@limkailuen3022she gunned a giant, not a titan

[@vaniang4229]

@@limkailuen3022o i understand where you’re coming from, Artemis did not gun down any titans (unless you count Orion?) but the way you phrased your sentence sounds like titans ceased to exist during her birth- which is not true 😆 her mother is literally a titan Edit: orion is a giant not a titan

[@zwiebeldogs]

Ah yes. Artemis and her renowned *GUN BOW*

[@SyonicYt]

Cool vid your what got me into Greek Mythology and inspired me to write a book set in Greek Mythology

[@jaxjaxattaxx]

My favorite running gag are the surprisingly modern, random glocks of the gods 😂😂😂

[@Blazesoldier]

New video can’t wait to watch it love your vids you deserve way more credit your videos are funny educational and just so entertaining

[@videogollumer]

Y'know, it was actually some physical stress on Gaia; considering that Tartarus is INSIDE her. Basically her offspring were getting shoved back into her "womb" (Yeah, the thought is kinda gruesome.).

[@dorkfish1275]

and you know somebody's masturbating to it (I have the misfortune of knowing that unbirth is a fetish)

[@videogollumer]

@@dorkfish1275 ...yeah, let's not go there.

[@cancerguy5435]

It's less of a womb and more of an a-hole. Which is even worse somehow.

[@videogollumer]

@@cancerguy5435 ...I'd imagine. o_o

[@dorkfish1275]

@@cancerguy5435 forbidden buttplugs.....no wonder she's pissed

[@CerberusB1]

This is my first time hearing about the giants, the only thing I knew about the castration was it made Aphrodite

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

The castration that gave birth to Aphrodite was Kronos's The one that gave birth to the giants was Uranus'

[@History-yq5ou]

No, Kronos was never castrated. The sea foam created when Uranus’ dick fell into the sea became Aphrodite. The blood became the Giants.

[@uoykcuf320]

@@History-yq5ou his blood also created the furies

[@britneybell6879]

I love your videos, you joke about not having other people to do the voices and all that but I love these just as they are and your humor and all its just perfection ❤❤❤

[@Deathdestroy367]

you know it is a good day when jake uploads

[@TheTrueMorse64]

2:38 “and now look at the big baby!” The big baby: “Wah!”

[@wizardsknowledge1138]

Can you do Celtic mythology next?

[@assimilation9]

I second this. I know next to nothing about it

[@Centaurion90]

I love your videos jake

[@jaydenburgher2651]

Yo Athena is kinda mad for that one, skinning a god for armour and just tossing islands at the Giants💀💀

[@kathvi]

she's just that chill, ya know? that's why she's my favorite out of all LOL.

[@xaviercordova762]

I like this video, It’s something I haven’t seen anything to do with the giants just goes to show that there is always something that we won’t know and thanks you for your work

[@Thisismyspareaccount]

Boutta binge watch this channel all over again

[@HerveyShmervy]

Thank you for saying Uranus the correct way

[@lifeiscats1337]

2:50 I think Hera would definitely agree to that only because it would get revenge on Zeus for doing this exact thing with the genders reversed x3000. Her knowing only about 20% of them. But that’s only the one’s philosophers managed to remember and write down. 😬

[@kriticanamchu4128]

Im your 114th Iike! Love your vids Jake!❤

[@Sherk_isfine]

Heracles is such a badass

[@MrMighty147]

Love these videos.

[@Gojiro7]

I fucking cracked up when I noticed the Gun Artemis is using is taped to the tip of her arrow to be combo'd with her perpetually resisting to let go of the arrow animation she's used when talking to people and delivering babies XD

[@peterhannon79]

I had 3 minutes and this is perfect.

[@the2potatoes]

I’m so excited to watch this

[@brodyman7169]

Hey Jake love your content and I was wondering if you could maybe cover some greek sources containing the cyclopes maybe the odyssey where the story of the cyclops with the sheep came from sorry forgot his name

[@primas_marine]

Wonderful video

[@juanjuri6127]

i can't believe Ares got the cursed pony treatment, smdh

[@retrobabyNEWGROUNDS]

Hi jake, I animating Your character, On your Profile picture, in Crazy war. With everyone's characters saving multiverse too jake doubleyoo, with tankman and pico from newgrounds. Evil purple things killing them. Those evil purple invasion are super strong, and very powerful too. And blood N' gore everywhere. :'(

[@LiMe251]

Ideas: #1: Korean mythology #2: Isis and The Seven Scorpions

[@dr.fandom5552]

That could be interesting.

[@HighKingRSS]

Hi Jake LOVE Your Vids Please Just MOAR (More Bible Please or Norse)

[@ChaosBrebd]

best part of my Saturday

[@gandalfthewhite.5245]

Gaia: can y’all stop sending each other to Tartarus, for FIVE MINUTES.

[@ThijquintNL]

The way you pronounce uranus is actually more consistant with other languages, i like it

[@legonerdandfan2679]

Do part 2 Greek complation

[@OptimusPhillip]

Now I'm curious: what did Gaia expect Zeus to do with the Titans? Just let them walk free so they can keep trying to throw her children back into Tartarus?

[@marianabonina249]

I just got to the heroes of Olympus series I really needed a video about this

[@jdsknowledge174]

ANOTHER W VIDEO FROM JAKE

[@lifeiscats1337]

1:36 Zeus and Heracles: *doing the famous Atreus, Kratos team up against Baldur*

[@yes2day257]

Best animater

[@zainmudassir2964]

Hope you make vid on Greco Roman mythology syncretism

[@roselleyuck7612]

Hi, I’m too lazy to research further but I say this art piece depicting a statue of Chiron captured by cupid. Is there a story behind this or just a fun crossover?

[@peralta8525]

One thing that always bothered me in Heros of Olympus 3 (Mark of Athena) is that the giants Otis and Ephialtes, and the sons of Posideon, were merged into the same characters, likely formed off of Rick Riordan not knowing the names were just a coincidence.

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

TBF I doubt they were a coincidence, more likely Ephialtes was a character who everyone agreed was a giant but different traditions gave him different myths and parentage

[@peachycxtie4431]

Can you do Amphitrite?

[@kennyobi9871]

Nice!

[@tlotlomolefe4057]

Everyone go read Stephen Fry's books, Mythos and Heroes. The writing is satirical and so funny but extremely educational.

[@lingaustin2854]

Got those for my birthday, fell in love with em. Helps that Stephen Fry is one of my favourite actors/writers.

[@cole2368]

i like this channel

[@Jesse-bl2qz]

0:22 "And that kids is when comminism was invented."

[@hudsonschindler3839]

You should make a video about Sisyphus

[@CharaViolet]

can u make a video on Eros pls

[@fredetienne6962]

Hey could you tell any stories of the greek winds (anemoi)

[@dr.bright6272]

Could you stop throwing my children in the pit!? - Gaia

[@d3denny117]

Nice

[@DarthJeter888]

Wait I just realized something, Since Pallas is immortal and he got skinned by Athena, that means he is skinless, that’s pretty messed up, Imagine coming across a skinless god of war

[@sonofcronos7831]

Giants are not exactly immortal. She skinned the giant Palas, not the Titan god Palas. However gods can regenerate things human cannot way faster. For example, when Zeus tissues were ripped off by Typhon, he did not grew back, but he was remerged with them later thanks to some of his sons and he is just fine. Ouranos genitals did not grow back. Prometheus liver however grew back everyday. So the organs that can grow back in humans (like liver) can also grow back in gods way faster. Since human skin regenerate, is likely that a god skin can also regenerate way faster. But if you take a god organ, and if that god organ is the same as a human organ that cant grow back, them the organ will not go back and the god will be immobilized (like Zeus against Typhon) basically forever. However his organ can be sewed back again and the god can recover.

[@Satoru_Gojo0000]

can u do a vid about the odyssey??

[@mariapaterakis5061]

I love the idea that every god just comes pre installed with a perfectly sized gun in the pocket.

[@jacksonjoestar5059]

I know this isn’t related to the hole point of the video but I love how mythology has some variation of “and then there was this asshole”

[@sylvan186]

The story of the twins excited me more, maybe because I pictured toddlers stacking mountains on each other with reckless abandon.

[@Jackth3ripp3rr]

Hey Jake, I was just wondering I heard somewhere that Poseidon was the father of the cyclops is I was just a bit confused I was wondering if you could clear that up

[@emayex_]

I’m not him, but I can probably answer. If you study Greek mythology at all you know there is very rarely a correct answer to something, other than the most obvious ones like: was Zeus present in Greek mythology as a whole. Now, I’m using Wikipedia as a source backed up with previous knowledge and understanding of the topic so keep that in mind. According to Hesiod: there were three Cyclopes (Cyclops) that were sons of Ouranos. According to Homer and the Odyssey, there was at least one Cyclopes said to be the child of Poseidon: Polyphemus. Hope I helped :D Any other questions or things you want clarified?

[@Jackth3ripp3rr]

@@emayex_ thank you for helping

[@Olimar92]

Yes, choosing the two Goddesses that would actually be against marrying you is a great idea.

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

There's an amazing frieze of this war on the Pergamon Altar that shows not just the gods listed here but a HUGE number of Greek gods fighting the gigantes. Like, Rhea, Leto, Ceto, Helios, Eos, Pontus, Theia, Nerius, Doris, Aether, Oceanus, Tethys, Semele, Dione, Eros, Selene, and possibly even Nyx are all there. It's crazy.

[@aithne1457]

And hemera ?I mean aether is there sooo

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

@@aithne1457 Not all of them are preserved, I wouldnt be surprised if she had been there

[@tilldream8622]

I was thinking of a video about the myth of sisyphus and others that made the olympian gods angry.

[@emifenrich1747]

Tbh chucking sicily at someone isnt a strategy to resolve arguments i considered so far

[@The1stCroc]

Cool vid!!

[@Centaurion90]

You haven’t even watched it

[@Deltarune_Enjoyer]

You are first

[@The1stCroc]

@@Deltarune_Enjoyer Thanks!

[@The1stCroc]

@@Centaurion90 If you can’t watch watch a 10min vid in 2 seconds that’s a skill issue

[@Centaurion90]

@@The1stCroc it’s a 3 minute video if you can’t do math it’s a skill issue (just joking btw not being a dick)

[@Nguyenzander]

En-ka-la-dos for Enceladus is frightening

[@manuelcisneros3883]

Thx I only know Greek bc of you

[@kraken8254]

You should do Slavic mythology

[@Jolezloba]

Last joke - golden.

[@ArshNotFound1214]

Epic

[@kambuityehimba140]

The story with Otus and Ephialtes is one the weirdest in Greek Mythology

[@ivanmarasovicjukic225]

Day 3 of asking Jake to make a video about Menoetius the titan

[@kellimassie9204]

Cool

[@jhernandezc9c9]

WOAH 52 seconds ago this was uploaded 😂😮

[@chimpanzinc1790]

i liked seeing the greek gods all working together

[@Thespeedrap]

Hey i was wondering are these the same giants from Genesis Flood story i wonder🤔

[@MLPgirl1998]

Zeus almost got his wife, Hera raped...! WHAT THE HECK ??!

[@Humanity_Will_Die]

Hades is probably the best god, he doesn’t cheat, does his job, and takes care of his dog!

[@celina3042]

John Wick of Gods & everybody likes Keanu Reeves…. Wait doesn’t his dog get killed?

[@omarsalem1219]

What does this have to do with THIS video

[@videogollumer]

@@celina3042 No, Heracles had to capture Cerberus for his 12th and final labor for Eurystheus to atone for murdering his wife and kids in a fit of Hera-induced rage. He of course asked Hades first, and Hades agreed to let him on the condition that he use no weapons in trying to subdue Cerberus and that he bring him back unharmed.

[@warriorwatch2406]

@@omarsalem1219 Does it matter? This is a video about Greek Mythology, talking about Greek Mythology in the comments seems reasonable.

[@flippednormals297]

Also forces zeus to kill the medicine god, because he caused his rate of dead people to be reduced. Forces himself on Persepone and makes her life miserable. No thank you Hestia is the best god not Hades.

[@AllofUs6]

I really want Aztec myth (if you haven't already

[@legoking6165]

Hey Jake. You mind if I ask you a question?

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

go for it bud

[@legoking6165]

@@JakeDoubleyoo Are you familiar with the "Mythology rap cypher"?

[@EPadraigM]

Uranus really took mommy to a whole new level.

[@slavabilic7175]

Not the jar 💀 Ares be Like there: MICHAEL DONT LEAVE ME HERE

[@AkuFexin]

And that's why we always use protection!

[@_johnny-jostr]

It took you long enough 🎉

[@eilidhcameron5936]

I SAW IT BEFORE HALF AN HOUR AFTER UPLOAD

[@AngusSainsbury]

Have you read Percy Jackson and by the way I love your videos.

[@erlk2210]

He has, that's why he did videos about Greek mythology in the first place.

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

I think "The Blood of Zeus" anime was based on this

[@Kalamari11]

perfect thing to watch while eating

[@Ropoid]

Babe wake up, new mythology lore just dropped

[@vexoris8200]

Did Pallas do something to Athena? Or did she just decided to skin him?

[@Justin-yr2sp]

I was wondering whether you have read Percy, Jackson’s Greek heroes, or Percy, Jackson’s Greek gods,