Scylla: The Story Behind Greek Mythology's Deadliest Sea Monster - (Greek Mythology Explained)

[@cedricgist7614]

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Unless you are Cyrene.

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[@zenzonerzz4789]

Best case scenario you turn into a flower.

[@lincolngravemann682]

What about Adonis?

[@isaacalzate8262]

@@lincolngravemann682 He got lucky both aphrodite and persephone loved him enough to share him

[@amandastevens1117]

Just finished Circe by Madeline Miller, so it's fascinating to hear different versions of Scylla's origins

[@rosan6597]

I finished circie just yesterday.

[@dwarfheart6566]

Reading this now. Absolutely mind blowing work

[@C1ouDN1n3]

What was the origin in that book?

[@dwarfheart6566]

@@C1ouDN1n3 Circe cast a spell on Sylla to reveal her true self in jealousy

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[@maniatissa]

As a native Greek, I greatly appreciate not only the meticulous research you do for each video, but also your attention to correctly pronounce the (difficult for foreigners) Greek names. This is something that has impressed me in all your videos about Greek mythology. Your pronunciation BTW is spot on- one would think that you can actually speak Greek! Thank you for giving people a chance to learn about Greek mythology, while being respectful at the source material at the same time.

[@viktorvaughn7341]

If being attractive leads to becoming a monster, then I have nothing to worry about

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[@Rob_Stone]

So you're either a monster or a monster 🤔

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I know his voice is very relaxing

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Same.. his voice is soothing

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Why would you say sorry when you enjoy his voice? But i do agree, very relaxing.

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Man, that sudden tone shift at the begining. First it's dreary and scary then 'happy music! here's a game'

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Queen of Pentakills

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[@lizziekaptain843]

I'm 5 years late to this; however, I'm here because of Jorge's EPIC soundtrack. Trying to get a better understanding of who she is. Thank you for the video.

[@ainsleyharriot6060]

She doesn't sink ships on purpose, she's just trying to eat the crew

[@unknowncalibur5242]

Smite

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Smite reference 😂💕

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[@kaloarepo288]

The deadly rocks and the whirlpool which inspired the Greek legends of Scylla and Charbydis are actually located in the Calabria region of southern Italy -Scylla is a town on the northern tip of the Straits of Messina -Greek sailors and travellers would have encountered these places on their voyages.Most of the coasts of south Italy and Sicily were colonised by Greeks and the most notable was Naples whose Greek original name is Neapolis -the New City which is not far away.

[@flightlesslord2688]

Im guessing the place is name after the monster and not the other way around

[@TJBall-go3gv]

I remember watching the Odyssey mini series that came out in the 90s as a kid. Even tho the series is kind of campy, one of the scariest parts of the show is when Odysseus and him men come in contact with these horrible monsters! I own the miniseries now and listening to you describe it made me want to watch it again! Can't get enough of this channel. Thanks

[@flightlesslord2688]

Jason: *crashes ship into rock, killing most of crew* Embarrassed Jason: Bloody giant sea monster with dogs head in her belly and a bunch of snake heads, a fish tail, tentacles and boobs attacked us, obviously. *Illusion 100*

[@khalnetherfields7263]

haha so true. its just... how do you make up "shark dog"? its the dogs coming out of her waist that gets me, you dont just make something like that that up, its too good.

[@buttons6816]

@Rico Calaguas no he's dead

[@notyourhoney5728]

Obviously that's the only explanation for what happened

[@x3papichulo3x78]

Rico Calaguas the argonaut... why would we he be talking about rick riordans character 💀

[@octobergirl5525]

@Rico Calaguas Jesus even I know he's talking about the first Jason 😂 when did Jason grace ever went to the sea of monsters 😂

[@makeupboss9812]

I never heard the story of Scylla . This was actually rather interesting. It seems there are so many back stories to a lot of the mythological beings that start with mortality and beauty.

[@Aloysius10]

One depiction was she did have six heads and arms that were tentacles ending in hands.

[@jeweltara]

It'd hard not to feel sorry for the "monsters" by the end of their storoes.

[@yukadiangelo]

Yes

[@bmsvg7356]

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[@xxjay2834]

im here because enhypen's new album named scylla and i want to know bout the story of scylla, this is so amazingggg

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[@operleutnant7235]

I would argue overrated

[@VendreadMike95]

Yes.

[@toxicmale2264]

Charybdis is a giant toilet if you really think about it.

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

I Don't think you want to poop directly above her though

[@ashra8281]

@@DatcleanMochaJo the teeth would end you

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

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[@garretmorris6237]

Isn't Charybdis a big ass worm that creates a whirl pool? I guess its a worm toilet lol

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Thanks, I hate it

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rewatching this after 2 years for enhypen's comeback!

[@heylol3780]

OMG I DIDNT KNOW A FELLOW ENGENE WOULD COMMENT HERE LMAO, im trying to get some theories here😂

[@rafiyanazibabristy9544]

Mee too

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Oh my god me tooo

[@sameorange]

me toooo

[@loveofmangos001]

I remember this monster from 9th grade when my class watched Homers Odyseey movie. Been to Sicily and the place they call "Scylla's rock" and it is HUGE. Also, in Warriors Orochi 3 by Koei, they used Scylla as basis for their Hydra.

[@yuricakes]

I'm here because of Enhypen I also wanna know this theory/story(?) , so don't mind me

[@seolajeon]

okay i'm just curious bcz the comeback concept of Enhypen. But I think this is another science and history I should know.

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[@zekekasichiro-smith4725]

Sino si Syclla sa enhy 😂🤧

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this is enhypen's comeback concept

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Ikr thats y i came😆

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Not me watching this because of enhypens comeback

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i came here because of Enhypen’s concept don't mind me

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Anyone comeing here to know tye story becoz of enhypen album😆

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“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” is another saying

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[@13desertflower]

What's the name of the novel?

[@byungjae198]

When you are not into mythology but enhypen brings you here HAHAHAH

[@Daimon-X]

Another hot babe turned into monstrosity. Monsters aren't borne they 're made... Scylla and Charybdis are in one story from anthology "Kaiju Rising"

[@Deathmournex]

Daimon X because of her vanity

[@thomasstites5781]

@@Deathmournex I disagree on her vanity as much as a witches jealousy of her beauty

[@Deathmournex]

Thomas Stites and she either killed her or turned into what she really (depending what you read) is inside out because deep within scylla she maybe pretty but on the inside shes a pretty ugly monster with vanity and circe teaches her a permanent lesson

[@thomasstites5781]

@@Deathmournex all circe does is curse out of her own selfish gains though she seems like a bitter witch who finds enjoyment of teaching a lesson (in her eyes) that's not hers to give so in my opinion Scylla really didnt do anything wrong and was cursed for a reason unknown to her

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Speaking of kaiju, Scylla is also a Titan in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and there is a kaiju named after her in the Ultraman series.

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Pov: you watch it bcos of enhypen

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[@scraperindustry]

The version of Scylla I am familiar with had six tentacles, each with a hand on it. Ulysses chose to go closer to Scylla because he'd lose just 6 men, instead of the whole boat to Charybdis. Don't remember what version of the Odyssey mine was

[@bluepepper_1592]

ENHYPEN brought me here.

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I'm here because of enhypen theories

[@armandavart5704]

My first inroduction with Scylla was in a NES game called Kick Master, at that time I couldn't understand her form. Then, years after I encountered her in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night... That was an epic moment (at least for me). Excellent video!

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Who's here because of Enhypen's comeback

[@win9418]

meee

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Huh

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Bruh I am here because of ghost of Sparta

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[@patrickdormeus8453]

"Between a Rock and a hard place"

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Enhypen bring me here

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Anyone here for figuring out ENHYPEN's theory?! I guess I am not only "The one"! Lol!

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Im here for theories too lmao😭

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Me 😂 🤧

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Personally I've always been terrified by the Odessy 1997 tv movie version...with worm colored coils and long Flytrap fangs.

[@albertschoise8091]

Lowell Lucas Jr. wait... did it include the dog dying?

[@wendylau98]

That deep voice reading (maybe) that last entry of a sailor diary had me go all fascinated and excited. We need more of that persona reading.

[@michelemuratore6628]

Scilla is now a very beautiful town

[@partysnick]

i like the idea, that her beauty and origin symbolises the gain and prospect of getting to your destination quicker, so you sail through the straight and then when you get closer you see her for the monster she is, the current takes you if you go far one way or the cliffs the other and then at some point when everyone knows the dangers she stops looking beautiful at all.

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Enhypen let me study this

[@rolyngeorges7315]

Scylla is actually super fucking scary and powerful. She's definitely not the one to mess with. Also I love your videos.

[@flightlesslord2688]

funny, about 10% of this comment section wants to bang her

[@scarmiglionee]

One of my favorite representations of Scylla is from this made for TV movie Iliad in the 2000s where Ulysses’s ship is in a cave, it’s dark but the torch light, and you just see sailors disappear into the darkness above snatched by a many headed beast with teeth filled maw with the sailor’s screams fading into the chasm above

[@171QA]

I didn't know her backstory so this was very enlightening. Thank you.

[@unknownanon3278]

Could you imagine if these beings were a reality censored over the ages. I can imagine alot of beings from mythology were forgotten so if these more infamous beings found something they believe to be like them I wonder how they would go about contacting these forgotten beings.

[@polochuck2371]

This is amazing if u remember certain lines from circes song there are other ways about her being in love once

[@federicopettinicchio]

There is also the version in which she is a daughter of Styx and Pallas, you kept out the coolest parents. I like to think of her as a beautiful Goddess whose danger is in line with her relatives, all of whom are at the highest tier in term of power and authority, perhaps doted upon by Styx so much that no God would dare anger her mother by risking a hero offending her in any way as they trespass in her domain.

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I just love your channel. Being able to listen and learn about the Myths i love is a true blessing. Thank you very much

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You're here because of enhypen

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🤣

[@byeoool.1004]

Same

[@iliasseferiadis6204]

Love from Greece brother

[@williamsutter8047]

"She was once described as a beautiful nymph trans-mutated into a horrible monster..." Sounds like modern day politics to me...

[@kenjones2182]

Or hentai.

[@amortality999]

Lol legendary

[@anthonydimasi1005]

Scilla is the name of a city in Calabria (region of South Italy), where I live. It is absolutely stunning, check it out when you'll choose your next trip♥️

[@wigglytoto]

Smite Scylla main's would enjoy this clip

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I can confirm that.

[@potato6815]

Mhm indeed

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i 2nd this statement

[@ndnofmana521]

Indeed

[@bethanysmith5856]

She became the water sister of the Hydra

[@adriennerodgers4615]

Some times it is nessesary to sacrifice something for safe passage

[@oddeyes9413]

Scylla, terrifying... yet fascinating. I'm actually using a form of her in a novel series I'm working on. But, what about Charybdis? did you do a video on her?

[@andresmarrero8666]

Another one I pity. If only one could write a revision that gives her a more happy ending. Could she be protecting something? She never leaves those cliffs, so she could be protecting whatever is there or protecting others from something much worse by assuming the role of a monster that everyone fears. My attempt at making her more likable. Beautiful goddess, crab, snake with dog heads that pop up out of nowhere, would make for a great character design.

[@JT5555]

In The Game Smite,Her Story Is Basically That She Was Just BORN A Horrible Monster And She Takes Great Pride In It. She's Also A Little Girl And It's Adorable.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@JT5555 I don't exactly like that incarnation. Personal tastes I guess.

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@@andresmarrero8666 loli scylla= best scylla

[@mr.johnson7321]

Love this channel. Can u maybe do Woton. A god i find really hard to understand

[@aeneas116116]

Grew up reading the Greeks myths- so glad I found this channel

[@asheeqahmarlie394]

I came here from Percy Jackson sea of monsters where everyone wondered where " carybdis and Scylla " was in the sea of monsters scene .

[@struggleskywalker1025]

We saw Charybdis, but not Scylla

[@ralphcontreras1230]

Does anyone know what poem he’s referencing in the beginning of the video? “Once you reach her rock you will know true terror, for you are in Scylla’s domain.” So good! I love this channel!

[@Noah-wx7fm]

I LOVE the background music. I dont know why, but it conveys great ancient power to me

[@aayushivasnik]

Circe accidently turned scylla into the monster as she was just learning to use her powers and didn't know she was capable of doing something like that. Circe had first used the transformation potion on gluacos and he turned into a god, and she thought the potion turns people on the outside into who they truly are on the inside, so she used the potion on scylla and thought she would grow long teeth amd lose her beautiful skin(as scylla was snotty according to circe) but scylla turned into a monster and later circe came to realise that the potion doesn't turn people into their true selves but what she wants them to be

[@amyjean9045]

Ive had dreams where I rode these snakes fought them and was even bit once and had to heal myself with a concoction.they were protection for a goddess not the goddess herself. They were pets.

[@chancycat9822]

EWWW! Sounds more like a nightmare

[@dank_smirk9971]

Love the storytime opening

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That's fact you're putting out and i like that. This is definetly a reliable source for information about these beings of myth and lore.

[@bluewaterangel]

Your voice is so soothing and beautiful. I listen to it nightly and have shared your channel with others.

[@helenaprudenciado4388]

In SMITE, Scylla was depicted that she was born a monster. She refers to Charybdis as a sister.

[@sidekick6371]

I would have bought that book right now if it would have been released before Christmas. My son, Leonidas, would love it.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

There is a kaiju in Godzilla: King of the Monsters named Scylla (and according to the credits montage, she is the same as Scylla in Greek mythology). However, this version of Scylla resembles a hybrid of a crab, a spider, a squid, and an ammonite (with a head resembling Cthulhu's). She was one of the kaiju awakened by King Ghidorah along with Rodan, Methuselah, Behemoth, and a new female MUTO.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Other kaiju that were awakened: Typhon, Bunyip, Quetzalcoatl, Yamata no Orochi, Abaddon, Tiamat, Baphomet, Kraken, Sekhmet, Mokele-mbembe, and Amhuluk.

[@RAGGEDY.]

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[@benjackson5411]

Titanus Scylla? Godzilla King of the Monsters?

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

Ben Jackson Scylla in KotM is a spider.

[@michellemwangi1749]

I'm obsssseeeeeeessed with Greek mythology

[@joshuazane3210]

It seems like most of Poseidon's actions can be explained by the sentence "He's a dick".

[@mackenziecampfield1609]

After reading Circe by Madeline Miller, she had it coming.

[@jazzman1506]

You are a hero to all the people learning about Greek mythology in school

[@khalnetherfields7263]

when i was young, it would be obvious to me this was a cautionary tale for mariners to stay away from the straits of messina, for there are sharp reefs there and strong undertow, but these things are often much more literal than what we give them credit for. could it be they were really referencing a place where cthylla would hang out?

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I love your vids 🔥

[@Reactiontime1118]

This is my new replacement for audiobooks to fall asleep too.

[@kevinlopez-nu6jo]

I learned about this from the album Shogun, by Trivium

[@blackknightwithheart1625]

Wonderful video, saaad story. Love the hydra artwork at the beginning.

[@Neurocaine24]

Scylla is my main on Smite. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@emmanuel2333]

Circe by Madeline Miller. You'll know her story there

[@anlsahal4147]

Watched this video after the book :)

[@Trigger99X]

Never heard of her till now, gives me a lot to think about

[@randomthoughts635]

Yes!! At least I'm early to see this video...😄

[@yappiesantos6483]

your voice really soothes my soul 😇😊

[@screenname2154]

From being her highness into being a worse as a slave. From grandoise into the void. The proverbs call her a treasurer in the vanishing point.

[@noobsaibot125]

Kratos: Hold my wine, boy.

[@PrismGenesis]

Not completely familiar with all the GoW games, but isn't there a point where Kratos slays Scylla?

[@noobsaibot125]

@@PrismGenesis In Ghost of Sparta I believe you fight a version of Scylla.

[@balaganga6718]

No, but you get to kill the kraken.

[@amortality999]

@@balaganga6718 No. He does fight Scylla. As well as Charydbis (who is Alecto in her monster form).

[@gitogal]

Aww come on now Scylla doesn’t sink ships on purpose she just trying to eat the crew

[@radicallytubular]

I love Waterhouse's Circe paintings.

[@hyugalubbok7770]

Her anciant depiction (and of typhon and of the Gygants) similiar to the the goddess Coatlicue.

[@dymonddavis7847]

Excellent job on this video

[@slagerim8832]

*I'm in love with* #greek #mythology *Bcz I m* #Greek 🇬🇷❤

[@themurrrr]

I hope this creature will be featured in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey....

[@tuxedosteve1904]

No but she does get mentioned.

[@tedpower9218]

Not yet

[@michaelp812]

She a skin for the ship

[@themurrrr]

Any chance there could be like an update later on that DOES include her!? (Sadly, I don’t get to play the game myself, but I really enjoy watching certain gamers play these kinda games. Been watching Beaver play this one)

[@Excalis3344]

Anna K well atlantis dlc is coming... so maybe