Loved this. Working at the Penn Museum's Summer Camp each summer, we often tell the Isis/Seth/Osiris story. Getting to hear it with the additional context is wonderful. To your point about the Roman cult of Isis, the Penn Museum actually has Isis devotional objects in the Rome Gallery derived from this cult. These objects really tell us a great deal about the interaction of cultures. I love the idea of Isis temples in Britain, which I am pretty sure they have found in London.. The world was so much smaller back then and yet ideas still traveled remarkably far.
@aurionc24682 жыл бұрын
Or those ‘ideas’ were wantonly pilfered, stolen, and reappropriated.
@CULater0002 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting that the goddess disguised as a nurse burning a royal infant’s mortality occurs both with Egyptian Isis and Greek Demeter. While the surrounding stories are different, that specific element repeats
@eoincampbell15842 жыл бұрын
Considering that the goddesses were later associated with each other by the Romans I wonder if that aspect is what led to the association or if that aspect was borrowed from the original Isis myth and added to the Demeter one then as *part of* the association.
@PalimpsestProd2 жыл бұрын
Fire = healing, so it would be a common motif in most human cultures.
@eoincampbell15842 жыл бұрын
@@PalimpsestProd They didn't go into too much detail here in this video, but in this case it's a bit more than fire being a symbol for healing, they are quite directly the same story: The goddess while wandering the world poses as a mortal servant in a palace, and takes a liking to the infant son of the King. For three nights she bathes the infant in divine flame, burning away a bit of its mortality at a time. On the third night however the mother catches the goddess in the act in "saves" the baby. The goddess then becomes enraged and explains that if she was simply allowed to continue then the infant would have become a god. Replace "goddess" with either Isis or Demeter, it's the same. The only differences are the reasons they are traveling (Demeter is wandering depressed after her daughter was kidnapped, Isis is searching for Osiris' body) and their actions afterward (Demeter demands a temple to her be built in penance, Isis takes Osiris' body and leaves).
@arachne60742 жыл бұрын
It makes sense that the peoples of the meditation sea would trade religious ideas as they traded goods.
@eoincampbell15842 жыл бұрын
@@arachne6074 I'd love to visit the meditation sea, sounds so relaxing.
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache2 жыл бұрын
So Osiris was Exodia all along. Good to know.
@nostalgialovesmypaycheque93822 жыл бұрын
Lolololol
@eulermoura96432 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD YES!!!
@Townsteppa2 жыл бұрын
Yes because you had to collect all body cards to summon😂😂
@High-LordHarza2 жыл бұрын
...that might actually be the basis for Exodia.
@exodiathomas9082 жыл бұрын
It is true, I am Osiris
@uhohspaghettios23912 жыл бұрын
I loved ancient mythology *so much* as a kid. I could basically recite whole swaths of information about Egyptian or Greek history, folklore, deities, etc. Looking back, it's honestly baffling that no one figured out I was neurodivergent, lolol
@spottedbeing55612 жыл бұрын
I'm in this comment and I actually don't mind it
@athena87942 жыл бұрын
Saaaame. Whenever my guy is playing or watching anything based on mythology, he calls me in for a consult fairly frequently.
@barbiquearea2 жыл бұрын
As a kid I grew up on cartoons like Disney's Hercules shows that showed a lot of stuff from Greek mythology, as well as Tutenstein, a cartoon about Tutankhamen's mummy coming back to life and dealing with a lot of hijinx revolving around the Egyptian gods. Then there was the Horrible History cartoons which sometimes touched upon ancient history and mythology. Very educational stuff.
@SupaLydz242 жыл бұрын
Neurodivergent here, and I'm cracking up because I literally was just saying to myself how intrigued I am by this new found knowledge and telling myself "welp, guess this is gonna be my next obsession for a min" 😫😫🤣🤣🤣😭
@masilrizwan43222 жыл бұрын
That's awesome you could do all that, very inspirational!
@hunterq42022 жыл бұрын
Consistently have such great and unique videos, as somebody who often goes down wiki rabbit holes it’s great to have this format and better research toward. Keep it up, great host too
@xandrawood2 жыл бұрын
This is so well told, thank you! I get so disappointed when someone tells a culture myth with little to no context just to play up the shock value of the imagery, "They sure believed some craaazy stuff back then!" Every element has a point or a context, and without it a story's significance will be lost. With the context you included we can understand the significance of the symbolism, the decisions made, the reflection it had to politics at the time, their virtues and gender roles, and their view of the spiritual and the afterlife, which is incredibly similar to a lot of the western world.
@eomguel90172 жыл бұрын
I remember how much I loved Egyptiona myhtology as a child. I remember many versions of this tale. If Osiris' death story is a big drama, the battle between Seth and Horus in some versions can get quite... let's say mature content too haha.
@CrisSelene2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the lettuce story.
@abydosianchulac22 жыл бұрын
"Hey, Thoth, how were you born?" "Um..."
@abydosianchulac22 жыл бұрын
"Hey, Thoth had two dads; he must have been adopted!" "Well, actually..."
@abhishekghosh43842 жыл бұрын
You could have been there in previous life.
@JLZero2 жыл бұрын
Could you also do one on Seth alone? And maybe Anubis? There are so many sources and stories about Seth, that you easily lose track. One of them is that his Function changed over Egypts history from a hero to a villain. And that he also was the god/patreon of foreigners. Would like to know if that even is a thing.
@TheArmchairPriest9 ай бұрын
The thing is he was always the hero to the egyptians. In sumer hes called enlil. But for some reason only reallyyy for the past couple decades people have been demonizing him and siding with the god of death. Weird, in my opinion lol. He was venerated in both egypt and sumer- even being retitled there as nunanmir (fierce high prince). Osiris / Enki is the god of death and the underworld, and he likes it. I don’t side with that guy
@ljc52772 жыл бұрын
This was the story that cemented my interest in myth and Egyptology as a kid. It was also very funny to read different versions of the Osiris story growing up because they were either honest about what happened to his penis or they'd censor themselves to be "safe for children." Which is hilarious bc mythology can involve cosmos-sized sex melodramas rivaling Real Housewives.
@leahr.27322 жыл бұрын
pretty much lmaoo
@lgstar33632 жыл бұрын
It’s ridiculous to sensor anything. It sensors freedom of speech (speech should not be taken literal as there are different forms of communications in present time and the politicians and or companies who do know they are manipulating the system).
@divinekitty18312 жыл бұрын
Honestly, mythological relationship drama is better than 100% of modern relationship drama. Some supermodel cheating on her husband? Boring, predictable. Loki Sleeping with a horse? Now you have my attention.
@eluemina2366 Жыл бұрын
@@divinekitty1831😅
@Aidan.B2 жыл бұрын
mythology is so interesting and it’s even more interesting when you have people who genuinely like it, like dr Z
@caitlinb2 жыл бұрын
So interesting how religions of the past continue to influence our world today
@more172 жыл бұрын
So cool to see you doing a mythological tales series as well Dr. Z!!
@pbsstoried2 жыл бұрын
Having a great time and feeling lucky I have the chance!-*Dr.Z*
@kellymc17972 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with ancient Egypt as a kid and I’m still in love with it, and the Osiris legend is my favorite story from Egyptian mythology.
@spuriusbrocoli4701 Жыл бұрын
There's an amazing church in Rome: the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva ("the Saint Mary over Minerva). It's a Catholic church dedicated to St Mary, the Madonna that was erected over a temple to Minerva. But before it was a temple to Minerva, it was a temple to Isis. You can go down into the ruins & see the layers of Roman history beneath the church to this day. It's interesting to me the continuity not only of preserving a holy space (which is fairly common as religious practices change), but also how a maternal, feminine nature was also conserved from Isis to Minerva to the Madonna.
@issisdelgado1892 жыл бұрын
I was named after this great Goddess. I never bored myself with her amazing stories and Dr. Zarka did a wonderful job with this. Thanks!
@tedcleveland84882 жыл бұрын
Her real name was aset tho
@HrHeruHorusWadjet Жыл бұрын
Ase Family 🎼🤦🏿♂️💙
@sanni47872 жыл бұрын
I love the series since it reminds me of TED-eds series about myths, but just noticed this has the same writer!! Great work from Iseult Gillespie to be able to condence these stories to their core issues ✨
@cindirose33902 жыл бұрын
Excellent! It is June 2022, this is the best show I have seen on this rich subject!
@risingstanding2 жыл бұрын
Whoever writes these is KILLING IT. Music selection too.
my earliest memory of ancient Egyptian mythology was that I always remember lending an audiobook of Roger Lancelyn Green's Tales of Ancient Egypt from my schools reading room. The tape it had a very vivid pastel blue colour and was narrated by Alex Jennings I also remember making Egyptian tombs from cardboard
@lukmanibrahim29932 жыл бұрын
I'm also read Egyptian myths from National Geographic books, and I'm really love it too ☺ ! Love between Usir or Osiris and Aset or Isis are never to be broken 🥰
@A_J_20002 жыл бұрын
Your framing of seth as that he “stood for chaos” and “the restraint nephthys by his side” nephthys was everything but restrained she shape shifted into isis and convinced osiris into sleeping with her. Poor osiris didn’t know that this wasn’t his wife and seth rightfully raged by that affair planned to take revenge not that he couldn’t contain his desire to destroy his brother over nothing??? Nephthys then dumped seth and sided with her sister and her brother osiris. If you want to convince me that seth is the villain here then I genuinely don’t know what to say more
@TheHornedKing2 жыл бұрын
Set was demonized over time by the Egyptians. One reason for this is that one of the things he was the god of, was foreigners, and after Egypt's relationship with foreign nations got bad, they started to look at Set in a worse light.
@heathermauldin49512 жыл бұрын
And!! Set joined Ra on the solar barque to fight against Apophosis who WAS actually chaos. However, guys Nepthys genuinely felt bad for what she did. That’s why she decided to help Isis. Also Nepthys’ tryst with Osiris gave us the dark and wonderful Anubis.
@kreolado58807 ай бұрын
Plutarch made the affair story up. In Egyptian versions of the Osiris Myth, Nephthys is usally just the second wife or sister of Osiris
@Tentacular2 жыл бұрын
Thousands of years in the making and then retold across thousands of years, and still a better love story than Twilight.
@robbabcock_2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Dr. Z! Thanks!
@nyarparablepsis8722 жыл бұрын
Wonderful episode, I really appreciate that you shine a light on ancient cultures! I hope to see more in that vein. The art was also really stunning. One little thing though: the pyramid texts are not the world's earliest religious texts. Cuneiform! ;)
@ambarrose2 жыл бұрын
Love this. Egiptian mythology was my first love and I still have a huge crush for it.
@penny_the_wiser4132 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I love learning about different mythologies from around the world. This is definitely one of my top 3 favorite channels.
@uprightape1002 жыл бұрын
That was lovely......thank you.
@alottaguala97662 жыл бұрын
Loved loved loved, more egyptation lore por favor!
@BrydeliCorven3 күн бұрын
Thank you for this video.
@kobalt774 ай бұрын
Perfect presentation, thank you so much !!
@blazecorp2 жыл бұрын
Awesome once again. Best channel on KZbin by far.
@suzannestrickland15862 жыл бұрын
So good! I look forward with great anticipation for each new Monstrum and Fate & Fabled episode
@williandalsoto8062 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video from Doctor Z!
@wimvanderstraeten65212 жыл бұрын
When a soul didn't pass the test the heart was devoured by the monstrous Ammit. The soul was then believed to be restless forever.
@afrinaut30942 жыл бұрын
I would love to see someone do an in-depth & up to date analysis of how the Nubians of the Kingdoms of Kush contextualized Isis.
@emmanuelboakye11242 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@cynthiswhelan882325 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing and caring ❤
@WeissM892 жыл бұрын
No myth of creation is complete without incest.
@Faustian_Bargain_Bin2 жыл бұрын
🤣In their defense they didn't have many options
@hughmann95682 жыл бұрын
@@Faustian_Bargain_Bin Right. Well there are 10 people and I'm related to 5 of them. 😂
@abchappell012 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful narration of this most complex ancient story. I thoroughly enjoyed it 😀
@MysticAlien952 жыл бұрын
This episode premiered on the 5 year anniversary of my Dad's death, it brought me a little comfort knowing that he's not hurting anymore.
@josephang99272 жыл бұрын
This is why studying religions and myth is so important. We understand how people understood life and that explains their ways and decisions in a psychological level.
@duanehirini20782 жыл бұрын
Loved how you said the intro. "Sibling rivalry..." My mind:- Thats not everything "Party tricks" My mind:- Thats not everything "And a missing penis" My mind:- OK thats everything
@yourloveriswild7533 Жыл бұрын
Omg this is amazing! I just learned about her tonight!
@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy2 жыл бұрын
The artwork is beautiful!
@sakkozoscored2754 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video.
@argonrenio46862 жыл бұрын
such a good video. really well done
@rayleaf81142 жыл бұрын
Damn that burning the baby deal is so specific but It happened in greek mythology as well with Demeter burning a baby prince, while burning his mortality. Is it a case of diverging beliefs with same stories or did one influence the other?
@marciliocamposgoudad5864 Жыл бұрын
We need a chapter just for Horus = please! :)
@hello_mars_mallow Жыл бұрын
OMG This helped me so much for my homework ty sooooooo much
@nancyM13132 жыл бұрын
Thank you my dear. I got it! Heard so many tales before. You made it easy & interesting. Thanks🙂
@Swishy_Blue2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Your shirt is giving me everything! Also, good video. 👏
@tinagoli20222 жыл бұрын
hearing about isis in ancient egypt: 😊 hearing about isis today: 😬
@faarsight2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, apparently some Egyptians claimed that the Hebrew god was another version of Seth. Since Lower Egypt was presumably early on more semitic the idea that Horus defeated Seth to conquer lower Egypt might play into this notion.
@rayleaf81142 жыл бұрын
Could you do an episode about the reoccurring themes and stories in all or most afroeurasian mythologies and the possible proto mythology that came before them?
@MagicMagz-k3b3 ай бұрын
I LOVE that story! Would you also tell us about Anubis, Guardian of the Dead, please?
@FabulousKilljoy9172 жыл бұрын
I love this channel so much, it’s calming and educational which are the two things I can never get enough of☺️Ancient mythos are just fascinating
@Garybonn2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that. Clear succinct and totally absorbing. :D
@bdr420i2 жыл бұрын
Thousands of years and we're still talking about them but look how much mothers care about their sons it's amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@yourloveriswild7533 Жыл бұрын
Yes! 🙌🏻
@starkindustries81432 жыл бұрын
beautiful story
@serenityq262 жыл бұрын
this is my favorite egyptian story!
@mathieuleader86012 жыл бұрын
the way Set is styled here reminds me of Cyril Sneer from the Canadian cartoon the Racoons
@zacharytolbart52152 жыл бұрын
Love this campaign from Age of Mythology rebuilding Osiris once again
@High-LordHarza2 жыл бұрын
I adore egyptian myth, and this myth especially.
@madelcyfuentes67092 жыл бұрын
loved it
@mascadadelpantion80182 жыл бұрын
I always found Set to be so interesting
@brandonriley9502 жыл бұрын
Now that's truest of true love literally bringing back her love from the dead a true love story
@michaelclarkson13762 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. So well done. I’d love to see a collaboration between Emily and Kara Cooney on another Egyptian story. Can you imagine those two brilliant storytellers teaming up?
@ravenclawfairy36482 жыл бұрын
I love this! ❤️
@brandondavidson40852 жыл бұрын
Egyptian mythology is fun because Egypt was around for so long that the stories changed multiple times.
@thedarkgoddesses40372 жыл бұрын
They hate it were n is black people
@jimbrasseur66002 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done, good job!
@ayaehab2 жыл бұрын
I was just in Philae temple, which tell the story of Isis and Osiris. it's gorgeous to say the least.
@windlessoriginals1150 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Youtube221B2 жыл бұрын
These stories are so interesting and informative. Unrelated but, that dress is wonderful. Where can I buy one?
@semaj_50222 жыл бұрын
I really love this series
@lnt3052 жыл бұрын
Okay, so I like this format, but I think I’m not the only viewer who also watched Overly Sarcastic Productions and is already familiar with Red‘s retelling of these topics
@1ApeinSpace2 жыл бұрын
Will you ever do a show on the myths of Christianity? And maybe where those myths originated.
@ChiefRxcka9 ай бұрын
Wow. I never even heard of Shu, the god of dry air, before. Didn't know there was such a god until this moment.
@sherripenieto23702 жыл бұрын
Great authentic 👌 👏
@ktwei2 жыл бұрын
Imhotep!!!
@debbiekennedy73562 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@yourloveriswild7533 Жыл бұрын
Omg beautiful story 🥹🥹❤️❤️
@Myself-yf5do Жыл бұрын
3:43 I do not think the borders of ancient Egypt matched those of the modern country.
@Beryllahawk2 жыл бұрын
I already wanted to watch this because it's Egyptian mythology - but WOW did you have my attention at "missing penis!" That was a new twist for my own knowledge of this story!!
@Kiss__Kiss2 жыл бұрын
Hmm Never heard of this channel before But I enjoy Egyptian stories, as much as the next. The minute I click on the video, I see Kirsten Dunst will be narrating this video.. Okay, I'll stay for a bit lol.
@nicolaezenoaga97562 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@CidTheGargoyle2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, but it seems strange to leave out the role of Anubis's conception and his role as mummifier out of the story.
@danielrittega59452 жыл бұрын
I got to find that movie it was sweet The best movie
@Nick-dx2pt2 жыл бұрын
As a kemetic I love this video
@mjolnirfan2 жыл бұрын
This is cool they should do a video on Merlin
@vincentism20002 жыл бұрын
I was surprised there wasn't a bunch of incest jokes in the comments tbh, either way! Great video :) I love mythos, though Anubis, Set, and Bastet are my go to Egyptian figures, I really enjoyed your vid!!
@NOLAMarathon20102 жыл бұрын
The Zark rules!
@gillijack2 жыл бұрын
I’ve gotta say your dress is 🔥. I wish I could figure out where it’s from.
@asherikamichaela84252 жыл бұрын
Isis and Athena are my favorite mythological figures. 😁
@micahdouglas29822 жыл бұрын
Great new content!
@B.Ghafa_46992 жыл бұрын
Pls do a video on the yakshi
@VictorHernandez-nj2lo Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the separation of Osirus' body parts was the inspiration for the 5 Yugioh cards that make Exodia
@brittanyofhouseblackwood Жыл бұрын
Ah yes the good ole "I bet you can't fit in the box!" trick.... I'm glad to see it was used back in the day as well as in 1999 when I did it to my brother...I never got around to throwing it in the Nile though, I had to be home before the street lights came on, and I don't think my bike would've made it back in time 🤣
@TheHornedKing2 жыл бұрын
Very nice summary of the story. About Isis though (or "Eset" if you wanna use a less controversial name), she did have some bad in her. She usurped the throne of Ra, the sun god, by summoning a snake that bit and poisoned him, and would only heal him if he revealed his true name, which would give her power over him. He eventually did so, and this allowed Isis to put her son Horus on the throne instead.
@jonasholzer44222 жыл бұрын
I mean Ra had also turned senile and stoped being a good ruler so she still kinda helped the people by instaling her son as the new ruler. Not saying she didn't benefit herself from doing do 😂
@TheHornedKing2 жыл бұрын
@@jonasholzer4422 Was he actually senile? I thought that was just a thing in The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riorden.
@valhatan39072 жыл бұрын
@@jonasholzer4422 thats a novel, please
@CrisSelene2 жыл бұрын
@@jonasholzer4422 a god would never turn senile unless he wanted to or was otherwise under someone or something else's influence. These gods have magic, the ability to resurrect people, are immortal and you think that they grow old and allow their minds to fall into senility? I swear, Riordan did so much damage by rewriting the mythologies of these cultures. The people who read him end up more confused.
@gamingchamp67282 жыл бұрын
Yeah let’s just call her Eset in the meantime
@jamesteach57112 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos and especially these African Mythologie ❤️