The Titans

The Titans in Greece tend to be seen as either monsters or a stepping stone for the grander Olympians. This video briefly explores the Titans' history, story and their place in Mythology, to see if there is more to them than simply monster or stepping stone.
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Sources:
The works of Hesiod: Barry B. Powell
Bulfinch's Mythology
Greek Myths: Robert Graves
www.theoi.com/greek-mythology...

[@dalecomardelle]

To me, the titans represent the concepts that were key to the survival of our hunter gatherer ancestors. Time, memory, the motion of the stars, seasons would all be very important to people who lived or died by what the were able to find… where as The olympians supplanted the titans at the dawn of civilization where crafting, warfare, hospitality, law, metallurgy, agriculture, marriage, and hierarchy were important to maintain a large settled society.

[@okaybutwhythough7456]

I mean, we've also basically turned Hades into Satan for no apparent reason other than he rules the underworld so it's not really surprising that the Titans got a similar treatment.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

ZEUS: Out with the old, in for the new...me! CHRONOS: You just can't wait for my retirement, huh?! ZEUS: Let me help in your early retirement then.

[@thereaperchronus7612]

Kronos Best Stronger.Kronos or Time Titan or Saturn or Capricorn or Jesus!

[@theformssj5234]

"let the rage of the titans drive your blades Kratos. " - Gaia

[@ElSmurfy]

Happy to see you still uploading 🙂

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thanks! I'm trying to upload once two twice a month, this one was just a LOT of work XD

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

If you enjoyed this video, please consider supporting me on Patreon. None of my videos are monetized to ensure you are never interrupted while watching :). www.patreon.com/themythoscopechannel NOTE: My pronunciation of Ouranos is a little odd, I went with the Afrikaans version not English XD But I hope it doesn't deter from the video!

[@puteriizati9482]

Im so excited to see your video up! Always patiently wait for you to upload 😆😆

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Yay! Thanks :D

[@VriEvolutionTarot888]

Love this

[@loveinspired7]

LOVING the "God Of War" imagery!❤

[@iskender1324]

Outstanding work as always.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thanks! :O I'm glad you liked it!

[@mysterybox7719]

very well put together thank you for allowing me to learn from you

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thank you! :D I'm so glad you enjoyed it ♥

[@mysterybox7719]

@@AbsurdandFantastical of course :) im now a loyal subscriber

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

THE GREAT BARD HERSELF HAS RETURNED!!!!!! the tale of the titans; the children of the primordial beings and the fathers of the Olympians!!!

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Yay! Thank you! ♥♥♥ This one was a tonne of fun to do! :D

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

@@AbsurdandFantastical your WELCOME my friend, and definitely!!! The Greek mythology tales are indeed a wild story itself, and odds are, the titans might be a stepping stone for the Olympians.

[@billylion3073]

very cool you never fail to entertain :) how crazy would it be if all these storys are pices of the same story some hidden history of the world ...unlikely but fun to think about

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Well, the great flood is technically one of them! For a very long time, most people thought the flood story in the bible wasn't as big as it was suggested. But more and more cultures told the story of a flood, Gilgamesh, The Bantu's the Greeks, the Cherokees and even the Aborigines from Australia, all had different versions of a Great Flood story. So suddenly it was suggested that the flood did happen, as it was described in the bible :) Some mythologists/historians believe in the 'Monomyth' concept. The idea that there is 'One true myth'. This can be seen in two ways, either that all cultures inherently think the same, and so they create the same ideas, or two, there is a single story which was spread and told over and over, folding itself into the many different cultures across the world. I always prefer the second theory ^_^

[@billylion3073]

@@AbsurdandFantastical man thats so cool i like the whole 'Monomyth' thing to real makes it seem like there is another reality overlaying ours thats out of focus or somthing ya know haha

[@stewartfm2319]

I think it is! Think about it

[@limafc8565]

Underrated you're.

[@sgt_joker1313]

This was fantastic. I love your videos and I love how cronus is actually till mentioned to this day. A lot of time clocks for jobs are called cronus and not that many people know why lol

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

I did not know that about clocks! I love it XD Thanks Joker! I'm glad you liked ^_^

[@sgt_joker1313]

@@AbsurdandFantastical yea there are some clocks called cronus. At my old job when I saw it, I laughed a little and my coworker looked at me so I had to explain why it was called cronus

[@danieldeguzman9070]

Imagine if Levi fought these things.

[@Cegorach-The-Clown]

If he had a weapon which could harm they they would get destroyed

[@madslayer4197]

So Logans bones are made are made from the same stuff that was used to cut off a primordial's balls, interesting.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Pretty much! 😂

[@madslayer4197]

@@AbsurdandFantastical Kronos, God of time more like God of circum-fucking-cision

[@mrchiefloud1590]

Ah yea keep em coming

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Will do! :D

[@JCResDoc94]

*☼ **3:15** adamantium?* as in what wolverines claws and capt americas shield alloy is made from? are you sure >>

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Yip! Adamantium was actually part of Greek Mythology :) Here is a bit more information if you're interested,: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamant

[@saveriopersichilli1129]

Captain America's shield is made of vibranium isn't it?

[@JCResDoc94]

@@AbsurdandFantastical holy snaps! ive never altered wiki to win a cmt section battle! jk.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

In the oldest version of The Myth the sickle is made of stone, not metal

[@keandredewayneavery8132]

11:23 what is this scene from

[@vegetabriefs2841]

Cronus titan of harvest - Chronos primordial of time

[@scryingmirror8982]

The Trees!

[@Isobelmunro768]

I’m surprised I haven’t seen an attack on titan comment yet, lol

[@Ikerot]

Damn, the eagle gets a free liver meal every day? That's quite a steal 8)

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Hahahaha! Jeez, I never even thought if like that, Eagle was using the man's stomach as his local McDonalds, just a quick drive-through!

[@tcbrothersgaming4703]

but, that attack on Titan!

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Aye, they gave Pandora many gifts...but the part that is whispered, is the Gift that Zues had Hera provide, was unbridled, insatiable curiosity.....

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

The Greek Myths are so complex! With some many sources each one has it's own version of the story! But I quite like this, so diabolical Hera XD

[@LucianCorrvinus]

@@AbsurdandFantastical we are so often used to hearing the one ending. But I can totally hear the poets and tellers of tales, having a some say this some say that moment, spinning out several possibilities to leave the final judgement to the listener. And dont blame Hera, it was His idea. She was likely glad to get rid of a bit of Her own suspicious nature...

[@rickrobles]

Nice!

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thanks Ricardo! :D

[@rickrobles]

@@AbsurdandFantastical You're welcome... Thanks for the excellent job. I love mythology, specially Greek, and from all the time I've studied it and read about it, I've never seen somebody talk about so many titans. It's sad that some of them get forgotten just because Kronos was the nasty one.

[@kizzakasule4929]

In my Buganda culture or tradition our chief God Mukasa Mukasa w'ennyanja was similar to chief God Zeus who took the Heavens or the upper air when this world was divided among the three gods. Because the word Mukasa w'ennyanja means Lord of the lakes, seas or oceans where the air we breath originates because in the beginning or genesis when God created this universe the power of God or the Spirit of God or the wind from God was moving over the waters and God used that wind or air to create man in his image after his likeness when God breathed life giving breath into his nostrils and the man became a living soul or Spirit means wind and I think was the reason why Jesus said that when he goes to Heaven he will ask his father in Heaven to send us the helper or the Spirit that reveals the truth about God in Heaven because the Spirit of God is all about wind

[@kizzakasule4929]

And Mukasa w'ennyanja being God of air or wind which comes from the lakes or oceans or seas was the reason why Mukasa was known as w'Ennyanja because when God created this universe the wind from God was moving over the waters and God used that wind or Spirit or air to create man in his image after his likeness and also used the same air God breathed into the nostrils of man and became a living soul and for me think that was the promise Jesus gave man when he said that when he goes to Heaven he will ask his father in Heaven to send us the helper or the Spirit that reveals the truth about God because God himself according to John the Baptist is a Spirit or wind!

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

How is the creation of Eros as a primordial being even relevant with such humanlike features without a single humanoid in sight? Aphrodite and Ares fell in _love_ with each other and conceived a _love child_ named Eros.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thank you for the information! This source was taken from the Hesiod Theogony, which, I felt, gave the best representation for the Titans. In the Theogony Eros was needed for Gaia and Ouranos to lust after one another, and so create the rest of creation. Without Eros, there could be no desire, and so no copulation and so no birth. Here is a link to more information on Eros. In the second paragraph, it discusses Hesiod's version of Eros. greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/eros/#:~:text=In%20the%20primordial%20myths%2C%20according,which%20the%20universe%20was%20born.

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

@@AbsurdandFantastical I'll read into it but I was thought Ouranos came from Gaia as a response, therefore embodying the Sky, making him the offspring of Gaia? Never was there a concept in my mind of lust between the two, rather a natural occurrence of event.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

@@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode Yes! You're absolutely right! The stories do say that Ouranos broke away from Gaia - sky split from the earth - a natural occurrence in the ether times. Yet despite being physical embodiments of Sky and Earth, they were still characters. In essence, people, absolutely suffering from human faults and mistakes. Lust, anger, arrogance, etc. As much as the creation story is about creation, the growing of mountains the first rainstorm, they are still the personification of humanity - because, after all, it is their story :)

[@Carlo-qj5jl]

Lol you only took from one account... Close minded bigot

[@kuyangtimon2386]

That was in Roman myths venus and mars was Cupid parents. Eros was a primordial being in Greek myths.

[@PSTRIPPLEE]

9:46 The most disturbing picture of All time ever drawn

[@47RokuW]

Wowwwwww👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✨

[@guritarasi8732]

Titans our ancestrors!!

[@powerbar1981]

I wonder... Which era is really great. Titans era or Olympus era?. It seems like Titans era really less to worry about life. Food always enough. Just relax and enjoy your time

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

It's true! I would prefer to be in the Titans world rather than the Olympians. But at the exact same time, the Olympian generation were more innovative - which is were the fire of Prometheus came from. It does ring a little like the Garden of Eden? You frolicked and enjoyed life, and then the fall came and then you were cast out and you had to fend for yourself - but they ate the apple which gave them the ability to perceive. I just find parallels very interesting, even the African Mythologies have a sort of fall and then rise from the ashes sort of thing. But they are very against creating new things, unless it is given by the gods themselves.

[@rafaelfcf]

Kronos and Cronus were not the same God.

[@nicholasbarber8786]

Why didn't cronus just offer to make the olympians his heirs

[@LucianCorrvinus]

I'm no Cronos fan, but its not like He was consuming His children because He was a cannibal. It was to prevent Them overthrowing Him....

[@prodigal1970]

Still rather reprehensible.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

@@prodigal1970 Hey, I. Ancient Greece, a parent could do what ever 5h3y felt right with the child. More remarkable was the Olympians managed to skirt the Furies....

[@bradonbyrd8061]

Hey hi hello there and greetings to you and everyone my name is Bradon Byrd here not a KZbin troll or a hater I’m just a friend of yours and others channel’s I’m a biggest number one fan of others work myths mythical creatures god and demon angels and others demons demigods deities gods and goddesses mythology between world’s planets universe and maybe just maybe even multi-verse dimension or third dimensional it is very interesting good wonderful beautiful awesome amazing fantastic I love them all animated and animations cartoons and Disney and anime as well I enjoyed them all Japanese Chinese Greek Egyptian Norse many god’s

[@markwrede8878]

I've wondered if the Titans might not represent our Neanderthal predecessors.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

That is certainly possible! Some of the theories do incorporate the idea that the titans were a sort of 'primitive' cultures. One which may have had human sacrificed, hence Chronos ate his children.

[@mikc3305]

Swaddling Stone, a Hershey Kiss.

[@imSkyzWRLD]

Fallen bings like thee nephulim

[@Swissbluemountain]

Too quick reading . Spellings a bit odd. No leave time to think and observe

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

AH! Sorry XD I am working on trying to slow down!

[@BeelzebubBeelzebub]

Gracias

[@unknownanon3278]

Inside the belly of purgatory quite literally the universe a sort of anatomy developed to feed itself how did the theory that the black is physical a saturnite ran into it well guess fuckin what dude

[@Sugaring.CANDY.3to33]

Me waching this and thinkin of the anime attack on titan

[@nathanbosley76]

Typical weeb.

[@prestonkendall3925]

They are ate up aren't they ? Creation of the world 🌎🌍 ?

[@rogermoore9477]

Tartarus is an old word for hell..I think it's Greek..because he'll does not exist..it's actually the gold and silver mines of Spain...

[@rogermoore9477]

They are Noah's children..the history has altered by early mythologist..interesting

[@rogermoore9477]

Archaeology..is the rule now..if you can't dig it up..it doesn't exist..that includes..Noah..

[@bluesky-ys5fj]

Are you south african

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Sure am :D Do you also live in SA?

[@bluesky-ys5fj]

Yes I am nice work

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

@@bluesky-ys5fj Hey Dankie! Lekker om mede Suid-Afrikaners hier te kry :D! Lekker dag daar!

[@copperxtheflamethrower1079]

Well At This Point Let Us See What Two Suns Will Do!!!! Lol Zeus Your Fake Time Is Up!!! LOL!!!!!!!!

[@morrismurimi3965]

Zeus was the last born

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Thanks! It really depends on the source, but yeah, in most sources he is the youngest :)

[@Chibby-Chubby]

Cheeeese, 1,000 years form now God of War will be considered a reliable source of Greek Gods and Goddesses, with Olympians being the one that ended the reign of the Titans, and Kratos that of the Olympians.

[@cathode6252]

Says all these mythology names. Can't say 'Chasm'.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Lol! Did I pronounce it wrong? XD

[@cathode6252]

@@AbsurdandFantastical think of the word 'Charisma' ☺

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

OH GOD! Lollol! I've been pronouncing it wrong my ENTIRE LIFE! Thank you kind stranger 😂

[@cathode6252]

@@AbsurdandFantastical totally fair. I sub because I am tired of all the mythology channels with dull, monotone voices.

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

@@cathode6252 Wow! Thanks :D That means a lot! Updates are a little slow, but my second Arthurian Legend video is being worked on and should be done... soon XD

[@thereaperchronus7612]

Kronos Best Stronger.Kronos or Time Titan or Saturn or Capricorn or Jesus!

[@kaosisback8376]

what...

[@magauz6268]

My boy kratos fucked them up

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Lollol! So true :D

[@embertheredwolf]

Aphrodite wasn’t a Titan

[@joebeierle2897]

Cool made up story.

[@prestonkendall3925]

Mountains must be poop ocean must be pee pee 🤣😂😂🤣

[@ireadcomments.4710]

Soooooo inbreeding.?

[@AbsurdandFantastical]

Welcome to Mythology 😂

[@Carlo-qj5jl]

Yes hahahahhha you didnt know???

[@imSkyzWRLD]

Bs God created the wrold if u really belive everything came from nothin your spiritually decived an blind .

[@jesusisdead]

Jesus wins