The Man Who Fell in Love with a Statue - Pygmalion and Galatea - Greek Myhology in Comics

The Man Who Fell in Love with a Statue - Pygmalion and Galatea - Greek Myhology in Comics
Art: Guilherme de Souza
Color: Mariane Gusmão
Script : Bruno Viriato
#GreekMythology #Mythology #SeeUinHistory #History #MythologyExplained

[@mikekazz5353]

One of those rare moments where a greek goddess did something nice and didn't have it end up like a genie's wish.

[@guidinglight6968]

right 💀

[@charlesman8722]

There’s probably version were she runs off with someone

[@pinstripe4254]

Well actually a lot of myths have goddesses acting quite merciful. Even to those who disrespected them. The story of Arachne in the older versions had Arachne changed into a spider as an act of mercy after she killed herself. The story of Medusa originally has Athena changing Medusa into a monster so she could defend herself from men giving her the ability to change any man who looked upon her into stone.

[@djantouahmed7319]

@@pinstripe4254 nope Athena has always been a jealous goddess

[@pinstripe4254]

@@djantouahmed7319 yes but that’s not all she is. She is the Goddess of wisdom as well as warfare after all. It was only in later versions that she is portrayed as overly malicious

[@quantummaniac5]

Wait... A Greek myth that doesn't end tragically or otherwise terribly for the protagonist? What foul sorcery is this?!

[@alexnites7626]

This is just one version. If you like tragedy, another version says that they were happy for a few weeks until he realized that she started acting like the other women and dumped her

[@RavenBlaze420]

@@alexnites7626 that would make no sense considering they had kids who went on to have their stories told in greek mythology

[@justpelumii9986]

Ikr💀💀

[@FEMBT-yb8rh]

@@RavenBlaze420 *Could you give some children names and story links? CURIOUS.*

[@eclipsewalkr]

Well... Perseus had a pretty good ending too

[@dennis4774]

The first recorded history waifu

[@thefenrir777]

You beat me by four minutes.

[@tanveernabil8451]

Niceu

[@greggagui4037]

it's not history though

[@thefenrir777]

@@greggagui4037 but history channel said it was aliens who posed as Aphrodite and did it. They were from the sun and looked like squids. If HISTORY channel said it it has to be true.

[@dennis4774]

@@greggagui4037 this story is older then your family name and blood line, so yea this is history

[@rogue8174]

the first weeb and actually lived his fantasy of his waifu come to reality.

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

He is the god of weeb

[@angelolorilla2050]

@@theguyfromtsukihime3898 Patron deity of weebs.

[@daoistsaintmasterofthenasc6220]

I wish to be like him

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

@@angelolorilla2050 Kratos: (sees this guy) This god is a god not worth killing

[@OnnaBlade]

It's true I know

[@raijuu1939]

The first and last simp who ever got something.

[@JonathanGhost42]

Why is he a simp?

[@Seikefy]

A mysogenistic Chad that hated women so much that made a statue and loved it more than the real ones

[@johnnyrebel2532]

You're forgetting Wall-E

[@gotzvonunentberlichingen1452]

If the statue was actually as beautiful as claimed, he wouldn’t be a simp because the 🐈 wouldn’t be mediocre. I guess he would be a sisp because it was superb.

[@HarshDude126]

@@Seikefy That's the opposite of simping. Hating women makes him an anti-simp.

[@arisenleaf]

Remember, if you pray hard enough your body pillow will come to life.

[@whatareyoudoingstepcomment4029]

i'm not ready to be a father

[@jackthompson7102]

@@whatareyoudoingstepcomment4029 hol up

[@allfiction8905]

@@whatareyoudoingstepcomment4029 wait a minute

[@lindaliriel]

At least Pygmalion actually put some creativity and hard work into it: he didn't buy the Galatea statue online...

[@denizmetint.462]

@@lindaliriel Imagine, Pygmalion had relied on the Athenian merchant Iephobezos to deliver the statue. He never would've gotten his wish.

[@containedhurricane]

This is like the men who married robots and holograms

[@congminhphan5275]

Master chief John-117?

[@containedhurricane]

@@congminhphan5275 I played Halo before, but never paid attention to the story

[@T-h-a-t_G-u-y]

Plankton?

[@theanimatorcomposer9332]

The man who married hatsune miku??

[@containedhurricane]

@@T-h-a-t_G-u-y That's a cartoon character 😂

[@IdleDrifter]

Talented artist creates the most perfect woman. Humbly prostrates himself before the Goddess of Love. His prayer touches her and she grants life to his statue. One their children founds a city in the Goddess's name. Comment section filled with enough dead jokes to make Hades roll his eyes.

[@izzaamazing9277]

Imagine him banging the stone and his tomatoes got stuck in the stone 🤣 he pulled and accidentally got castrated 😂😂😂

[@twinkelry2410]

And more heads rolling too 👀

[@duvipearson6251]

OMEGALUL

[@Windjammer19]

Pygmalion was an incel, colorized

[@monsieurpasta4922]

Psychologically, Pygmalion tries to extract his anima (exactly what we do when males have their first crushes) and falls in love with it. Most of us undergo this, when boys like a girl they barely knew but adored so much. They present their anima (which is their idea of a perfect woman) and fall deeply in love, not with the woman, but their idea of the woman.

[@ZecaPinto1]

Thats why we call that behavior of platonic love

[@nyx8954]

TF is an anima ?

[@Aldgri]

I just had crushes on pretty girls bc they was pretty 💀

[@js1423]

Still one of the less disturbing love stories from Greek mythology...

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

Idk know about that. This seems pretty cringe to me

[@js1423]

@@HIMMBelljuvo True, but let's remember that Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, Ares, and Hermes as well as guys like Achilles and other Greek heroes in the Trojan war would be considered rapists on how they handled women.

[@eghoseisiramen1892]

@@js1423 spitting nothing but factss

[@ecurewitz]

Yet still kinda freaky

[@js1423]

@@ecurewitz Yeah, but no r*** of unwilling women by lustful male deities.

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

This guy has officially become the god of weeb

[@itshardtobehumble4827]

What's weeb?

[@megajeremy90001]

@@itshardtobehumble4827 weeb is stands for weeaboo, which is a person that was too obsessed in anime that they think that they're anime characters in real life and speak Japanese for no reasons. You could look at filthy Frank's video about weeaboos to know more.

[@itshardtobehumble4827]

@@megajeremy90001 I see, thanks for the reply.

[@kresspqressie7722]

@@megajeremy90001 quite wrong, this definition more like chuuni or 8 grade class disease. Cmiiw, yeah weeb so obssessed, but we have other word for like like otaku means freak, geek, nerd. What weeb's real mean? Is person or ppl that obssessed with jp culture, so weeb isn't same like anime otaku (yeah we have game otaku n music otaku too). Weeb loves to say positive thing about jp and always bring it to others as topic when they have convo, they mad if ppl say negative things bout it. Weeb mean like ppl that worship Japan, sometimes more than their own self. When otaku simp for what their like, weeb is simp and worship to japan itself.

[@Joshua-zn1kt]

Huh, Never knew Otaku existed in Greek Era Before.

[@WillianyAmill]

What did he extensively collect other than one statue??

[@shouryadronapratapsingtawa4536]

Who is otaku brother?

[@Cegorach-The-Clown]

@@shouryadronapratapsingtawa4536 a extreme weeb I guess

[@shivag5176]

Now, you can get ur own Waifu Me : no, please don't give me hope.

[@LegoReader12345hello]

This is how Professor pyg from Batman got his name, because he is obsessed with making the perfect dollotron

[@glowworm2]

Oh--that's why his name is spelled that way! I thought it was just a pun on the fact that he wore a pig mask and made animal puns.

[@LegoReader12345hello]

@@glowworm2 names have meanings that reflect on characters

[@darklurker1239]

@@glowworm2 His name was also inspired by the song Pygmalism by Momus and Kahimi Karie.

[@erob9446]

"Your feelings for her are not real" *"They are Real to me!"*

[@soldio4143]

The power of anime and _GOD(ESS)_ was literally on this Ladd madd's side.

[@EgmatXelugo]

In ancient Greece the ultimate life purpose was to die for your country in war and not to just live a long peaceful life (see Leonidas). That's why their mythology and ancient theatre scripts had almost all of their main characters endure tragedy and painful deaths. Only then their life had reached culmination. Of course this story had a happy ending, i guess they wanted to throw one of those every now and then

[@deepasrivastava863]

That was the Spartan belief. Athenian belief was primarily to live a rational, democratic life while serving the country( not necessarily martydom but taking part in politics, being an informed citizen etc) Moreover, most greek heroes who died in tragic myths didnt die for country. Orpheus for eg. Was killed by furies.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@deepasrivastava863 wow sucks to be them, bunch of wimps

[@starfallentertainment9131]

Since she was created by him isn’t she kinda like his daughter.

[@melharriehtomawis8687]

Wait u have a point•_•

[@oliviaem8496]

I dont think so. It's like an artist drawing an imaginary girl in a book..it doesnt mean it's his daughter.

[@ale-xsantos1078]

I'd say more like Aphrodite's daughter since she gave life to the statue

[@cocoduck7745]

Sweet home Alabama

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

.......daddy?

[@Jopeth23]

In the version that I read (written by Edith Hamilton, IIRC), Pygmalion was a women-hater. He despises them so much that he sought to show the world everything he hated about them through this sculpture. Unfortunately, he ended up creating the most beautiful woman statue and fell in love with it.

[@Jopeth23]

@@ggnkrsfkoqxbk5078 "He prayed to Aphrodite to bring his waifu to laifu." 😂🤣

[@artenthusiastae7196]

a tsundere he was

[@Dagothownsneravar]

It is always the strangest stories that are the most beautiful

[@kenmasters2034]

Now i know from where they took the inspiration for the 80's movie Mannequin.

[@judahgovan1599]

wow

[@Hardmanferdead]

This is what inspired Wonder Woman’s “clay statue” origin.

[@robv8044]

i thought cause of Lilith

[@Friendship1nmillion]

*WHAT A STORY* He's lucky it didn't end badly for him. 😲🗽💝🫂🥠💌

[@noangles1564]

He brought his waifu to laifu! I mean life

[@nusrataysha8500]

-Red,Overly sarcastic production

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

A greek story that is not a tragedy? A surprise, but nontheless a welcome one

[@elviraweekes3906]

A wholesome story and Aphrodite is actually, not doing something evil this is a rare.

[@JonathanGhost42]

I would give so much to have such a miracle like Pygmalion... :(

[@pixelreaper7953]

U can't be serious

[@JonathanGhost42]

@@pixelreaper7953 Why not?

[@pixelreaper7953]

Depends on which way you look at it on one hand, ur saying u wanna fall in love with an inanimate object

[@JonathanGhost42]

@@pixelreaper7953 But then comes the miracle and the object becomes a wonderfull woman that loves me...

[@pixelreaper7953]

Still kinda wierd

[@jemmydias8801]

Actually, I'm writing a paper about this myth for university rn and the video just dropped... Now that's what i call timing

[@liamvnbw]

Could you give some more insight as to the moral/lesson in this story? I can’t quite figure it out…

[@jemmydias8801]

@@liamvnbw sorry for the late reply, KZbin just notified me(if you read this too one day). I would say it varies between versions but in the most relevant version imo which is in Ovid s metamorphosis, it is basically Ovid s appraisal of himself. Indeed, him being Pygmalion while his work being galatea. Furthermore, it would also be a critique by ovid to the current literary situation of that time. Effectively, you can see it as well there not being any good women as there not being any good texts. It's more complicated than that but that's the rough basic. Story wise, personally the moral is improve your craftsmanship (whatever you are good at) until you are satisfied and maybe another moral would he love your work be proud of it

[@liamvnbw]

@@jemmydias8801 Thank you very much for your reply!

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

How could that possibly help you in real life, are you studying useless as gender studies or something

[@TheAmaraHorton]

This sounds like the inspiration for the 80s masterpiece classic, “Mannequin.” Time for a rewatch!

[@poisonpotato1]

That was unexpected. usually these stories end with someone being cursed to turn to stone or something because Aphrodite thought he made a statue more beautiful than she was

[@Suerte619]

I remember when Hercules dated Galatea. It was back in the 90’s 🤧

[@aditisk99]

Yeah that's where I remembered her from.

[@puffpuffpassmako]

TLDR: Weeb creates a wife out of sheer willpower and marble, with help from a god

[@CombraStudios]

ivory

[@negritotenfold]

The 90s silver surfer cartoon had a version of thanos being in love with a statue

[@AnimeCritical]

That was statue of lady death. He didn't love the statue itself but what it represented. It is like looking at a picture of the one you love.

[@BlenderStudy]

Amazing story.. and a superb illustration and narration..!! Thank you for the update, See U in History..!!

[@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72]

The background music as it neared the end was do great, that it also made me wanna cry tbh. It felt beautiful and warming to see a happy ending in this mythology.

[@aaaaacdhhllmnnv]

His waifu turned in to real wife, don't give up hope guys if u truly love your wifu she will one day love you back.

[@314jrock]

A waifu turning into a real woman is a bad thing.

[@eonamiella2124]

I've always loved this story, it makes me happy seeing it has a happy ending

[@core-nix1885]

0:28 "He could only see faults in all women so he opted for celibacy." Umm, based department.

[@safi6749]

Based indeed

[@yuqing2006]

In the Disney series Hercules (the cartoon series). In one of the episode young Hercules needed a girl for a dance. He ask Aphrodite to bring the statue to life. Aphrodite fix the statue and even said "thats enough curve for you", when Hercules ask for more curves. Hercules couldn't think of what personality to give to the statue except for "crazy about me". The girl was named Galatea and that episode was so funny. I didn't know there was a specific legend relating to that episode.

[@velvety2006]

i remember that one, he got the idea because one of the teachers made his wife out of clay. also the girl did not really have much personality at the end lol.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

Then kratos beat his face in

[@realestateinfonet9041]

Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to create it & share it with us!

[@scientistsupreme5834]

Phew! An actual nice ending

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

Yeah... about that...

[@Jallu555]

@@Practitioner_of_Diogenes huh?

[@burningwheel5088]

I didnt expect such a legend weeb existed a long time ago just Wow!! Mad respect!!

[@genoscide9788]

We have similar fiction here in the Philippines., Machete : the woman sculptor who fell in love with her own craft

[@boychaku1525]

MISMO aldow baligtad lang Kasi si machete lalake at gawa sha sa kahoy

[@numo203]

this is one of the sweetest story ever.

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

The first ever recorded weeb in history

[@ACarpenter89]

Do you have any plans to cover Chinese mythology characters like Sun wukong and the Jade emperor etc

[@jackolantern147]

One of the EXTREMELY few Greek myths with a happy ending .

[@Todd.P]

Beautifully told!

[@EsotericEnlightener]

That was such a beautiful tale. 😢 I know what it's like to long for something for so long and can only be able to dream about it.

[@AncestorEmpireGaming]

Gamers: So there's still hope for 2B?

[@jonasjogander7314]

Such a wonderful and amazing story I love them.

[@morainalorettamo5280]

How beautiful this story always makes me cry.

[@DaniMartVtbr]

I watched this while laying on my bed with my dakimakura. Just imagine if we lonely otaku together all gave offering & plea to the goddess Aphrodite?

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

Then she shows up with the circle button over her head

[@DaniMartVtbr]

@@theguyfromtsukihime3898 please explain? 🤔

[@E.C.Animation]

Give it a try. You never know! But it won't work if you don't believe in her.

[@Scp--pg7fg]

@@DaniMartVtbr play all god of war except 2018

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

Actually very touching story.

[@Mana-jg7vn]

I remember reading this from a literature book when I was in highschool. Nostalgic :')

[@maeannengo4908]

So it's like how some artists fall in love with their OCs

[@TrueInvisible]

FINALLY for once a story WITHOUT wrath or punishment! even in history waifus exist! to let you know, once a man wants to make the PERFECT woman, he creates her himself! who needs human women anyway ..

[@Lemuel928]

Eve was created ages ago,does that even count?

[@TrueInvisible]

@@Lemuel928 eve was a human, not a waifu.

[@Lemuel928]

But why is the rib infused with clay?

[@TrueInvisible]

@@Lemuel928 eve was made from adam's rib, and adam was made from clay. this myth is about neither. it's about a statue made of marble.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

human women are irl gross, furries are better

[@potatoboy4913]

So the first waifu is actually Greek? Seems legit.

[@Hunter-im3tg]

Just finished 'The Forgotten City' in which this tale is briefly mentioned and now this video shows up in my recommendations, how curious.

[@619G_]

Ooo awesome thank you 4 this

[@-dontmindme-9301]

Medusa: I dont remember turning this woman to stone Me: a sculptor sculpted it...

[@thalmoragent9344]

This guy was BASED, made himself the perfect partner when he saw all the other women were low key crazy 😅

[@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819]

Fascinating myth story!🙂❤👍

[@ahmedelmzdawy9611]

At 3:19, Galatea : how was I created? Pygmalion : your made of marble Galatea: alright keep your secrets

[@thomassquire4906]

This is probably the first story I have ever seen in greek mythology that actually had a happy ending.

[@glowworm2]

There are actually a couple of them. They are rather rare though. Examples of them are Baucis and Philemon, Eros an Psyche and Admetus and Alcestis.

[@thomassquire4906]

@@glowworm2 oh no kidding?, well its good to know that greek mythology has some happy endings and not ones that are either really really despondent or rather bitter sweet., or in some cases satisfying.

[@waifusimp1429]

Normies: Treat women like objects Weebs: Treat objects like women

[@cabooseocallaghan6229]

I find it super interesting the similarities between this story and the tale of Ilmarinen and the gold and silver bride (Kalevala). Only I like better how Ilmarinen's story ends. Väinämöinen helps him realize the pointlessness in trying to love a fantasy of your own making, and so Ilmarinen reforges the statue into trinkets for others and moves on. It's also a bit reminiscent of the Midas myth now that I think about it

[@fouralive9636]

I knew this would be in my recomendation after i watched "certain" servant from FGO

[@marianafonseca8963]

Aaaay que bonita historia de amor 😭❤️

[@benscott8042]

Such the most wonderous of Love Stories, ever told... A man who created the woman he wanted to love so dearly as a statue, only to gravely realize his obsession with it, before confessing his wish and shame to Aphrodite which touched her, letting her later grant his passion by turning his own creation as he kissed it, into the wife he so wanted to have, as both are blessed to be married.

[@ImpetorOzz]

Awesome story keep the good work 😁😁

[@robertmartins7382]

Such a beautiful story ❤️

[@incepticgroot2769]

3:16 I cant help but laugh so hard. That womens face kills me xD

[@ninjabaiano6092]

I expected the statue to love someone else. Cause the perfect woman deserves the perfect man.

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Awesome and cool!

[@vivekmaharaj8672]

This was actually nice

[@adilrahman1142]

I honestly thought it'd end up with him accidentally insulting Aphrodite and getting punished for it

[@user-pg4zq9ko9b]

Relatable Mine just doesn't came to life;-;

[@Friendship1nmillion]

🤭👉🗽Right??

[@user-pg4zq9ko9b]

@@Friendship1nmillion reality sometimes disappointing

[@alexsifounas3005]

Did you pray to the god Aphrodite ?

[@king_yati86]

One of my favorite stories 💯✔💥🏌‍♂️

[@svarupa]

beautiful drawings, beautiful story.

[@guts7561]

What a chad

[@areejrana4325]

This man in short lived the dreams of all the weebs out there

[@sunky_chip]

People : which year did you born miss? Galatea : *i was created*

[@dawnlapka3782]

I read this story in an educator class. It sparked a desire to finish my Master's Degree in Organizational Educational Psychology. Now I am learning how to use all this education as a bus driver, lol.

[@nedlan1857]

The first man of culture!

[@jollymone8623]

the first rule 34 artist in history

[@ladyazari2785]

Beautiful.

[@saraishaq266]

Me poking my anime husbando sketches: hey come to life already.

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

I too long for a woman but I see flaws in every woman that it’s beyond redemption so I’m being shallow or picky (as if they don’t 😒)

[@need_more_coffee8487]

Just like we see flaws in mens like u too😂😂.Try fixing ur personality, the reason no women interest u coz no one women was ever interested in u😂😂.

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

@@need_more_coffee8487 speak for yourself I already am

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

@@need_more_coffee8487 I meant that women are interested in me and more

[@nyleakhaireenreen4075]

r/thathappened

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

@@nyleakhaireenreen4075 yes

[@apewhat2666]

"Young, beautiful, and virginal"

[@aubreyyoung6664]

That was beautiful

[@handsomehenry9493]

What is the name of that beautiful piano song that's played towards the end of the video?

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I find it hard to believe Greek gods to be that kind.. also stone waifu, many weebs wants that power.

[@marquisscott3546]

Now she's in FGO Berserker class.

[@madbeemVA]

Is anyone here familiar with the novel, The Bride of Stone? I got it years ago from a random book store and I can’t help but think that this was the inspiration for the sculpture character there who was also hired by Perivale; and instead of imagination, he used the combined features of the different women he asked to model for him. A witch there made the stone a real woman as part of a deal, iirc. It’s part of a trilogy but I haven’t read the third book. Ahhhh can anyone confirm????

[@user-pd6ol1dg3x]

perfection ... never contradicts ... perfection ...

[@mrexcelsior1414]

Pretty nice story

[@Jean-luc_Picard68]

What is the song called in the end :)?

[@sly6180]

the piano music is DETACH by PETER SANDBERG Its very beautiful

[@nightchild2654]

Thank you

[@vo1ce147]

Ohh thought galatea gonna link her with ip to make something then summon diggirsu to negate something