Zeus and Lycaon: The Origin of the Werewolf - Greek Mythology in Comics - See U in History

Greek Mythology in Comics - Zeus and Lycaon: The Origin of the Werewolf
Art: Tito Camello
Color: Rod Fernandes
Script: Bruno Viriato
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[@smorior709]

Great job Zeus my dude,you went there to punich them for eating humans by turning them in to the blood hungry warewolfs that rampaged across the city... Clap clap

[@humanity600]

Ikr. I don't get the punishments deities give. Lilith became a demon goddess, Medusa became a petrifying monster, Charybdis was...you know what she was. No offense they create more issues than they probably intend.

[@3353080]

Medusa wasn't immortal. Actually, she have two other gorgons sisters, but only she was mortal.

[@humanity600]

@@3353080 correct. An accident on my part.🤝

[@waranontwiwaha9385]

Could have just turned them into rabbits and have them feed on veggies to the rest of their life, but nooo... Let just give them exactly what they want, eating more people and even more efficiently.

[@supersaiyaninfinityunivers7193]

Noice job Zeus my king you are perfect Thunder punch at wolf for out of men determined.

[@SelectStart89]

So Zeus is against people eating people, but turns people to werewolves that eats people. LOL.

[@daraghokane4236]

The logic was your a monster on the inside so I will make you look like one.

[@gabrielhughes8221]

@@daraghokane4236 Right that is common sense.

[@travisprescott9708]

@@daraghokane4236 Then why not just turn him into a normal wolf? Why make him more dangerous.

[@humanity600]

@@gabrielhughes8221 yes...common sense was to turn them into supernatural apex predators? Bruh.🙄

[@daraghokane4236]

@@travisprescott9708 Less dangerous he is no longer king just a wild animals so he lost his political power.

[@antonschrodinger8155]

Zeus just gave these cannibals an upgrade XD He should have just smite them with his lighting.

[@gabrielhughes8221]

Maybe that would be to kind of Zeus if he just killed them, however instead turning them to the thing their believed themselves to be higher Of the food chains. And Zeus just turn them into beasts that their themselves to be. Yeah they are hunters but their also would being the hunting as well, By mankind's. The king did have everything handled to him easy. Now he as an werewolf got to go after his meal.

[@hollywoodpineapple8337]

@@gabrielhughes8221 Keep in mind most werewolf mythos tend to show that transforming into an animal is unpleasant and at time when they revert back to human form they get sick or don't feel good and that too is unpleasant...I think for him he made them the animals they were behaving as...

[@gourisree9991]

Werewolf is my favourite mythical creature......

[@wolfmeadows]

Same here

[@elizeRayess]

Sameto😁

[@humanity600]

Dragons dominate.😤🔥🔥🔥

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

May Apollo bless you with the power of lykaios🙏🙏🙏

[@BarbadosBeerFestival]

Same here. 🐺

[@czarlisaeroz]

Yo, imagine your family is sacrificed by Lycaon and Zeus comes to deliver punishment, only for you to end up being eating by a werewolf aka Lycaon. Smooth Zeus, smooth.

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

It actually backfired inversely

[@gamegamesoumic]

Good to see Zeus being a good guy

[@Sword-of-Ruin]

Not being a Drama Queen

[@bradsmithy4380]

He saved you from being titan burgers, heretics.

[@morrismurimi3965]

Lycaon: the first werewolf

[@humanity600]

A little extra information: Later on Lycaon is deified as a culture hero/daimon, thus he could also be considered a werewolf god (a minor deity obviously).

[@michasalamon8315]

Yep. And what more, I read in an old Thracian myth that it was said the werewolves had their main lair on Mount Haimos in Thrace, in the Iron palace of Ares, where the sun light is weak, together with Harpies, furies, vampires, dragons, lizard like things, predator birds, fire breating horses, and other nasty monsters and gods of war and bloodshed. That's just epic.

[@humanity600]

@@michasalamon8315 Ares was housing monsters huh. Bro.😳

[@RizzVee]

@@humanity600 Hospitality bro 😂😂😂

[@humanity600]

@@RizzVee 😂

[@ricardoofthorolund4680]

@@michasalamon8315 god I love Greek Mythology...

[@MROEnglishLessons]

I did already know about this myth and I really love it. Lycaon, the First Werewolf.

[@ataxias7]

A recurrent theme in Greek mythology and a general cultural aphorism was: "Everything in moderation; nothing in excess". One of the most sacred places in Greece, the temple of Apollo at Delphi, bore the inscription "Meden Agan" (μηδὲν ἄγαν) - 'Nothing in excess'. This story is a great example of this general principle: even gods should be worshiped in moderation; fanaticism is dangerous.

[@ryanw5500]

I feel like we've seen examples of the dangers of fanaticism in modern day.

[@Seinari]

kinda feel this is more of a punishment to the citicens of Arcadia than to Lycaon and his family...would rather be the werewolf that be eaten by one

[@MaximumSherman]

This will go great in my greek dnd game

[@Mister_Cy]

Yes man

[@MaximumSherman]

@@Mister_Cy to be honest this channel gave me a bunch of inspiration. Easy you watch videos. I can quickly pick which stories I want to just throw in. My group is currently playing Jason and the argonauts.

[@humanity600]

@@MaximumSherman noice!!!

[@humanity600]

@@MaximumSherman honestly it's hard to find people interested in this stuff.😂 The one guy I knew left my school too.

[@MaximumSherman]

@@humanity600 my mythology and literature class was my favorite in high school. They got rid of it my senior year of course because you cant have fun classes like that

[@wolftal1178]

I thought the original legend said that they fed Zeus, or attempted to feed him Lycones own youngest son he had killed purely to test his theory, and Zeus was not only horrified and furious at the prospect of them trying to trick him to eat human meat, but also to the horrific fact that he had killed his very own child to do it.

[@wolftal1178]

@Jon's Labyrinth I just checked, the flesh that was served to Zeus was the flesh of Nyctimus, The youngest of his sones (apparently lycone had 50 sons).

[@TheCoffeeCatDad]

And so the werewolves began their life as cursed monsters. Although what Zues would eventually realize that the very people he cursed would begin to embrace them as gifts to build their history.

[@drswag0076]

and form a rivalry with the vampires.

[@humanity600]

@@drswag0076 nope.

[@drswag0076]

@@humanity600 well, most werewolf stories are from France, remember the Beast of Gevaudan?

[@humanity600]

@@drswag0076 the beast of gevaudan wasn't considered a werewolf tho?🤨

[@humanity600]

@@drswag0076 I think you mean the rougarou. That is the french werewolf, however it has no relation to vampires.

[@nao_mishii]

I technically know all the Greek Mythology stories, they are sooooo goooooddd :3

[@SoupEmperor]

What's up with kings wanting to feed human flesh to the gods? Tantalus was also dumb enough to do it.

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

The Question is How Much Dump they are That the gods will accept Human Sacrifice?

[@2CoolBros.]

Hmm. Zeus not being the bad guy for a change. Well, except for turning them into monsters that ended up just killing more people. Whatta go, Zeus.

[@3353080]

He turn they into wolfs. That is what a werewolf was. The mutant wolf is a modern take. Living as a wolf means to be hated, hunted and away from civilization. To the heavily urbanist people, its not a good thing. So because they mistreat civility, they have to live like animals.

[@christophersanchez7731]

Yes but they’re no longer kings and would be targets for humankind forevermore which really was the punishment here It was as if Zeus was doing a Punishment Fit the Crime theme here

[@armytortuga9122]

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels. They way you guys bring the stories to life is amazing!

[@glowworm2]

The version I've heard wasn't just that they were having human flesh for dinner--it was actually one of Lycaon's own sons. Don't worry, the kid gets brought back to life by Zeus--but he killed the rest of Lycaon's sons, and transformed the king into a wolf.

[@Hatfield.4]

You’re thinking about one of Zeus’ sons offering his own sons (Zeus’ grandson) to Zeus, Hermes and Demeter. Demeter actually ate the shoulder of his grandson but Hephaestes created an Ivory shoulder for the child. And they returned him to life, his name was Pelops and he became the King of the Peloponese

[@mikaelnigel1]

You’re mixing it up with another story

[@delb2192]

@@Hatfield.4 No they're right, it happened twice in the old stories. This comic version is a bit modernized and dramatized

[@iantrafny6611]

Then again if Zeus didn’t curse them into werewolves and just sent them straight into Tartarus, we wouldn’t have werewolf movies and books and all the good things we love about werewolves

[@Vibranium_man]

Can you do a comic video on the mythical aegis shield and the "godly" metal Adamantine?

[@C9316]

So basically Zeus said "So you degenerates want to act like beasts then you should have no problem looking like beasts."

[@craigt5906]

Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers to Zeus by night may become a wolf when he offers human flesh to eat and DELIGHT

[@tonmy21]

This Channel has got his roots deep inside this Mythology game.. It solved the mystery from where the Werewolves were..

[@originalgoldengoddess]

At least the Greek Gods weren't into human sacrifice.... so primitive and barbaric. 🙌🏽⚡⛈🌅☀️🔥

[@Igarappappa]

Even Zeus has limits.

[@RebelWvlf]

Another version of this story is that the feast was made from flesh of one of his 50 children (yes, this guy was a rabbit and had many wives lol) and that Zeus brought that poor kid back to life after he punished Lycaon.

[@joeshi4202]

I think you are talking about the story involving one of Zeus' sons (Tantulus) trying to feed him his grandson (Pelops) to test the god's observation. Zeus revived Pelops and gave him his father's kingdom and Tantulus had to live an eternal punishment

[@DaMbast]

Does anyone remember the Underworld movies with vampires and werewolves? In the movies the werewolves are called Lycans and once I saw this video that reminded me of the movies and the werewolves there because of the king’s name.

[@aubreyyoung6664]

I can feel my spine tingling the Howling at the end and the music I was listening to through the whole video

[@travisprescott9708]

If zeus actually cared about human life he would've fixed his mistake

[@haakontherayquaza4046]

it's obvious that Zeus is the god of lust considering that it's because of him that furries exist

[@kiarara7014]

@Widukind oh no....

[@toceeno874]

Why'd you comment the joke twice?

[@haakontherayquaza4046]

@@toceeno874 minor mistake, it’s corrected now

[@Nonamearisto]

Egypt beat him to it.

[@strawberrysweets2628]

@Widukind I-💀

[@TheZabuza49]

Badass art, man. Good job!!

[@titocamello]

Thank you, man 😉

[@user-dm5kv9gz8h]

Thank you-Ευχαριστούμε for showing Greek culture and stories!!!

[@naturallyash6130]

Wow, I've never heard this story before. Thank you for posting.

[@jmvicente820]

Finally some context I'm reading The Lost Hero

[@machinedragonnero7740]

I commend him for Actually getting involved and seeing if there was any truth to these actions And for taking action himself. But I don't think it was a sound strategy to turn these two into powerful monsters and let them run loose Unchecked. Now if he had made them into guards of the land where they would not hurt the people but only those of Ill-intentioned that will be a different story. By the way props to the artist and to the narrator this was beautifully done.

[@ataxias7]

We have to suppose that he let them run loose as mindless beasts as an example to people violating the virtue of hospitality. This whole story of course is meant as a cautionary tale towards religious fanatics and/or people pursuing personal ideologies or agendas at the expense of others.

[@luckyhappyandbirdstv9160]

Love your videos

[@phantasy5608]

I think there is a difference between werewolves and Lycans. Now Lycans or lycanthropes are more humanoid, as in they seem like humans but are really tall, fast and strong and with fur,canines,claws and the head of a wolf. Unlike werewolves who seem to transform to full wolves of obnoxiously absurd sizes and skill. Amazing tale though. This channel is AWOOOOSOME!!!!

[@Doomergedon]

Fun fun fact, there is a breed of wolf named after king Lycaon himself, so majestic 🥰

[@-RONNIE]

Really good video 👍🏻 keep up the good work

[@Facade953]

Lycaon, Digivolve to...LYCANTHROPE!😁

[@Ups_downs_life_funny]

The Greek word for wolf is Lykos and for man is anthropos that why it's called Lycanthropos meaning wolfman.

[@Facade953]

@@Ups_downs_life_funny Ακριβώς!😊

[@taylorthorpe1875]

Zeus sure did punish Lycaon, about illegal sacrificial rituals and cannibalism. U SHOW HIM, ZEUS!!!! ⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚⚡✊🏼🖤💚

[@anetaneykova1]

Great video as always 💖💖💖

[@Shiobana753]

So we can blame Zeus for the existence of werewolves

[@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941]

You mean thank him, right? Werewolves are cool.

[@Ar-ob9kx]

@@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941 yeah Remus was cool

[@KingNazaru]

Zeus : I'm going to stop you from eating people! By turning you into werewolves! Werewolves don't eat people. Wait they do? Whoops.

[@renztinio6248]

This is a new art

[@kingdon7795]

Hey there I'm a werewolf. Thanks for talking about the beginning of our kind.

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Joke on you I'm a lykaios we sub-humans race are blessed with the power of the wolf by are god Apollo.

[@kingdon7795]

@@majesticgothitelle1802 🙏🙏👍👍❤️👍!!!!!!!

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Awesome and cool!

[@lovehappinessandbliss1262]

This is good thank you!

[@smiththeinspiringanimator7042]

Awesome and cool! :)

[@bradsmithy4380]

So, both Vampires AND werewolves are in Greek mythology. Do team Edward next?

[@jellycube6364]

It’s funny how Zeus says hospitality is his thing but then he captured 7 people and ate 1 😀 thoguh the last one he became much wiser after-

[@Kerorofan1990]

Did not know werewolves came from Greek myth. Neat.

[@aubreyyoung6664]

The music is terrifying but I’ve never heard this story so I’m very excited to hear it

[@containedhurricane]

Interesting, just like the other ancient Greek tales

[@iceman5882]

2:48 "omg it is awesome im getting blessed"

[@indoraptorkingdom6008]

Love this one the orgin of the monsters we all fear and love werewolves

[@ELICARIO12345]

Normally I'm against Zeus , but I'm glade to see we can agree that even this Hidious act was met accordingly

[@wolfmeadows]

Short but sweet.

[@thehidden3790]

This channel dope hit some other gods beside just the Greek and Roman's doe

[@mrmurdx8956]

Theres several other stories on how lycans became cursed to become werewolves.

[@Glasshopper]

Robert sepher has a great video explaining the werewolf vs vampire as mythos of the war of neanderthal vs cromagnon.

[@elizeRayess]

And this is a +5 in my hystory exam

[@cioarasorin5137]

Lycaon & his son:*eats human meat* Zeus: YOU CANNIBALS! YOU WILL PAY FOR SUCH A MONSTRUOUS HABITS.!😡😡😡😡😡😡 Zeus:*turns Lycaon and his kids into werewolves* Lycaon and his kids: What is happening to- AWOOOOOOOOOO

[@alexisclinton717]

And that’s where the term Lycanthropy comes from. Named after the cruel king.

[@waranontwiwaha9385]

Yeah, very good idea indeed... Turning a couple of crazy cannibals into werewolves, what could go wrong right?

[@TrueInvisible]

honestly being turned werewolf is not a punishment but rather a gift or power! might, fear and respect!

[@stephenekonchance9684]

Lycan = level 2 Lycan with his punishment= level 70

[@blackkakari]

"Yet his grief was compounded when he encountered beings even more degenerate than himself: Furries."

[@colinsushiboy745]

Cool story

[@morainalorettamo5280]

I love to see Odyesseus, melantho and Odyesseus , Telemachus in the comics

[@dymonddavis7847]

He didn’t know that the gods didn’t like human sacrifices and that was his biggest mistake

[@zuespettaway1531]

Sooo they were already dangerous as humans and he made them even more dangerous as wearwolfs?

[@3353080]

Werewolf is a human turned a wolf. Just that. Means living the rest of they lives as a animal.

[@jorgerangel4080]

this is how the werewolf was born!

[@wolvesarecoming022]

Do biblical stuff Baruch was pretty Good with going to the many havens or tower of bibilon or nephelim or the book of Enoch small segments

[@hyugalubbok7770]

Another think about Zeus - he have a relation to The persian earth element "zeme" dragon Azdaha (10,000 years old snake, like the slavic dragon) through Slavic Ajdaha/Lamia the foe of the dragon-shaman Zduhac, Through Scholomoneri (Mix of zeus and solomon) who one of the many variation to the eastren/slavic dragon, zmei/zmaj/zmeu ect, who also relate to the earth goddesses Zemyna and zeme matte

[@leookorie385]

Can you do a list of thunder gods pls pls

[@abenzer3033]

Does anyone remember teen wolf the movie: this tail was mantiond In that movie once I don't remember the episode but it was peter who mantiond it

[@chukasin]

In Season 3

[@jeannguyen3199]

Yeah, in Season 3 Episode 8. They explained this exact story.

[@seljuksultanbrothers7517]

Lycaon the first werewolf 😏😏 I already learned this so interesting I highly recommend people search this in great depth

[@Abdullah-nj9ux]

i just suprised that zeus has humanity in him

[@humanity600]

@@Ankit-vl8hb no actually he was testing the kindness of humans at the time so yeah. Probably both.

[@michaelcarter9602]

Another version was the person eaten was Nyctumous, Lycaon's 50th child.

[@johnangelofernandez2585]

Thats why there are a movie called lycans vs vampire

[@fibe8026]

Could you also make videos about mesopotamian mythology?

[@Purmeiwansuay]

Where do the comics come from where can I read them

[@Tresz4862]

Could you do Gilgamesh next time

[@kelseyoconnor3951]

I'm absolutely horrified by Lycoan....

[@olgagachaphoenix9130]

Whoa

[@veronicapiccinini7956]

My favorite monster

[@OnizukaAllMighty]

This mythical story about man wolf is the most non wolf thing ever in the mythology

[@styx64]

Oohhh so thats why they are called Lycanthropes

[@ghostx4862]

Zeus and the Olympians: We don't want human sacrifice! We're not the Aztecs gods!

[@House.Of.Pain.]

So let me get this right so instead of punishing the King and sending him to Tartarus, or Hades he turns him into a creature that runs around killing and eating people what he was already doing 🤔 but he gave them more strength, and power to do so and made them even a bigger threat... yeah checks out to me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@soul8938]

So is that also the origin of the word lycanthrope? 🤨

[@humanity600]

Yes.

[@thehermit8723]

Lycan in Greek means wolf and anthropos is human.

[@ataxias7]

@@thehermit8723 Lycos (λυκος) is actually wolf. The stem of the word is lyc-, so combined with anthropos it becomes lycanthropos.

[@tonynaq7498]

What's that game where you become a werewolf by Zeus' power up thing?

[@abc.animal5143]

Lycian had 50 sons, so that’s a lot of werewolves

[@brandiricharson7442]

Soooo Zeus was upset about human sacrifices so he turned cannibals into wolves so they could terrify and eat people???!!! I'm so confused!

[@ZenobiaII]

I am curious: why would a god be grateful for a temple built for them? What does it bring them? What do they gain from it?

[@Username-qu1jt]

Cu Chulainn next please

[@zawwin1846]

Humans are not made for eating silly mortal, they are made for mating. Especially the pretty ones. Male or female -Zeus

[@protoncoccus3229]

Someone violated guest right...

[@areiaaphrodite]

Hence the term Lycanthrophy 🐺 🤍