The Messed Up Mythology of DEMETER, Greek Goddess of the Harvest

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» 0:00 - Helicopter Parenting
» 1:34 - The Universal Mother
» 8:18 - The Abduction of Persephone
» 16:37 - The Cults of Demeter
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» Homeric Hymn to Demeter: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...
» The Thesmophoria: www.hellenic.org.au/post/the-....
» Callimachus Hymn 6 To Demeter: www.theoi.com/Text/Callimachu...
» Pausanias 8.42: www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias8...
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[@jaqjynx]

Hades kidnaps his niece, tricks her into eating knowing she won’t be able to leave and marries her. And he is the least problematic out of him & his brothers 🤦‍♀️

[@frikkie1494]

Ya just go's to show you how messed messed up the Zeus and Poseidon really are

[@mariaclarasoares5496]

Least problematic doesn't equal not problematic at all 😬

[@Jessidafennecfox]

​@@mariaclarasoares5496 It's true that Hades is problematic, he at least doesn't hump everything that has a pulse like his brothers do.

[@moondivine2288]

He is the least problematic brother. But Hades is also from a very sexist society.

[@thedondoeswhatever]

Zeus literally r*pes ppl yea hades is the least problematic

[@InfernalRitesCharts]

Honestly, I can understand where Demeter was coming from. Her daughter was literally taken from her and if nobody had stepped in, she likely wouldn't have seen Persephone again. So, while extreme, Demeter's reaction was 100% justified.

[@shizhixv5856]

100%true. When I was a kid I never felt much for Demeter, because my own relationship with my mother was not that good. but after I grow up and read Homer's Hymn to Demeter, I realise how justified her actions was and how much she must love her daughter.

[@trollinghoesandfarmingthingz]

No, she killed dozens of people and their children cuz hers was alive down under. Thats like saying "her kid was kidnapped, how could you not expect her to go on a killing spree" bout literally anybody who has a missing child.

[@AnimeAngel88]

Never piss off a mother goddess. Plain and simple.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Imagine if Hestia was a mother

[@4Just1Girl]

@Quartz .... OR a Momma Bear!

[@homebrewedthoughts2033]

Please tell me the pun was intended

[@LovesGaming37]

​@@homebrewedthoughts2033never piss off a mother

[@warrenmorandin]

Love this I been thinking the same thing

[@GuardianOfMoon]

Being named Demetria, of Demeter, I have nothing but sympathy for her. I had to stop reading Lore Olympus because of the mom-projecting hatred that version of Demeter gets from the readers. This woman is raped, tricked, lied to by her own peers, had her child stolen from her, and we still twist her to be the villain.

[@nevermindimjustapasserby]

I wholly agree with you! People who villainize Demeter clearly have mommy issues

[@ngshuenrong3070]

Why should the world starve just because she can't learn to let go ?

[@ghghiihjkijh]

​@@nevermindimjustapasserbyShe did neglect her other daughter tho

[@abl_dre]

@@BrookLynDaze its story to explain why winter happen bro let it go

[@packnetadaija]

I remember hearing about the myth of Demeter and Persephone in school in like the 4th grade and to this day when it starts to get cold I joke to myself, “oh, I guess Persephone is back with Hades.”

[@Black-Swan-007]

Same!

[@okami-chan9772]

Same! But I only remember that back in junior high when our art teacher was teaching us how to create ancient Greek designs of different Greek gods; I remember one goddess I chose was Artemis. I even remembered an art video she showed us about a man (can't remember his name) who fell in love with Melinoë. And I kid you not the art design for the video was so bizarre, it felt like I was on acid and ended up getting myself in trouble for speaking out the truth of how stupid it looked, but I accidentally used the r word to express how I felt. Knowing I had the absolute right to say that word because I was in ISD during that time.

[@Black-Swan-007]

@@okami-chan9772 We did the same thing and I chose Aphrodite!

[@okami-chan9772]

@@Black-Swan-007 Sweet!

[@Fennily]

Where I am it's summer but it keeps fluctuating from cold to hot, it's not normal for here. I know it's climate change but I also have the thought that something must be going down between Hades, Persephone and Demeter

[@deltatango6793]

As a planty-person (and a Virgo who totally vibes with Demeter), I’ve grown to really appreciate pruning back your plants (and your life) to allow for new, better growth.

[@JonSolo]

100% !! gotta burn off that dead wood!

[@christianjohnson5379]

​@@JonSolo that was great of you to give honorable mention to Lore Olympus, it's been a pretty popular adaption. Have you thought of doing a video talking about it in the parallels and differences it has with original Greek mythology?

[@victorsanthiago6477]

@@JonSolo man, make a video about Statius Thebaid and Lucian Dialogues of Dead, these are the most detailed sources about the underworld

[@victorsanthiago6477]

@@JonSolo Tishiphone is absolute beast in Statius Thebaid, she scared Atlas in one way that he almost let heavens fall in book 1 and in book 11, she and Megaera covered the world in darkness and wounded Hyperion, it was so scary that even Jupiter was scared of them

[@junjunjamore7735]

I don't think Demeter gets all the blame. Boreas is the Greek god of winter, with a daughter named Khione, the goddess of snow.

[@sonofcronos7831]

Boreas and the Horai (goddess of seasons) brings cold at the will of Demeter. So she is totally responsible for winter, because Winter literaly obeys her authority.

[@christymitchell4763]

Regardless if she knew the rules or not, Demeter’s sorrow is understandable. Nothing is more heart wrenching then having to say goodbye to your child, that u love so much. Plus the changing of the seasons have taught us to appreciate wat we have, until it’s gone

[@thecoolbroscoolman4672]

Now we need a tier list of the gods

[@Joel_Roberts]

I like the low tier ones😂

[@soccerandtrack10]

Aryan isnt on the list.

[@Joel_Roberts]

Indra would definitely make the list, I don't know of any gods named Aryan. But I'm willing to learn. But if your implying something about the aryans, I think you misunderstood something. But I can't be sure.

[@DoubleDealingDisarray]

And have a Tyr list for the Norse gods. 😂

[@matthewwriter9539]

All of the gods? There are more than a few. One week the Gods of war ranked, in February the Gods of love ranked. In autumn the gods of the harvest ranked. Then the gods of the sea ranked. Then you can't forget the gods of the sun and the gods of the moon.

[@taekwongurl]

Demeter's story is so compelling and she really shows her strength with minimal violence.

[@ojogunleye2209]

Also there’s actually a new literary theory that Demeter isn’t responsible for winter but for summer. The original hymn makes reference to droughts and in Greece the summer is so hot that often the ground isn’t moist or fertile enough to sow or grow anything. As a result autumn is for sowing, winter for growth and tending to crops and spring is for harvest.

[@megan9403]

Been obsessed with mythology since I was a kid, absolutely love when Jon releases a new video

[@pierrebuieii3908]

You too huh

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Same Hell I'm trying to make my own series with the Greek gods and demigods in it

[@OGamerGirl92]

I try to never miss a video I absolutely love Greek mythology / lore in general

[@BlazeDupree1525]

Demeter gets done dirty. She didn't deserve the crap she went through.

[@leonardofaber5823]

And by having her daugther taken away, Demeter created the sirens

[@bluefinmanta5373]

It should be noted that it's been suggested that the season of hardship and poor growing brought upon by Demeter wasn't winter, but summer, as most of Greece has rather mild winters with snow usually restricted to the mountains, but hot dry summers. Been enjoying your content for years BTW

[@christopheralvarez1551]

Im glad that he thought of the 4 of us who didn't know about the myth

[@christianu9159]

You're telling me he ate 5 babies n didn't notice a different taste on the 6th

[@vickorpus]

i hate the characterization of demeter as a crazy helicopter parent. as someone who felt like they related to persephone because their mom died, i wish i had a demeter to protect me from the hades i experienced.

[@herpderp5727]

I'm sorry for your loss and I agree with you. Like, what mother wouldn't grieve at the sudden loss of her daughter and the fact that no one (save for two) wanted to help her at the behest of their patriarch? The Homeric hymn expressively told how both Demeter and Persephone were happy to see each other, implying Persephone was never oppressed by her mother and that they had a healthy mother-daughter relationship.

[@maxdocore-fc7ch]

It's because in actual mythology presephone states a few times her mother is over baring and she's tired of being seen as a little girl. If anything you should relate to Demeter. Who was chased by Zeus. And r*ped. That's why she's protective. Because she herself was assulated

[@maxdocore-fc7ch]

Hades never touched presephone in a bad way. In modern times presephone would be a run away and Hades the rich business man who helps her.

[@vickorpus]

@@maxdocore-fc7ch sounds predatory fr lmao ur explaining the modern mount olympus fanfic between then which is still unheathy

[@maxdocore-fc7ch]

@@vickorpus tf is that??? My nana even said that's what it'd be and she's Greek

[@KERRYPIKE]

Demeter is a great mother to her daughter. And this is a great video about Demeter.

[@kaykay8855]

I think that people forget about her. Yes, she’s overprotective but wouldn’t you if Zeus boinks everything that moves.

[@christianjohnson5379]

Unless you're talking about the Lore Olympus version of her....she's cruel, abusive and toxic as hell.

[@uf_hQ]

Let's be honest, Demeter is a much better mother. Unlike her sister who thru her kid of a mountain for the crime of being ugly

[@christianjohnson5379]

@@uf_hQ other versions of the mist depict Zeus being the one who threw Hephaestus off

[@larissabraz4056]

​@@christianjohnson5379why bring up a webcomic that's not even canon lol that story did mythology so dirty

[@ipisseduoff5900]

lore olympus could never rachel absolutely ruined demeter’s character and doesn’t know how to write ANY character development

[@juneclemons7657]

Even though I am aware of the true telling of of Deneter and Persophone, I liked Rachel Smythe Lore Olympus series and I wish it would continue on you tube. (I want to see if Apollo gets punished for poisoning Zeus or if he gets played by Cronos' dad, Ooranus or both.

[@ipisseduoff5900]

@@juneclemons7657u do realize all LO is just her self insert x mads mikkelson right? ignoring the obvious decline in art and writing both persephone and hades are bad people who can do no wrong: one capitalizing on unpaid labor of the undead, cheating on his girlfriend with a minor, grooming of said minor, being racist to nymphs, etc. and one who also took part in affair, disregards her duties but demands entitlement of a title anyways, and committed mass genocide but doesn’t deserve to be punished because “she didn’t mean to 🥺” i would recommend you read LO rekindled where apollo’s character isn’t ruined while still being an antagonist AND where the story doesn’t revolve around two selfish dicks who’s dynamic is akin to a discord mod and a discord “kitten”

[@mohammadbashammakh]

Jon I know you talked plenty about the hydra before, but can you talk about the Japanese myth of the orochi ? It’s legend in Japanese lore surprisingly similar to that of the hydra & Hercules

[@JonSolo]

sounds super interesting! I’ll add it to the list

[@mohammadbashammakh]

@@JonSolo thank you sir

[@psychokinrazalon]

Probably a direct lineage. Look up Crecganford’s Origin of Dragons video to see how myths from different cultures around the world can be strikingly similar.

[@alexandriacollins7119]

In the 'Abduction of Persephone' myth, while Demeter was responsible for the famine, she has no power over the cold; that's Boreas' and his daughter, Khione/Chione's role. ^^;

[@KebaRPG]

From what I read the whole Winter thing was a English thing because Winters are the infertile time of year; but in Southern Greece the Summers are Scorching Hot thus inhospitable to Annual Crops.

[@sonofcronos7831]

Off course Demeter has that power. Boreas and nymphs obeys higher gods than themselves. All the wind gods are also the winds of seasons, amd they obey both Zeus and Demeter in order to bring seasons. Take Zeus for example, the clouds and stars that he ruled over are nymphs and lesser deities, but he is still responsible for the rain and storms, even if he not the cloud or rain itself, and the same applies to Demeter, she is not the season itself, but she can control the seasons and winds at will.

[@alexandriacollins7119]

@@sonofcronos7831 But Zeus is the god of the sky, while Demeter is the goddess of the earth; nothing to do with the weather.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@alexandriacollins7119 Demeter literaly causes winter (or harsh summer) in the persephone story. Also, gods can do things if it falls in their domain. For example, Poseidon is the god of the sea, but in the Odyssey he is constantly making storms against Odysseus, is not that Zeus domain? When the persians tried to invade Thessaly once, their fleet were destroyed by a thunderstorm, and the greeks worshiped Poseidon for that. Demeter, being the goddess of the earth, also has control over seasons, weather and winds, even if this also falls more or less in Zeus domain. The Seasons obeys Demeter everywhere in poetry. Also, why would Boreas make the earth cold in the same time that Demeter is angry and the goddess has nothing to do with it? Because she was the one that caused the earth to be cold, and elsewhere in greek myth and cult she is always responsible for the seasons.

[@alexandriacollins7119]

@@sonofcronos7831 Probably because Poseidon used to be top god and Zeus was unimportant, during Mycenaean Greece. After the Dark Ages in Ancient Greece, Zeus displaced Poseidon as 'King of the Gods'.

[@amotimeplayer8229]

If Demeter os the reason for winter coming earlier then I would personally pray to her, like thank you! Thank you for banishing the mosiques for several months!

[@ScarletSerenade]

Don’t forget the incredible musical “Hadestown”! There’s a retelling of Hades and Persephone in the show and it’a actually a central factor of the story.

[@ardenalexa94]

Can you do an episode on Morgan le Fay? I’ve wanted to learn more about her.

[@FutureMythology]

Demeter is the Greek goddess of the harvest, and this movie explores her fascinating and underappreciated mythology in great detail. This narrative provides new insight into an old god while also being entertaining and educational. The creators deserve praise for the thorough and lucid way they explained Demeter's backstory.

[@davidroddick91]

It's not Demeter's fault you had snow in April. Clearly Persephone was stuck in traffic.

[@madelineryan548]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@roguequakewitch]

This is so good! Demeter and Persphone (and Pysche to be honest) are my favorite goddess in Greek mythology! I would love to hear more about lesser known gods and goddesses if you are up to continuing the Greek mythology series after this!

[@bricksloth6920]

"We're painting the roses red, we're painting the roses red"

[@kellygaines8448]

Did you spot Iambe in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (While she's in Eleusis)? That's one of my favorite bits. In the middle of absolute grief, someone who is more or less a personification of humor gets Demeter to laugh at a dirty joke. Maybe that's where the later ritual dirty jokes came from. Anyway, great vid!

[@amandabricker3059]

When I was in 8th grade I was Demeter in a class play, this guy was Zeus and I had to Slap him across the face(the teacher wouldn’t let me fake slap him), so for the numerous weeks that this play was going on I had to proceed to slap this poor guy across the face over and over again and I still feel like an awful person- I think about this more than I’d like to admit..

[@kimichan5]

“He says without kids and being totally dependent on his dog.” 😂😂😂

[@Eddieavina123]

Love your video, Jon Solo, and keep up the great work

[@emilymccall277]

We need a deep dive into Pan! 🐐Absolutely love your videos, keep up the good work!!

[@imogencory9591]

I always love it when you make your Greek myth videos, I have learnt so much thanks to you Jon, thank you.

[@WolfieDawn]

Winter is WAY better than summer. I'll take frost over humid heat any day.

[@user-tq9pv1zw6x]

Yes!

[@Girlwithdragonchariot]

Definitely ordering the book, I absolutely love that you're doing that!

[@Business101HQ]

Gotta be honest here Jon, I've been watching your channel for maybe a year or so now, and have binged pretty much all your older content as well as the new stuff and you must be *consitently* my favourite channel on KZbin. I LOVE Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology in particular and your content and particular way of making you content I find very enthralling so I just wanted to say GREAT JOB! I hope you're able to do this for as long as you want to be doing it :) also, a fun video idea might be comparing the heads of various mythologies (Zeus, Odin etc) and comparing their abilities and strengths and offering your opinion as to which is the most powerful / enlightened / whatever other criteria you want to compare :)

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@pumirya]

Thanks for another entertaining and informative video!

[@2001kelvinwhite]

Great commentary as usual...but you didn't mention Demeter's other daughter Desponia. I was hoping she would be included in her story as well.

[@christianu9159]

Now this is a solo story everyone wants to watch

[@soulcology]

This was fantastic!!!! Thsnk you John

[@jrexbaytos4212]

YESS!! A Montey python and the holy Grail Reference

[@jmvanzalinge5023]

Could you do one on Despoina, Demeter’s daughter who may or may not be Persephone? She is so shrowded in mystery and I feel like I don't have the resources to look into her adequately on my own.

[@squirmybubble]

Yay! I waiteth so patiently f'r new video uploads! praise beest the fusty gods!

[@Shenn3165]

One story I’ve heard is that winter was actually a good thing, because the earth was being over used for its nutrients, and that winter gave the earth time to regain its nutrients.

[@yaang9258]

It should be noted in another story. that the king, Demeter punished, sold his daughter to slavery and Poseidon turned her into a donkey. She returned to her father, who was still hungry, and he ate her. Poseidon then turned her into a butterfly. The king then returned to the grove where he was punished and consumed himself

[@elizabethannuk]

😮😮😮😮

[@yaang9258]

@@elizabethannuk i like the version Solo told though. Less gruesome for the princess, but still tragic. Sadly the donkey story is the one I'm more familiar with.

[@Markus2E5I6]

That is so mind-boggling how do they come up with this? So the daughter was turned into a donkey, then eaten by her father then turned into a butterfly? How did that happen? Wouldn't she already be dead and chewed up in her fathers belly?

[@yaang9258]

@@Markus2E5I6 Gods are mysterious beings.

[@wandRng]

Lilith! Please do Lilith

[@alexavierandrada7048]

loved this vid jon miss watching u

[@demedawalker7169]

You need to include the Broadway show "Hadestown", because it touches on two Myths.

[@WillowWhyspir]

Hey Jon, ever consider covering the Poem of Beowulf?

[@gingerbreadwitch4253]

Zeus and Hades plot to kidnap a lady's daughter but it's Demeter's fault we have winter lol let's be real, we have winter because the Greek gods were incapable of keeping it in their pants and taking no for an answer.

[@chrish6001]

If you get the chance, watch "The Captive". In that movie, Ryan Reynolds takes on the majority of the role of Demeter in a modern retelling of the Persephone myth.

[@micaelasparrow650]

I respect the only allowing her into the top 10 because of the winter. I'd be mad too if it was still snowing in April.

[@demetreiusrussell8808]

“The 4 of you watching” - He says with 1.32 M followers. 🤣 Love your content man. Keep it coming!

[@rubymatthews2440]

Something I think should be mention is what is now known as kidnapping is heavily implied and quite reasonably assumable was just one of the first part of the marriage process as long as you had permission from the head of the family a.k.a. the grandfather father or eldest brother of the girl she was of age and hadn’t stated that she wanted to become a priestess of one of the virgin goddesses You could begin the Pre-marriage stuff

[@adorablegodzilla5628]

Sometimes I feel these stories are just ancient people adding gossip into campfire stories without directly calling people out. Or things they wish would happen to someone, and a few others would get the reference, and for everyone else, they would just retell the stories not knowing.

[@EBThisThat]

I’ve heard of eating yourself to death but Erysithon takes that to a whole new meaning.

[@dstarwhite378]

HUGE LORE OLYMPUS FAN!!!!😂

[@agamermom0014]

I memorized a ton of Greek Mythology stories in high school... and never thought they'd come in handy. I just knew I liked them. However, they've become my youngest child's favorite bedtime stories and the story of Demeter, Hades and Persephonie is her favorite.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

When you greet her, smile and bow to DeMeether.

[@rosepetal84]

Thank you for the video

[@RicardoBSB95]

Without Demeter we wouldn't have snowmen, snow angles, snowflakes, curling up next to a roaring fire, skiing, snowboarding, sleighing etc

[@Opabinia-9]

mate i feel you here in my part of aus i remember it being a decent mix of hot and cold but now it feels like march thu to nov ice ever rain nov is rain and 5000c in the same days and dec and jan are fricken hot with feb like nov and i dont have a proper way of staying warm over the cold

[@HitchcockBrunette]

You have a Japanese Chin back there?! I have one too! They are so rare to spot out in the wild… yay for Chins! 🐕💘 gréât video as always!!

[@Dark_Boba-chan]

Very informative. Can you do a messed up origins on Howl's moving castle? It's a real doozy

[@jessicabarrett3631]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="82">1:22</a> 👀 I caught that late, but when I did, I CACKLED SOOO LOUD🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ishleenkour9816]

I really would appreciate a video on Helios

[@bobbymilam9721]

Just come move to Mississippi it stays summer here till October for real

[@gogo-vi2jp]

The fact that Demeter's followers would consider themselves immortal would be ironic as her own daughter was taken to the underworld .

[@sherris7555]

I have loved fall and winter all my life since I was a kid! And learning this story many years ago, I've loved it even more. Since I first read the story of Demeter and Persephone, I think about Persephones abduction every year. There are some who believe that Persephone prefers being with Hades because of her influence in the underworld. Idk if that's true, but I'd like to think so. In the end, whether she likes it or not, that is her fate. I'd like to think of Persephone as very adaptable.

[@sarahallegra6239]

Can we get a video about Arion? That’s a myth I’m actually less familiar with and I’d love to hear your take on it!

[@kins5768]

petition for jon to do a greek tier list

[@My_Strange_Tales]

I'm really big fan of your channel but I kinda wish you would do more myths on African. We have a lot messed of myths, from the spirit of red high heeled lady, to a werehyena, we even god a version of Thor who breaths fire. So please do a m ore videos of African messed up myths

[@danielclaw]

Damn, this adds another level to the story.

[@Dawitch2024]

Will you please make a video about the deer woman???

[@dami5072]

“Die before dying before we die” Demeter’s story was definitely worth it 😂

[@jasonbritnell42]

I really enjoyed her role in the Hades video game

[@eskylent7962]

Why would Demeter be upset that her daughter must go to Hades 1/3 of the year? Why is that a question? A mother should be upset that her daughter must be with someone they despised.

[@erinspbrown]

I would say that it would be impossible for there to be anxious heart from the Mediterranean depicting the goddess with corn in her hair since corn is in western hemisphere plant and thus would not have been known

[@EyeluvHughGrant]

Jon should write a book of these stories and the illustrations he uses in these videos

[@ericnuval]

i got my demeter tattoo planned for august 19th for my birthday gift for myself september 4th!!! ♍️ 🌾

[@dellmaxson2184]

The Poseidon part about him turning to a horse to sleep with her when she turned into a horse was because he was cursed with a lust curse he couldn't control so yeah.

[@saraoakley6013]

Love how you mentioned Lore Olympus. One of my favorite webtoon comics!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

My goodness! Zeus was sooo horrible.

[@Ahoykatieee]

Heaven forbid a mother react negatively to HER CHILD BEING KIDNAPPED

[@cynthialalalucien5711]

It's funny how he mentions Lore olympus bc that's how I found this channel😂

[@OGamerGirl92]

YES SO HAPPY YOU MENTIONED LORE OLYMPUS!!!!! 😊 ❤️ ☺️ I try to never miss a video you post. I learn things from a different perspective every time.

[@tristambre632]

we had snow in Québec city yesterday lol

[@kaiumeda6341]

Do the MUO of Dionysus / Poseidon / Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters

[@christianjohnson5379]

He's already done something for Dionysus, not sure about Poseidon but I think he might have. Yes, definitely a messed up origins for Percy Jackson Sea of monsters, his last video on the first terrible film adaption was pretty good.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

I don't think we should blame Demeter for the extended winter. Rather we haven't been sacrificing enough to appease her.

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

The Immortality Key. Effing A! Thanks for the tip.

[@keeyanlyon1892]

Could you do grasshopper and the ants

[@BumbleLadyBee]

You should make a What If series, like What If Rhea hid away Poseidon rather than Zeus! Would it go the same way? Would he get caught? Would Zeus still take ultimate power or would it be Poseidon?

[@jeremiahmathis7806]

Can you do the messed up origins of Undine

[@iamjustamomdoingthebestica6999]

Disgusting. They triggered the first true depression and continued to bully and blame and even try to buy off the victims of their greed. Then using tricks to enforce their hateful selfish desires. Ugh!😤😖

[@DoubleDealingDisarray]

I only knew of Demeter with Cronos and with Hades. I never heard of the one about the Famished King or Arion. That's very interesting. 🤔 Thanks for the video! It was awesome! 😁 I loved the artwork!

[@cynthiadollar9163]

I like this young version of the story too. The old versions had nothing to do Persephone being kidnapped reason for the seasons.

[@Red-jl1qr]

Realizing that Persephone is Hades' niece, how did this story get to be such a popular love story

[@emilyplaysgamesstuwe5801]

Because they aren’t siblings😅

[@cici3752]

incest is not really a problem when it comes to greek mythology their family tree is more of a circle tbh

[@Markus2E5I6]

Cause it ticks off most of the love tropes or could easily be twisted into the tropes even if the original myths don't match with the modern depictions Bad edgy boy + good, sheltered girl (even if the original myths didn't portray them like that most modern depictions show Hades as edgy or darker) Forbidden love Grumpy man who is only happy around 1 bright girl Rich man + young cheery girl People take them as a symbol of loyalty cause they are one of the few couples where neither cheat as much as the other gods but both have cases where they are close to cheating such as Adonis and Minthe. Young, cheery girl falls in love against parents wishes and parent tries to stop it but fails Opposite attract sort of thing (God of the underworld and goddess of the Spring the season of birth and renewal)