The Curse of Erysichthon: The Punishment of Demeter's - The Eternal Hunger-Greek Mythology in Comics

Greek Mythology in Comics: The Curse of Erysichthon: The Punishment of Demeter's - The Eternal Hunger
Arts: Paulo Vacaro
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[@davemaster1106]

People tend to forget that Demeter was fine with plunging the world into starvation for half a year because she missed her daughter so much

[@ElBandito]

TBF, humanity were not worth much to the Gods in the first place. And other Gods only appealed to Demeter to loosen up cause the amount of sacrifices to the Gods decreased due to bad harvests caused by Demeter.

[@badaboopbadabeep]

That's why Kratos exists.

[@naeshuj4702]

That’s called depression babe

[@astraeusgodofthestars676]

@@naeshuj4702 haha yeah it's called depression.

[@jellycube6364]

Demeter just sat there and cried like she wasn’t plunging not only humans but girls into starvation 😀

[@Aristocratic13]

He should have ate a Snicker. “You’re not yourself when you’re hungry”.

[@DriedJizzSock]

“I want more!”

[@goofypoofygaming1362]

@@DriedJizzSock my friend more is married sorry😂🤣😂😂🤣🖖🖖you can't have him

[@hudortunnel9784]

hahaha

[@dannaasmr8020]

Thats me when im stress eating and having period hahahahahahha

[@ihelpblindkids7674]

@@dannaasmr8020 can you pls explain how period work

[@drpretzel2086]

A curse of never ending hunger is one of the few things that terrifies me.

[@ElBandito]

I'll just use it as a Guinness book record.

[@quintenvanlaar28]

There is actually a disorder which causes endless hunger. The parents usually have to put a chain lock on the fridge or they would eat themselves to death Edit: it's Prader-Willi syndrome

[@ijneb1248]

Look up the story of tarrare

[@reedrichards1820]

Now yall know what wolverines go through...

[@shreyathakur772]

Read it while binge eating

[@Mr_Jester980]

For someone who's motherly and benevolent, Demeter is also the kind of goddess you wouldn't want to mess with. Like most mothers with children, nature is her beloved children and try to cross her by harming her "children" will unleash her wrath that is so dangerous it probably make even Athena shiver to her knees. 😬😬

[@wendychavez5348]

Right?! I always pictured her as a kindly mother figure, but mother bears can be kindly too ... until their cubs are approached.

[@Mr_Jester980]

@Wendy Chavez Yeah I usually think that someone like Demeter is just, y'know, eternally kind and benevolent. But after researching about her, you're right. She's no different from an average mother bear.

[@Mr_Jester980]

@Wendy Chavez If an average mother can be scary for many when she's on her bad mood, Demeter is enough to make herself something out of a horror movie.

[@mohinirai2768]

A fine example is Nyx, the Greek Goddess of night and all nocturnal and weather/climate related things. Just like Gaea (who is her sister), she is mother to A LOT of creatures and gods, and if there's anyone that can match Gaea's motherly instincts, it's only Nyx. A minor God of trickery and deception happens to be her son, and usually she is very friendly to the Olympians. But often, this child of her approaches Zeus and irritates him, doing mischievous stuff, and then he runs away. Zeus usually does follow him so as to catch him and punish him, but when he sees this God hiding behind his mother Nyx, Zeus stops dead in his tracks and gives up, because whenever he tries to mess with a child of Nyx, so INCREDIBLY bad stuff happens to him, that Nyx is reportedly one of the only few deities that even the King of all Deities, Lord of the Olympians, God Zeus, is SCARED OF. That very well shows how crazy powerful even the sweetest of mothers can be, when harm befalls their children.

[@Mr_Jester980]

@Mohini Rai Wait until you get to Parvati, the Hindu goddess of wealth. After her husband Shiva, the god of destruction and creation, accidentally killed Ganesha, his son who's also the god of fortune, intelligence and strength, by cutting off Ganesha's head, Parvati was so angry and upset that she swore to Shiva that if he couldn't find a way to resurrect their son, she will destroy the whole universe in the form of her alter ego, Kala. Afraid, Shiva went out in search of a new head to replace Ganesha's old head. Eventually he met an elephant who willingly gave up his head and with this new head, he managed to resurrected his son. Thus, saving the universe. *Moral of the story: mothers are like mother bear. They're sweet, kind and motherly until you provoked her, especially when you try to cause harms to their children.*

[@malover9879]

In Ovid's version of the myth, Erysichthon uses his daughter's shape-shifting powers to sell her over 200 times to different owners in order to get more money for food.

[@carlthomaswilliamsjr.2995]

That's just messed up...

[@rokingfrost8446]

@@carlthomaswilliamsjr.2995 all greek mythology is kinda messed up

[@carlthomaswilliamsjr.2995]

@@rokingfrost8446 Beyond messed up...it's a breath of fresh air seeing one that does have a happy ending.

[@rokingfrost8446]

@@carlthomaswilliamsjr.2995 they are rare yeah, myths usually end well just for the Gods.

[@AncestorEmpireGaming]

Poseidon did good not once, but twice in this tale. Makes one think why almost no one messes with Demeter

[@nullhazard7569]

And why Hades was quick to strike a deal with Demeter over custody of Persephone, though Hades was probably one of the most virtuous Greek Gods. Not perfect, but he was a straight shooter. You be straight with him, and he would do the same.

[@JoeMama-ue1mu]

I have to tell you that Poseidon actually did something to Demeter that is unspoken of.

[@emmavrijburg6676]

Except for Hades lol

[@AncestorEmpireGaming]

@@emmavrijburg6676out of the big three, Hades was more just.

[@adehoyosfdec]

Zeus later theology said that Zeus was the Zeus of Sky, Poseidon the Zeus of the Waters, and Hades the Zeus of the Underworld.

[@mrcheese1328]

"The god turned the young woman into a donkey" Geez Poseidon you really outdid yourself this time.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

At least he helped her escape from being eaten alive.

[@darkclaws1234567891]

@@TraciPeteyforlife by turning her into a butterfly

[@adehoyosfdec]

Poseidon was the god of equine animals. Zebras, donkeys, mules, and of course horses... all in his domain.

[@itsmehideo431]

The demon who attacked him is LIMOS, the minor deity of famine and strife.

[@jacthing1]

How fitting, does he follow Ares around? Seems like the kind of God that would

[@kostasmarga.876]

Limos in greek also means Hunger to death .

[@kamishin7135]

Some of the minor deities in greek mythology are demons, like the furies. Well more of a daemon, which was the word for semi-divine entities or just spirits.

[@daneiltherat2327]

@@jacthing1 *she

[@hellothere9167]

@@kamishin7135 "like the furries" 😂😂

[@elvenalonly]

The king seeing blood from the tree : "oh cool, thats a new one." *proceeds to chop the tree down

[@thegreatmonacage3782]

"oh no" "Anyway"

[@wilberwhateley7569]

You would think that would be his cue to stop…

[@draoidh6479]

I laughed so hard at this.

[@2CoolBros.]

Athena should take lessons from Demeter, now THIS is a justified curse.

[@riches3581]

the curse should have been his not those around him

[@2CoolBros.]

@@riches3581 He's the only one directly punished tho.

[@riches3581]

@@2CoolBros. there is far and there is too far. she should have stoped at some point (like when he had become a beggar)

[@2CoolBros.]

@@riches3581 Eh. Fair enough. You're entitled to your opinion.

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

@@riches3581 Agreed.

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Is nobody going to talk about the poor daughter who had to suffer a terrible fate?

[@J1P2K]

This is a villain I would have like to have seen in the Percy Jackson series.

[@heatherturner2366]

It's mentioned in one of the side books

[@randomhuman8823]

@@heatherturner2366 yep its mentioned in percy jackson greek gods but i think @J1P2K means in one of the main books like pjo, hoo or toa

[@heatherturner2366]

@@randomhuman8823 love the name

[@randomhuman8823]

@@heatherturner2366 thanks

[@Shadowgaga91]

If Demeter can make the world into winter for six months from being separated from her daughter, she will do ANYTHING! That’s a scary thought! 😅

[@BlazingLeo5502]

The style of drawing makes this story even creepier... I love it

[@shadowhauntjoker8501]

I wonder who is worse, Hera or Demeter? Hera: I'll have people just killed Demeter: I'll have people slowly starve to death

[@AngieKawaii01]

Quite dark perfect for October.

[@october3229]

You called

[@AngieKawaii01]

@@october3229 this is perfect for u !!! ^_*

[@therdinazinastina3000]

I wonder how many people listened to this story and thought of that this was an allegory for drug abuse?

[@Aristocratic13]

Hmmmmm never came to thought till now

[@stefanoagrimi8074]

In way all mythology stories can be seen as allegories

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

I've seen it read into as an ecocritical allegory: Erysichthon representing humanity's aspects that devour and consume everything, unbridled greed and gluttony that destroys the environment... before ultimately tearing itself apart.

[@okamisensei7270]

To me it seemed like an allegory for capitalism, but it didn't exist back then. Drug addiction does seem like a better analogy.

[@excessiveone9952]

@Universal Space Expeditioner Alcoholism did

[@jerelhemstrom2302]

I have always loved and appreciated art in this form, the people that make these stories come to life are truly gifted.

[@truthspreader1996]

4:15 The most scariest part about this whole thing...LOOK AT THOSE EYES!! That is true terror if I ever seen it.

[@malahamavet]

true drawing talent

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

@@malahamavet Agreed...

[@1MonthNoRegrets]

Sounds like the Wendigo. Endless, greedy hunger turned him into a monster.

[@birdbrain6503]

It's a common theme across the world's mythology

[@ohlookasquirrel5868]

Well the wendigo is more of you dare to eat another from starving thus get possse by the evil spirit and forever be hungry(sound more like the mind tricking its self of who that person became than facing the truth probably the one of early recordrs of psychosis.) This guy however was already a monster before the cruse if you ask me

[@carelessdreamer]

@@ohlookasquirrel5868 Wendigo syndrome is a really interesting example of a culture-specific mental illness. I read all about it once.

[@ranjithbalasubramanian1545]

This could be an allegory to an eating disorder called hyperphagia

[@Edingcreations]

Ok

[@nillythelich688]

cool..

[@cityzen4406]

Don't be that guy

[@mako1-1-]

@@cityzen4406 dont be this guy

[@rubeneschauzier2907]

It's prob an allegory for addiction buddy

[@lucasgray1492]

This is why you don’t mess with Demeter. I mean she literally caused all plant life to die, animals to starves, and the land to turn barren whenever her daughter was taken by Hades. Of course you shouldn’t mess with her

[@jackkraken3888]

What I find strange about these stories is how these people seem to challenge God's that exist in the physical realm. People have seen these god's and know they are powerful. So how likely would it be for someone even a king to challenge a God?

[@w47765]

Gotta remember this is the same species that have people who within other beliefs...... Started worshiping a golden cow after one of their own parted a f**king Sea to lead them to freedom using power bestowed to him. Started wars in the name of their lord despite him cleary stating killing is a sin Belived that dying of simply old age would prevent you from entering Valhalla That sacrificing one of their own was needed to appease higher powers. That despite their deity being immortal and having clear examples of supernatural powers they could beat them in a fist fight. etc What I'm saying is we as a species since ancient times tend to not have good foresight from time to time. I say this as a christian who see many of his fellow belivers not take a simple plague seriously as they continue to attend church in person.

[@TrianglePants]

a plague lied about to give more power to current rulers and distract from worse activities

[@jackkraken3888]

@@TrianglePants I'm sorry what? I don't think your comment is relevant to my point.

[@TrianglePants]

@@jackkraken3888 no, jae's (replied on an ad blocker)

[@dragonarchive7443]

There are people that challenge the fact that the earth is round.

[@absurd3694]

When he was cursed, he made his daughter and servants suffer and soo i thought its not that bad of a curse but when i got to know he ate himself! 🤢😵😐😐😐

[@ladynikkie]

I felt sorry for his daughter he even ate her

[@absurd3694]

@@ladynikkie yeah i felt sorry for her too!

[@amberlaughlin3518]

Is there anything that can be done to break this curse.or no? What are your thoughts.

[@amberlaughlin3518]

@@ladynikkie but don't they get re incarnated into something/ someone else.cant this curse be broken for them and us somehow if so how?

[@amberlaughlin3518]

@@ladynikkie wasn't it Cronus who was killed with an axe to his head and the child he ate came out of his head, went into the sea and became foam and turned into something/ someone else?

[@ProtoIndoEuropean88]

you forgot to mention that Demeter did not curse him with her power but had Limos the goddess of hunger and scarcity to fill herself into the king's self. Making him madly hungry

[@spring1242]

It looks like we've got a marvel zombies situation here 1. He was driven mad by hunger and is willing to eat his loved ones 2. He clearly knows what he doing is wrong but he's very despret 3. His hunger never ends no matter how much he eats 4. He's willing to eat himself

[@hikaritanaka3988]

So when will greedy rich people everywhere be punished like this...

[@thedude5880]

The only reason you say that is because YOU are not rich. If you were dont be so naive as to think you would be any different. You're jealous that you dont have the wealth others have, and you demonize them for it.

[@senya6956]

I don't know when you'll be punished, friend. I dearly hope you repent of your greed and not be punished at all!

[@lordcawdorofmordor2549]

@@thedude5880 OP said "greedy" rich people, rather than all rich people, there's a moral judgement here.

[@rocketlioness]

@@thedude5880 someone is triggered XD

[@sorgundus7927]

StAnDInG In ThE WaY Of LeFtIsT UnITy

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

I can't praise this format enough. As good as the myth and storytelling are in and of themselves, I especially love the making of "speed draw montage" at the end. Fantastic stuff!

[@dafttool]

You could say Erysichthon was consumed by madness. 🧐

[@MelinoeAckerman]

More like hunger

[@VideoFan4896]

This is the most vicious version of the story I have ever seen.

[@arabmusictranslated]

This reminds of the true story of Terrare, the hungriest man alive. Terrifying.

[@alexandrestehlick4929]

The dark atmosphere of animation is beautiful. This channel is pure gold.

[@nicke9012]

Kind of reminds me of the windigo curse.

[@truthspreader1996]

What is the windigo curse?

[@tainii-san5879]

@@truthspreader1996 In native American folklore it's said that when a person devourers another person's flesh they are to become the windigo, a demon-like creature that eats humans. It's way more complicated than that but that's the jist of it.

[@kiarara7014]

@@tainii-san5879 so..like a cannibal?

[@tainii-san5879]

@@kiarara7014, In essence, yeah but there are some more interesting details related to their folklore in particular.

[@kiarara7014]

@@tainii-san5879 oh,ok!

[@malahamavet]

whoever drew this really made me feel emotions, such great craft! also, did you just download the music or did someone make it for this video?

[@masonmorgan6753]

so the earlier Greeks had a similar reverence for the oak trees like the germanic and celtic tribes to their west. that must've been an old proto-indo european thing right?

[@petrospetromixos6962]

I think all old religions respected nature the indifference for it is an abrahamic religious thing

[@THEPRO562]

@@petrospetromixos6962 As far as christianity is concerned, christians are taught to respect and take care of nature as they are all God's creations. It just so happens that people can become pricks and have no regard for nature.

[@benlewis5312]

Aboriginals and Native Americans also worship sacred trees and they aren't Proto-Indo-European. Most cultures worship nature because it was a major threat

[@deanraynel5295]

Now that's a punishment of the gods Lesson of the day never cross the gods😈😈😈😈👹👹☠️☠️

[@FoxKingjm]

Unless, you're Kratos

[@heneralantonioluna8725]

Never cross with the gods even if zeus rapes your daughters and wife, the gods are just messed up

[@heneralantonioluna8725]

Never cross with the gods even if zeus rapes your daughters and wife, the gods are just messed up

[@TheJinx1441]

@trueblueprussian 23 You know the actual Kratos is only a minor war god created by either Zeus or Ares and serves in battle and is barely mentioned anywhere?

[@stephenekonchance9684]

Ah the classic Greek gods and their curses.

[@maiaolson2485]

That was disturbing on so many levels... I loved it 😍 ❤

[@mycroftholmes7379]

"In an exemplary way." is always present whenever a God or Goddess curses

[@beccapersephoneschneider1374]

I love watching the speed drawing! Shout out to the fantastic art in this!💜💜💜💜

[@noahroangoldwing]

Wow. A Greek myth I didn’t know. Merry Christmas to me

[@yaraaltro]

Yikes... just YIKES. In the best way though: The scary style, the narration, the voice acting, just amazing.

[@vykemagdayao2129]

I feel like every Greek mythology stories have at least one parent eating their children 😭😂

[@muinbishal1816]

Kronos: You called?

[@Izuku-Midoriya7]

That poor girl... why are stories with magic just that much more emotional?

[@pedrambn9120]

Absolutely great story I loved it thank u for the great art

[@dexter5633]

Never seem Demeter this angry before.

[@tammydreamwriter2877]

Do not mess with the kind ones, for when they finally break and get angry… yeah epic punishment.

[@iyeudalor9446]

One moral lesson..... Never...ever ...mess with the gods or goddesses

[@zionnemakoma1398]

Limos: Hey! Hunger's *my* thing! Edit: Nvm, the thing that attacked him *was* Limos

[@damnslim08]

This reminds me of the Treehouse Horrors episode of the Simpsons where Homer ate himself. This story must have been the inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

[@Charlotte66666]

Perfect for a cold Friday evening here in London ❤

[@ohohgreasy660]

up da ra

[@Charlotte66666]

@@ohohgreasy660 I'm from Irish descent so meh.

[@gregdemeterband]

Don't mess with the Demeter's!

[@warrenleezy]

Fantastic previz work too, Cous!

[@nicolehegarty4749]

I have heard of this story before but the way you told it and showed it just terrified me.. gah.

[@537monster]

Daily reminder to never ask for help from Poseidon

[@donx2341]

These stories have morals to them 👌🏾

[@omnicupid6694]

I thought he just sold his daughter when she was a donkey! That was messed up eating her!🥶

[@SussyBaka-fw8pg]

I don't know guys, i think he wants more

[@jasper-lecroissant4065]

Hahaha good one.

[@Artmuse2011]

great illustrations!

[@Etzio123]

Demeter really don't forgive this greedy nobleman for cutting down her sacred trees dedicated yo her.

[@mayln163]

Love the artwork 🖼

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Beautiful!

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Erysicthon's last words before eating himself were "Good-bye, cruel world!"

[@alannasarafat9938]

But Alas! In tartarus the consumption of his own body repeats for eternity.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

@@alannasarafat9938 That was his eternal punishment!

[@nathanbeer3338]

I actually think his last words were: num-num-num-num

[@infernox4664]

The world:I WANT MORE!!

[@dishatiwari1153]

Amazing artwork

[@SplodeyJesus]

Everyone notice how early I am.

[@miasummer2978]

Good job

[@sarahgirlisit]

Wow!!😳 great video

[@bartfox6495]

excellent content

[@lunamoonstone2350]

whoa talk about a great idea for a horror story. it was nice of posideon to save this young girl twice.

[@marnosmarket695]

Well that was gloriously dark

[@pourlereferencement4356]

I WANT MORE...story like this.

[@sieneeneis2841]

Wonderful

[@wrathsin13]

This was an awesome story

[@raisasomaraki3870]

wow. as if that story wasn't creepy as it was, through that gruesome comic it became even more. very good job for the work but now if you excuse me, imma be having nightmares 😂

[@jhuncuizon6562]

A good example of the insatiable wants of humans.

[@warrenleezy]

Nice devouring sound effects, Breh!

[@betheleleonu9306]

Me:*Looks at food and wanting more* Mother:Do you want more? Me:No mom I'm good

[@sleepynt2839]

props to the artist for creating the art for the video

[@videogollumer]

Yeesh! You gave Limos a creepy lamprey-like look!

[@mch7933]

i first knew of this story in an animation series "gods olympus" or something like that. the cartoon had a very interesting design with characters having unusual long noses

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Oh my god...THIS DARK...

[@muinbishal1816]

I am NEVER messing with trees, EVER AGAIN.

[@adrian.h2938]

The age old question, if you eat yourself do you become nothing or double of yourself, has finally been answered.

[@Edingcreations]

Great story

[@eaglewolffox6275]

It's like the Hungry Mungry poem by Shel Silverstein but set in Ancient Greece and is edgy.

[@spring1242]

It really looks like a marvel zombies situation over here 1. When he ate something he isn't full 2. He knows what he is doing but he's despret to not stay hungry 3. Eating litteraly does nothing and if anything eating is causing more harm than good And 4. He's willing to eat himself

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

I remember that song in vocaloid, in the Seven Deadly Sins series... What was it called again? Feast of Conferchita?

[@assumed_andead]

Evil Food Eater Conchita

[@paintkim9211]

Moral : If you destroyed nature, You'll be lost your the most important things

[@amougouclarke8557]

Wow which story I can't believe it. Very good for Halloween 👻👻👻

[@Rydellina]

I love this chanel

[@margaret4227]

This needs to be on Lore Olympus

[@brucejedilee5290]

This reminds me a bit about the story of the Wendigo

[@contentcop3805]

That has to be the grossest sound I've ever heard 4:21

[@kaimobley5324]

...so what happened to the servants of his? Tho they were punished they didn't desecrate the forest like the king did. They shouldn't have been punished.

[@Zoki4444]

Ancient cultures weren't the most fair givers of punishments. If you were even associated with the perpetrator you could be punished too. They were pretty hardcore back then.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@Zoki4444 yeah, when the dad is given the death penalty, then the whole household goes to die with him.

[@braechaldea2450]

Go ahead, mess with the goddess of AGRICULTURE! That's clearly the best thing to do, why not mess around and get a couple other divine figures upset

[@xanthippe5902]

"Something sinister seemed to be chasing him." Heartburn. It's called, heartburn.

[@harisharpindoful]

If you mess with demeter, she will make you cry for hunger

[@brianaagilar4081]

I wish therapy was invented in ancient Greek times. The people who invented this really needed it

[@overusedpenoutofink]

This is a horror movie instead of a myth-

[@jade_illustrations]

I feel very bad when greed is involved, really bad. Like an mental and internal pain bad :(

[@LemonBoy308]

I love this original comic 👍👍👍👍