GREEK MYTHOLOGY: The Necklace of Harmonia - Told by Aphrodite and Hephaestus

[@coreylugauer2369]

A very good and detailed story about the tragedy of Harmonia. And a delightful tale that shows how similar the Olympians are in terms of spite and hypocrisy. Hera is always enraged at Zeus for his philandering, yet will cover for her favored son, Ares, then discarded and maimed Hephaestus for being ugly. Then Hephaestus viciously takes his rage and humiliation on beautiful and innocent Harmonia, on her wedding day, no less! Not only does he cause unnecessary suffering to her, but to many other legends and heroes, all for the sake of his spite. He truly is Hera's son in this regard. Fantastic work!

[@livingmythology1405]

Fantastic reading my friend - they are family after all and so very alike! - Lightbringer

[@Noname-sy3du]

He was right and he did what any being would have done.

[@nobatime]

I never studied Greek mythology before, but your videos, so beautifully done, has made me obsessed with it. Wonderful work

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

I've never heard of this necklace.

[@livingmythology1405]

Wow, thank you so much! It is so fascinating, so we're so glad to have sparked your interest into a roaring flame! - Lightbringer

[@LetholdusKaspyr]

Beautiful telling of a delightfully wicked tale.

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you kindly! - Lightbringer

[@oliviaobiaja]

Thanks!

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you so much Oliviaobiaja !!! It is so wonderful to see your name in the comments, thank you for your continued support! It means the absolute world to us! - Lightbringer

[@BohdanKaiba]

The first time I ever heard of Hephaestus was when I first played Bioshock, it will be great to learn more!

[@livingmythology1405]

Hope you enjoyed it my friend! - Lightbringer

[@MrPlainsflyer]

I'm late but I'm here, super excited to see the full length videos again!!

[@livingmythology1405]

Hope you enjoyed the tale! Don't worry Apollo's Revenge is in the works! - Lightbringer

[@JasoniusRexington]

I have to say, it does crack me up that the Greek gods are basically just nobles with literally godlike superpowers. It's great. The tails are also beautiful, tongue in cheek aside. I was so fascinated with how Hephaestus believed he could not be loved because his wife was cheating on him and he was mocked by everyone. And so he turned to tearing down that which spurned him. To make them share his pain. It's very interesting. I just really liked your take on it, Baldermort.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

My heart breaks for him, he didn't deserve such crap.

[@spardadarkknight1]

@@lilacgirl-z8w Harmonia and Cadmus did not deserve it Either

[@livingmythology1405]

WE both thank you for your kind words and for enjoying our tales! - Lightbringer

[@stax6092]

Excellent, well done as always. Keep it up. :)

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you very much! Lovely to see your name again in the comments! - Lightbringer

[@slimesenseiii1014]

Amazing work as always. You guys are appreciated

[@livingmythology1405]

Much appreciated back, it is lovely to be supported by kind souls like you! - Lightbringer

[@hoggHogg]

Your videos are amazing! Thank you so much. My daughter loves your videos. You’re her favorite KZbin channel.

[@livingmythology1405]

Yay! Thank you so much! We just love telling stories about myths, they can be so fun!!! To be someone's favourite is a true gift, thank you for sharing this with us! It is an honour! - Lightbringer

[@nfdxns8782]

Love what you do

[@percevalcarlsson5811]

Excellent video!

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you so much! - Lightbringer

[@singletona082]

Your take on Haphestus... How i want to grab the man by his beard and slam him face first into a table before shouting at him that he treated Hera as a prize, a Thing... a bauble to be given or taken. That is not Love. Above all if you love a thing that cannot love you or you ccannot be with. Let it go. And so, he shouldh ave let HER go. Ask Zeus for an annullment. He had gotten what revenge he could of the situation and so perhaps in time find another who loves the forging and working. The shaping and crafting. Some people make better exes than partners. Friends rather than lovers.

[@firerocklaser6819]

I agree with you but at the same time no one deserves to get cheated on

[@sukmykrok3388]

I can't wait for the two stories to come! Wow!

[@JasoniusRexington]

Hi, Baldermort! Thank you for this amazing video! I appreciate your relaxing introductions to Greek mythology. You rock!

[@livingmythology1405]

Glad you enjoyed it! - Lightbringer

[@JasonBlair-bc1ew]

The best channel on KZbin FACTS 💯% THE 🇬🇧 UKS WATCHING 👀. B3👌🏾

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you so so much! - Lightbringer

[@ronaldmccomb8301]

Absolutely awesome. No matter the god or mortal, your voices perfectly embody them. When you portray Aphrodite, I easily picture as the most beautiful object in creation. When Hera, the sorrow and pettiness. Same when you portray Zeus, Hades or Hephaestus. So very glad this channel exists.

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you so much for your kind words my friend! I'm so glad they feel as distinctive as we intend! - Lightbringer

[@ronaldmccomb8301]

@@livingmythology1405 it why I commented on it while Mrs. Living Mythology was Aphrodite as opposed to Hera. I don’t want to be on the other side of an axle to Ixion.

[@coreylugauer2369]

Wait a minute, isn't Dionysus already around, because he was the very god that managed to get Hephaestus to Olympus.

[@RavenIdril2966]

Please get to Dionysus and Ariadne please ?

[@jessnalulila5552]

Greek Mythology is messy, trying to form a timeline would make one insane 🤷‍♀️

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you for pointing this out - it is a mess ! And has been driving my fully mad in doing so - as Coreylugauer2369 is right - Dionysus comes to Olympus because of his mother getting burnt up, due in some part to the necklace made by Hephaestus. But Hephaestus is only convinced to come back to Olympus by Dionysus sharing a drink with him. So you can see the contradiction in the original tales, as Greek mythology was mostly an oral tradition, and people didn't speak to one another to get their stories straight, it is full of these types of maddening contradictions! So it is tricky to get a timeline narrative without them, and sometimes I make mistakes. But I'd rather tell the tale as it's told than fix every inconstancy. (even though we do try our best to fix as many as we can haha) I still hope you enjoyed the tale! (And Dionysus and Ariadne are also on the list of stories to be told!) - Lightbringer

[@coreylugauer2369]

​@@livingmythology1405 Yes, I still enjoyed this story, and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!😀

[@PungiFungi]

Don’t bothered with timeline in Greek myths. As the movie Jason And the Argonauts showed and explained in the novelization of Clash of the Titans, time can be as fast or slow as the gods wills it and it appears for one god a full 20 years goes by in mere moments but for another god he or she may feel the passage of the full two decades and both wouldn’t miss anything. The gods’ existence seems to transcend the boundaries of time and our dimension. Their sense of time is not so linear.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Living Mythology . 🐺Loupis Canis .

[@RavenIdril2966]

Will you do Eros and Psyche?

[@jessnalulila5552]

​@@RavenIdril2966 why you're asking loupis this?

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you Loupis Canis! 🐺 - Lightbringer

[@TamayaoCousins]

when are u guys gonna post again about asclepius

[@livingmythology1405]

The video on Apollo's vengeance is up now ! - Lightbringer

[@joshuamorton88]

Hephaistos is definitely his mother's son

[@livingmythology1405]

Oh the apple dropped straight down my friend! - Lightbringer

[@Katy-tj2rr]

WONDERFUL VIDEO !!! I address Hephaestus every day, along with the entire Pantheon, my Andromedian Hellenes Ancestors. *AΡΜΟΝΙΑ* THANK YOU !

[@livingmythology1405]

Thank you so much! - Lightbringer

[@europademon]

The gods don't forgive. Always pay heed to the gifts of the gods. It may not be the boon you thought.

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Ares isn't capable of love just bloodshed.

[@jessnalulila5552]

I've read a myth where Athena killed a woman(Iodama) for literally NO REASON

[@livingmythology1405]

Wise words, elegantly put! - Lightbringer

[@thehermit8723]

Afrodite did not deserve Hephaestus... Luckily he lated married the godess Aglaea and was happy unlike her.

[@singletona082]

Well that is something at the least.

[@jessnalulila5552]

What you mean "unlike her" ?

[@marian1000brb]

He was happy because she allowed it. She was the goddess of love and she orders the Erotes. He was lucky she didn't resent him for what he has done to her and her daughter. As for Aphrodite she was happy with Ares, not to mention her mortal son Aeneas became immortal and joined her to mount Olympus.

[@wd9441]

I need a part two of this story like when Harmonia and Cadmus are turned into snakes.

[@jamellfoster6029]

*Well being that Hephaestus & Ares were brothers, Harmonia was his niece as well as his stepdaughter. That was just petty of Hephaestus.

[@livingmythology1405]

Very but families have feuds - Lightbringer

[@mysterchr]

What "old palace under the sea" did he go to?

[@marcoclarke9057]

Hephaestus was raised by the sea goddess and future mother of Achilles, Thetis. It's likely he went to the palace of her parents the elder sea god and goddess, Nereus and Doris.

[@kiltedcripple]

Greece: Don't worry, it can always get worse.

[@livingmythology1405]

😂😂😂

[@genericdreamers831]

Oh snap. I recognized the name Oedipus from my high school days' studies. Suffice to say, as it was an all-boy Catholic school, the re-creation we did of their theater was 'accurate' to say the least. Myself in the masque and garb of his daughter Antigone. That'll be the day, should you cover that lol.

[@livingmythology1405]

I thought it might be a name that people remembered ! Ahhh Oedipus, the greek plays are always full of fun eh? - Lightbringer

[@Pfasma5]

Ohhh wicked boy!

[@livingmythology1405]

Can't be nice and forgiving every time right? - Lightbringer

[@carlolazol3209]

I’d have understood if it were the sons of ares Hephaestus wanted to curse like this but fuck me Harmonia is the last person to deserve this BS

[@livingmythology1405]

His target didn't deserve his wrath, but his anger was also justified... - Lightbringer

[@tevynseerattan3741]

🇹🇹 waiting patiently for Apollo revenge

[@lilacgirl-z8w]

Aphrodite banged Apollo as well.

[@livingmythology1405]

Wait no longer ! It's out now! - Lightbringer

[@allisonshaw9341]

Hephaestus and Hades were basically the only Olympian gods I could respect. Now it's down to Hades.

[@jessnalulila5552]

Not a fun fact: Hephaestus tried to r*pe Athena

[@livingmythology1405]

He may have acted cruelly here, but do not judge him too harshly. Gods are always acting on their emotions, consumed by them at times it seems. - Lightbringer

[@ciaranbrk]

He punished the bastards of his ex wife I see no wrong in it.

[@allisonshaw9341]

@@ciaranbrk One does not punish children for their parent's actions. That is basic common decency and morality.

[@ambercaplinger5273]

10/10

[@Baileybali335]

Can u do the story of Adonis🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😩

[@livingmythology1405]

I shall add it to the list! - Lightbringer

[@lowesgameing2003]

Karma

[@ryancogan5139]

First comment! Hazzar

[@ryancogan5139]

I look forward to your videos, great content! I was wondering if you had a video for Tartarus in the works? I’d love to see a video from his perspective

[@livingmythology1405]

Legend! Thank you! OOOooo not currently but I will add it to the list! - Lightbringer

[@stc6851]

Noice 👍

[@capinchaos4367]

Comment for the YT Gods

[@habeebrasheed5930]

A true son of Hera