Rhea: The Mother of the Gods (Greek Mythology Explained)

[@WolfMaiden11]

I like Rhea. She may be calm, seemingly detached, but she is caring and nurturing, and has a really vengeful streak, and knows how to spell it out when crossed!

[@ericweber5942]

Most female goddesses are divas like that. They're scary at times.

[@WolfMaiden11]

@@ericweber5942 I'm glad they are so that the men won't be able to dominate them.

[@WolfMaiden11]

@Zaetheus What's wrong with liking the gods and goddesses? No one said that they were real, so your comment doesn't mean squat.

[@aliyaser7698]

@@WolfMaiden11 Zeus laughs but he raped him

[@WolfMaiden11]

@@aliyaser7698 That's another angle, but who knows which is which?

[@more17]

Loved the opening! Going past Rhea's role as mother of Zeus, her other myths and the ties between Rhea and Cybele were very interesting. Great video, as always!

[@js1423]

Maybe syncretism?

[@jarodhale7170]

@@js1423 I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it is. Since Rhea and Cybele were goddesses of very similar domains they ended up just being syncretized by the people.

[@ShawneenBear]

Kybele is a far older anatolean Goddess who came to the greeks as the foriegn Mountain Mother of the undying Gods, mankind and all life. She is syncretised by the Greeks with Rhea as the Titan mother of the Olympians...the mother of their Gods. Cybele is the latinized spelling of Kybele. The Romans typically called her Magna Mater (the great mother) one of her Roman titles

[@jamellfoster6029]

Rhea gave aspects of herself to each of her 3 daughters- Hera (childbirth, marriage, women, queenship), Demeter (harvest and nature), & Hestia (the home & hearth)...

[@thehellenicneopagan]

The BEST series on this channel! LOVING every second... Please keep up the awesome work!

[@maccurtis730]

Rhea wrestled a former Queen Eurynome, outsmarted Cronus twice saving both Poseidon and Zeus she did a lot.

[@omniavanitas7893]

Well, outsmarting Kronos didn't seem to take much.

[@brenden8395]

I just recently found your channel, these last few weeks I have been bingeing your content and fell in love with this channel, Thank you so much for making these videos, they are so enjoyable and thorough you give light even to the lesser known myths, you are such an underrated creator and I hope you get much more attention in the future, keep up the amazing work 💚

[@kimeraclan3135]

You mentioned Amalthea in this video! Fun side fact, it's also a recurring mythological story element to have female animal wet nurse, or at the very least the animal in question to be a animal stand-in for a human wet nurse. Maybe as a follow-up to all these Mother-Goddesses videos you could explore these symbolic beings. Also, there seems to be a running theme of therianthropy among the gods in order to go into hiding after some debacle, or in Zeus's case to have sex with random women and men.

[@alyssaramirez7014]

Hey. Really enjoy the new graphics and annotations. Great work!

[@alexanderjensen2960]

So HAPPY TO GET THIS POWERFUL queen in the mix

[@js1423]

Neat! Are you planning to do a video on Ninurta?

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Yes!

[@js1423]

@@thelegendsofhistory Awesome!

[@sandyaraujo5222]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@Jp82911]

There is a winner when it comes to world's worst pain. The worst pain in the world hands down is getting burned. Not only have I experienced this personally first hand. I have witnessed it multiple times with others when I was a Firefighter/Paramedic. I also know the recovery from burns are very painful. Especially if you have a large portion of your body burned, & you half to be dipped into the giant vats of cleaning solution @ the hospital. Burn's encompass such a large area of medical expertise, & issues because of all of the secondary problems that occur, & that are created from Chemical, Biological, & or Natural Fire's.

[@TheSwordandPearl]

😰😰😰

[@Umuma871]

Eeek I’ve had burns and babies and definitely agree at least you get a beautiful baby at the end of labour 👼

[@spiritjourneyofthewhiteche9394]

Thanks for sharing some wisdom. I'm intrigued to see a comment left by a brother from emergency services. Be safe and hydrate, lol.

[@lildave420]

Thanks for your brave service and God bless you always.

[@spiritjourneyofthewhiteche9394]

@@lildave420 I have no doubt that myself and all of emergency services sends a huge thank you and a magnificent you're welcome. May your days be blessed with peace and higher learning. One Love One Light!

[@Itswintertime-d9p]

Nice! A long video on a Greek mythology figure that there's limited information on.

[@tyrellrivera]

Hera, her own daughter, is an anagram of the name, "Rhea."

[@KellyTheReiss]

So mindblowing

[@JasenChase00]

So is Hear and? Lol. No connection there however if you like rabbit holes...Hera: of Horus or of the house of Horus (just like Hathor meaning) i.e. the Seven Hathors spread thru Mesopotamia during the shift from Matriarchal to Patriarchal rulership and the God or King was legitimized by either his mother or his wife..

[@tyrellrivera]

@@JasenChase00 "Hear" isnt a deity related to Rhea or Hera is it, smarass. What do you mean by "And?" I explained myself in one sentence. What more do you need to understand 😂😂 Obviously it's a connection, when Rhea and Hera are mother and daughter. This is what happens when you try to make yourself sound smart. Somehow you manage to find a connection between Hera and Horus, though. Right. 🧐

[@reah015]

Not technically. In English terms yes but in ancient greek terms no. Rhea = Ῥέα pronunciation= Réa or Raya (which is said just like my name 🥰) and Hera = Ἥρα pronunciation = Íra or Eera/Ēra

[@tyrellrivera]

@@reah015 I actually never stopped to think of that! Have you ever read the New Testament in Greek? I've always wondered how much of a difference there would be.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Worst pain i've ever experienced: Had a rotten tooth between a crown and silver filling, and to add a bonus.... This pain occurred on a Saturday, so no open dentist offices until monday. Had to wait until monday morning.

[@mysticpowers9235]

I am a mother of two one boy and one girl but I have had nine children including the two I have here nothing is more painful than to lose a child and I have lost many

[@chrisberatis2612]

Excellent video also do you think it’s possible if you can do a video on The Shinpuren rebellion?

[@emilyconcannon]

I love your channel thank you so much!!!

[@ravigujju1780]

Mother of gods is called energy

[@ravigujju1780]

Either matter energy or antimatter energy

[@aliyaser7698]

@@ravigujju1780 Do you mean the night and the dark father?

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

This only proved how stoned Kronos was after swallowing the stone instead of Zeus

[@aliyaser7698]

Cronus killed his father and married his mother unclean

[@hanzohattori5980]

She is interesting to learn about💥💯💯

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@WolfMaiden11]

My goodness, the intro was spoken so casually and drily, it was impossible NOT to laugh!

[@romanmyers9701]

LOVE YOU RHEA 😍 💗

[@sandyaraujo5222]

😊😊😊😊

[@ralphdunn1373]

According to research the worst pain is passing a renal calculus. Next is childbirth. Then passing a cholelithiasis. Burns become chronic pain which is a whole other ball game.

[@victorhayes5980]

The lesson I took from this is "Always chew your food"

[@cavemancaveman5190]

Metaphor for planetary formation and arrangement

[@gabrielhughes8221]

I honestly don't believe that Zeus could over power his mother. Nevertheless the writer deem that man's can take completely control over any woman's. Since at those time women's didn't have any rights to vote or to speak out, unless those womans would have to be an queen and an woman in Power . Although 9 outta 10 The Greeks have many different historian versions of the stories.

[@uselesshero.official]

Zeus couldn't defeat Nyx. Not a single time. There you go. A woman whom he couldn't conquer. There would always be one or two exceptions to the law.

[@jarodhale7170]

@@uselesshero.official Also the goddess of Witchcraft Hecate. She was more powerful than him, and he respected her so much that he gave her a portion of land, Sea, and sky to rule over.

[@omniavanitas7893]

@@jarodhale7170 I suppose he had to make up somehow for driving her mother to suicide. But again, in some accounts Hekate is his daughter. In any case, the idea of Hekate receiving great honours from Zeus comes solely from Hesiod, who is thought to have worshiped her in particular and hence gave her a more privileged status in his work.

[@aliyaser7698]

@@uselesshero.official This is his grandmother, but his dark grandfather does not care about his children, he loves to kill them

[@uselesshero.official]

@@aliyaser7698 the one who used to ear his children was his father Kronos though, not grandfather.

[@scottnunnemaker5209]

The swallowing of the gods by Kronos was probably how they described the canabalism of cults at the time. The larger cult absorbs the powers and followers of a smaller cult. So the infant cult of Zeus was moved the Crete to avoid being snuffed out.

[@grizzlybizz7305]

You might want to check up on how to pronounce words that you aren't familiar with can greatly enhance an already stellar narration. Keep it up!

[@nathantrevino9437]

Do video about selene

[@thelearicist]

Who is Selene?

[@nathantrevino9437]

@@thelearicist she is goddess of the. Moon

[@sandyaraujo5222]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@euclid9492]

I love these! Would you ever consider covering the “saints” or entities of Santeria?

[@ethanseale3]

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

[@mathieuleader8601]

tale as old as time intergenerational conflict

[@deepankarnakarmi8215]

Make for apollo or freya

[@ciphergrey6298]

If you have a thirst for the truth and patience, watch this!

[@Leon-mk1wn]

Fckin zeus. Everytime yeesh

[@JasenChase00]

To understand Rhea better we must bear in mind she was the chief god in the Minoan Cretan Mycenaean and possibly Phrygian matriarchal civilizations a Solar Goddess think rays of sunlight...aaaahhh 😉 She was one of the last chief female gods post younger dryas when physically stronger male armies toppled these and entered a rule thru female lineage of mother or wife period then monotheism happened. No more equality from there. The Cybele mysteries Eleucid as well trace thru Rhea

[@magnificent6668]

I think the lingering shades of an ancient religion more Goddess based religions show themselves in these myths. It makes sense that primitive human would follow the logic that since all humans and animals emerge from a Mother, all must trace itself to some divine being giving birth to it. We know the ancient "Venus" figures were more than prehistoric porn, as it seems most of these show signs of having red ochre applied over & over. (The menses of earth mother) had their heads knocked off, or made without heads and faces, not to mention they're typically shown as very large, fleshy humanoids. If you want to show abundance, how would you do that?

[@jaggg.3821]

This is Eye Opening for me the story of Rhea, now, I'm considering something more horrifying. I'm still learning about Enoch's writing's, I know the Titan's which too me I interpret to be The Nephilims indeed they were of immense height 3,000 feet to be exact. I'm beginning to wonder if those Watcher's got jealous of each other and they possibly could have ate their child or their rival's child what is told by Our Ancient Ancestors who hails from Greece. Only reason why I've come to this conclusion Enoch gives a blow by blow account of the crimes The Watcher's committed and on occasion ending in the Word Abominations. When Abominations is used by Enoch He seems to leave off those Abominations, as though the very thought, of what they did in these case's such as and example, infanticide or Cannibalism shouldn't be recorded. As of right now we have Cannibal Nephilims/Titan's indulging in this record from The Ancient World.

[@phearlesspharaoh3697]

Pancreatitis is the worst Pailin a human can experience…. I lived through it, and didn’t know. It was so painful the first 2 weeks, I didn’t cry. 😱😂

[@destonlee2838]

And Rheas Sorrow was inconsolable.

[@86holt]

Renal calculi is pretty friggin painful too; even a pregnant woman said she'd rather gave more kids than those stones

[@orangerryog]

What if the Greek God Dia met Rhea?

[@benjaminacuna8013]

No wonder the Olympians are so messed up, none of them were raised by their mothers. No wonder Zeus and his siblings never learned to cope with things properly.

[@SlimJim3082]

And A majority of criminals and delinquents today are raised by single mothers. So I guess both parents are needed to raise a child.

[@aliyaser7698]

@@SlimJim3082 The father of Zeus Cronus killed his father and married his mother

[@Edzhjus]

Except one who was. ✨🌟

[@roseanncampbell7294]

This sounds like an abusive relationship to me! even 'godesses' were not immune. smh

[@hayley1868]

First comment.... Loved this.

[@fonztorres]

🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜

[@sandyaraujo5222]

😊😊😊😊

[@mengukanmaz5788]

Zeus wasn't the one that was to fulfill the prophecy. rhea was pregnant with her 7th child as Zeus strike, which would be the last, and that child was supposed to fulfill the prophecy, the fall of Kronos.

[@KamiTenchi]

Zeus is a womanizer. Of course he's going to make a move on the ladies. Fallen Angels never bac--- Oops, I mean, gods never back down from their lust, they're always ready for another go.

[@kallehobbe81]

You really are on to something.

[@KosmicKobra]

@@kallehobbe81 Genesis 6 & Book of Enoch clearly explain who these so-called "gods" were. I recommend them if you haven't studied them. 👍

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

Lol but fallen angels werent gods. They were pretending to be.

[@kallehobbe81]

@@KosmicKobra My point was that people are waking up to the fact that these so called angels are a human construct (that was invented at ca 500 BC) that was then assigned to actual Gods. Most religions and religious scripture serves the purpose of confusing people so spiritual leaders gain power over the people.

[@kallehobbe81]

@@rawdawgpendants5490 No they were Gods who broke the rules in this universe. According to what religious leaders or book were they not Gods?

[@xauepov70]

How is a woman growing a person in her "weird when you think about it"? It isn't at all. After much thought.

[@uselesshero.official]

Because the baby is basically a parasite inside his/ her mother's womb.

[@xauepov70]

@@uselesshero.official Not at all. It's a symbiotic relationship. You really are useless and not a hero at all.

[@uselesshero.official]

@@xauepov70 that's your opinion. A simbiote is a mutual benefactor. There's hardly anything symbiotic about a baby. You guys are the reason the proverb ' ignorance is bliss' originated.

[@Moszan]

@@uselesshero.official Not all symbiotic relationships are mutually beneficial.

[@xauepov70]

@@uselesshero.official So women don't benefit from children at all? Some nerve calling me ignorant. Make sure you take the vaccine and all the boosters.

[@Sonnymac81]

She had a twin sister named 'Diar'

[@ConservativeKetchup]

So Rhea was nothing like her mother Gaia and was there for the birth of her grandchildren (Apollo and Artemis).

[@colt9836]

Yes and no. Gaia is the literal earth, She is technically always around (except for the twins because Hera specifically forbade Leto from labor on the earth, aka Gaia).

[@crealix7859]

ancient people were practicing human sacrifices for their god like the mayan or inca or in the middle east on their ba'al/baphomet/hathor..

[@aliyaser7698]

Demons demand human blood Demons hate people

[@coronagodthefather3286]

And how do you know this

[@ltsoul9751]

Where were the lions to protect Rhea from Zeus?

[@empresstwotails5851]

That must be why Poseidon is the god of horses, right? At the least, it's an interesting coincidink

[@nathantrevino9437]

Ik this story she try to have have her last son also zeus save his siblings

[@bradfromthevalley]

GonaRhea must be named for her. Just teasing Rhea Perlman...

[@jordanfalkowski6924]

Westside Stry..!

[@noccax1droopyx1hustlacrip45]

Chronous couldn't be zues father or posiden, chronous is that demon vampire biting thing and can't get anyone pregnant it's main a biter Maybe one of the vampire tried biting her children never know and there strong bite to a child may could be alot hard and maybe draw some blood but to adult it feels like something is main biting your spirit very hard to the point of physical pain and you can feel if it keeps on you could bleed but like I said in other vampire video all you'd have to do is punch there teeth or swap them away like a fly , but people probably wouldn't know that intill it bites and cause a force reaction to swap them down

[@Z0nK89]

i still cant understand how you can say " and the wise zeus" with out laughing out loud xD all the BS woman chasing is not very wise in my eyes lol

[@Daniel-pb5ue]

Now she is the godess of a football team XD.

[@SpartanONegative]

From The Black Mountain 🏔️

[@Luciferhelelmorningstar]

I am zeus king of the gods and the lord of the sky and lightning ⚡️🌩⚡️

[@Tripilen]

there is a god and goddess, the meaning to life is love, 369=love, dont do drugs

[@House.Of.E.Productions]

She freed them and felt nothing else need b done

[@arete7884]

Initiating da'at can be a lot more painful.

[@thesoupofthebrain2446]

Childbirth at the 2 to 3 month mark is like eating at a shading taco joint. first couple of weeks is all stomach flu symptoms. even the first couple of kicks feel like revenge of the taco

[@HeavenAndHope]

God bless you all ❤😘🕊😘❤

[@toferg.8264]

It's okay to say Uranus.

[@REAISALBAINAN]

....my name is rhea

[@mississippimillionaire3790]

Rhea = Mother of Gods............ Mary= Mother of God. Zeus= divine child hidden away from a God who wanted to kill him (because of a prophecy), destined to become the savior of gods and mankind.. Jesus= divine child hidden away from a King who wanted to kill him (because of a prophecy), destined to become the savior of mankind....... Nope, no similarities at all.......

[@nathantrevino9437]

Rhea is demeter's mother

[@Edzhjus]

🎅🏼🤝🤶🏼 🥱 i now understand why Rhea wanted to die 😟

[@House.Of.E.Productions]

Eventually she did something

[@yungsolopath2603]

Gestation isn't weird.

[@jackeilhigh]

And so the story go’s lol

[@ZephyrBW]

I thought chaos was the mother of the gods ?

[@omniavanitas7893]

Chaos is only the mother of Nyx and Erebos, at least in the most popular ancient Greek cosmogony.

[@ZephyrBW]

@@omniavanitas7893 so then chaos isn’t the mother of the gods in green

[@aliyaser7698]

@@ZephyrBW Darkness, my friend, is the father of God in Greece, but he does not care for his children

[@ZephyrBW]

@@aliyaser7698 wtf

[@sullivanstud7]

I thought Uranus was Roman

[@jonathanrodriguez3819]

How many times are you going to repeat yourself? This video could be 10 minutes

[@JenniLJones-qx8ys]

🤘🥰🤘....Thanks

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

You mentioned many things twice many many times.

[@RyderStarbuck]

355

[@Superfly369]

Greek mythology is Black. Original romans and Geeeks were black . Why y’all always gotta use white faces ?

[@colt9836]

I'm not sure of they are black, per say, but the Gods most certainly aren't white. Blame that on the Westization of Greek mythology.

[@onisinn1]

🌈🤘

[@crealix7859]

Rhea = Ishtar Zues = Osiris Poseidon = Horus Hades = Seth same gods but different names depending on what place they are worshipped that's what i doubt..

[@House.Of.E.Productions]

Dum u ate a stone

[@House.Of.E.Productions]

Like father like son smh

[@merlinwizard1000]

10th

[@noccax1droopyx1hustlacrip45]

I don't really believe in this , like the Bible but worst I think the story were manipulated , you'd know there not God but some of these figure are powerful and would probably have to be awoke but yeah once some of born great takes on Satan deception to be a false God desire by lust etc you'd be a fallen angel

[@CharlieSolis]

Excellent movie. I love how well you bring light to the ancient myths. But omg…. The number of people who still believe these stories are about anthropomorphized gods 😂😂😂 your ego is showing. Even Isaac newton understood these were encoded alchemical recipes. It’s encrypted ancient nuclear physics that the Greek state held highly “sacred” and coveted. It’s not weird when you realize it’s about particles “mating” or rather combining with their “sibling” and/or “parent” particle/s Ughhh people, the level of egocentric hubris you have to have to think these “gods” have ANY “humanoid” correlation or emotion like you….

[@mrfrankalyn]

Uummmm. Yall do know Mythology is not to be taken literally right ? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@thelearicist]

They do not.

[@agapecorinthians113]

Well in ancient times people were imagining gods and were pray to demons. As they weren't aware that the seed originates from the male they were assuming female creates life-some lacking education and critical thinking still do -that to reply beyond being unaware of the Word of God with wordly common sense even. I have noticed that there is a revival in ancient false beliefs and everything that a human tries to hold on to be able to carry on -expect the true,alive,God sadly. I know how it is like I used to be this way.

[@rhondakemp2393]

THERE IS ONLY " ONE" GOD, ELOHIM! READ THE HOLY BIBLE.DO NOT SEND YOUR SOULS TO HELL !

[@CharlieSolis]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KamiTenchi]

Stop it.

[@rhondakemp2393]

No, I stop it.

[@Moszan]

Reading the bible made me realize that your God is a total monster.

[@Mr_Jester980]

Um, sorry, but we rather read a whole library about world mythologies and legends than to read the bible, Rhonda. We come here for mythology lessons, not bible study.