There's an EVEN DUMBER Greek God??? - Greek Gods Explained

[@allonzehe9135]

Once again, proof Jake is always correct. This is due to a rare time loop where Greek mythology is actually based on a compilation of Jake's videos, but that compilation is only made decades in the future.

[@ProjektTaku]

lol there was probably an ancient prophecy of jake in greek mythology.

[@TheActualRealDrPepper]

You really got people out here acting like Jake isn't an immortal entity who wrote all of Human History billions of years before it even happened.

[@reda84.]

"Decades"

[@MPHJackson7]

Theory: Jake is a time-traveler who met Homer, Hesiod, and their Indo-European ancestors where he explained mythology to them. He taught them by showing them these very videos.

[@allonzehe9135]

@@MPHJackson7 Yes but that's all in the future for present-Jake.

[@seabass273]

Imagine being so dedicated to your channel that you would love to make a pretty much unneeded part 3 to a series

[@videogollumer]

Whenever Kratos decides to look for a third mythology to slaughter; that's pretty much what Jake is gonna do when people say "What about Kratos in *insert defunct culture* Mythology?!

[@ProjektTaku]

@@videogollumer jake: "Kratos was so minor he made koalemos seem like prometheus in terms of importance."

[@ecurewitz]

I’d love to see a part 3

[@videogollumer]

@@ProjektTaku I doubt he would say that.

[@ProjektTaku]

@@videogollumer *no*

[@matterhorn731]

Definitely agree with this take. Claiming that the ancient Greeks had an entire "God of Stupidity" off of one reference from a work of _comedic fiction_ and a much later Roman reference that doesn't seem to refer to a god at all seems like a pretty big stretch to me.

[@bobroberts2581]

Meanwhile Christians use stupid references to a good two justify genocide. Hell, the religion “Jesus” belonged to uses a delusion to justify ritualistic genital mutilation of their kids, sk likely anyone that believes in gods is likely just a drooling idiot whose family tree is likely shaped like a wreath.

[@matterhorn731]

​@@bobroberts2581 That's... a little bit off topic. But I guess I'll bite. On the one hand, I'll second the condemnation of using religion to justify genocide (I'm an Ex-vangelical agnostic who deconstructed in a large part because I couldn't make ethical sense of the Canaanite genocide, the Flood, Hell, etc.). On the _other_ hand... the assertion that _any_ human who espouses _any_ form of god belief is a "drooling inbred idiot" is not one that lines up with my personal experience. Broadly, I think it's an error to treat large religious groups as if they're monolithic. Certainly some Christians have used their beliefs to justify genocide. Others have used them to justify pacifism. It's a religion that's existed for nearly two millennia and is currently followed to some extent by about a third of humanity. Of course it has variations (it would frankly take a miracle _not_ to). Also, just to note: the archaeological evidence for circumcision _faaar_ predates Judaism (like, potentially by _thousands_ of years). And there _are_ some actual scientific studies that suggest it can be effective at reducing the risk of STIs like HIV. Which is certainly not to say that it has no drawbacks or that better solutions couldn't be found or that its always done for logical reasons. But I _do_ think it's likely that it didn't start and stick around for as long as it has purely because of a delusion. Finally, just a tip, you _maaay_ want to make sure to spell check your comments in which you disparage other peoples' intelligence, as it may somewhat undercut your points otherwise.

[@ochuspin]

@@matterhorn731 you carefully deconstructed this person so well that they ended up deleting their comment

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too

[@edwardrhoads7283]

It would be like believing in the existence of the Swartz

[@xboxhaslag_69]

Not the sequel we deserved but the sequel we needed

[@dahat1992]

Switch those around, and you'd be right.

[@IMINYOURWALL5]

Why do these say 18 hours ago

[@AllofUs6]

Because it was made 18 hrs ago

[@IMINYOURWALL5]

Bro this video was posted 22 min ago

[@dahat1992]

@@IMINYOURWALL5 Maybe they made the comment while it was still in the Premier phase, but before it was uploaded. Can you do that? It's a meme response that doesn't actually require you to watch the video, so it's possible.

[@setteplays]

People today seriously thinking Koalemos was an actual god is the ultimate not getting the joke in history. Probably.

[@ProjektTaku]

The most ancient r/woooooosh

[@demi-femme4821]

He could have just been made up as a joke deity of stupidity like "lol, this is who the rulers REALLY worship if they act this dumb."

[@genericname2747]

Koalemos is actually the God of Epic Pranks

[@blidea9191]

The most ancient r/woooooosh

[@nicolewalsh9457]

The most ancient r/woooooosh

[@Fabulouszz]

I’ve learned more from you than I ever have in school about Greek mythology. (and i had a class where we spent a semester-ish learning about greek mythology and stuffs)

[@CJCroen1393]

I have seen a fair bit of cases where certain "Greek Gods" appear to be more "references to abstract concepts" than actual characters. Koalemos seems to be both that and an elaborate joke.

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

The thing that makes it fuzzy is that gods can also serve as embodiments of abstract concepts. But they tend to also have other roles and personality traits, while daemons seem to be more one-note.

[@Tanystropheus10]

What do you mean do you mean? Like there are other Greek gods that you don't think are God's and think that are just jokes, not Referring to one's that basically everyone knows but like once that are Mentioned once or twice like koalemos.

[@CJCroen1393]

@@Tanystropheus10 I mean that there are some figures in ancient Greek mythology that don't feel quite like characters so much as abstract concepts being talked about like they're characters.

[@user-wr8xh4yz5j]

History

[@BagelBoi4000]

@@CJCroen1393 Chaos is definitely a character but theyre more treated as a concept, so the god of stupidity might be on about the same level as primordial chaos

[@arthurthompsondelachenelie7404]

I love the dedication jake has to staying accurate and as close as possible to the ancient sources, while simultaneously being the ultimate authority for all mythological knowledge.

[@hallow5560]

I love how everyone stayed in the live chat even after it ended

[@sreyasunil7749]

soup is soup

[@republictrooper1944]

What about Achilles you should do him! (And also I have always wondered weather or not he actually existed as he fell in the Trojan war but is also a demigod)

[@raptormage2209]

It is possible that he existed and he was a young yet very talented and skilled soldier whose prowess made people believe he was a Demigod, we actually have similar people like simo hayha and Leo Major, one is a really good sniper and the other one managed to single handedly recapturing a city from the nazis. If those people were alive back then,they too would've shared the same ''demi God'' status as Achilles and the other Acheeans and trojan warrios. That's my guess

[@republictrooper1944]

@@raptormage2209 thank you

[@realrickyshea]

My personal opinion is that most of the Greek mythological heroes and demigods (and perhaps even some of the gods) were real people whose stories became embellished over time.

[@Lovro4389]

Super video! Question:Jake will you do video about slavic mytholog?

[@IMINYOURWALL5]

Probably

[@proxybum8895]

@@IMINYOURWALL5 maybe?

[@captainbritish3385]

PLEASE!?!

[@ok5988]

You hey you again Btw: I'm from Ukraine

[@karolinakuc4783]

Would be great

[@paradoxflames5482]

Thank you for including me in your video. I love your vid and your video got me in mythology (mainly greek) so much, that my friend call me a nerd. Btw Love from india❤🇮🇳

[@Punaparta]

There's this book called Marvel Year In Review 1993, which contains the following line: _""Holy Hannah!" shouted Captain America in Secret Defenders #6. Who, you ask? Why, "Holy Hannah" is better known as St. Hannah of the Funnybooks, patron saint to Golden Age superheroes (As opposed to "Holy #%&* !", patron saint of '90s superheroes.)"_ So basically, "Koalemos the god of stupidity" is like if someone two millenia from now read that line and took it as literal fact.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

I worship at Our Lady of Fuck. I take great offense to your statement.

[@paul-georgjordan2650]

I learned of Koalemus in theater class and our teacher sad the same. He was most likely an antic version of Kevin nowadays.

[@Earlieee]

I look forward to seeing this

[@DillonMaynard]

Instead of calling someone stupid, I'm gonna tell to "offer libation to Koalemos" instead.

[@genericname2747]

"Might I introduce you to your lord and savior Koalemos?"

[@cramerfloro5936]

Basically Coalemos had the same amount of canonicity as "the least known greek god" by Studio C

[@russergee49]

That sketch is pretty funny

[@humbelduff2916]

Will you make more Norse mythology videos? Thor vs Hrungnir, Thor and Odin roasting each other, Ragnarok. There is alot to make videos on.

[@arl1126]

Hopefully

[@ProjektTaku]

thor in norse mythology was a badass from what I've heard.

[@humbelduff2916]

@@ProjektTaku He is! He once twisted the head of a bull to use it as bait for the world-serpent.

[@ProjektTaku]

@@humbelduff2916 damn, nordic mythology was metal as hell. Probably due to who created them.

[@aggelospoulakis1375]

I always wondered why they teach us ancient greek in greek school and this is the first time I've used it outside of school

[@Apodexis]

For propaganda reasons mostly

[@wilburn5881]

Keep the great job Jake. Take no criticism

[@Britestreak]

The plot thickens

[@TheRomanianThief]

The dumbassery continues...

[@ProjektTaku]

not as thicc as aphrodite...

[@liljagey]

Super cool, these vids are always good, I’m still waiting for a follow up to Egyptian mythology, I am currently working on a video game inspired heavily by Egyptian mythology and like to consume ancient Egyptian themed media while working. Maybe some vids that went over more gods, for example gods like Bast and Bes, maybe some stuff on Khonsu as he is interesting for his gambling, you could tell the story of khonsu and thoth gambling for 1/72nd of the moons light 😅.

[@HopeRock425]

I'm thinking in the 1st reference to Koalimos the joke was that he doesn't exist. It's like us saying "It says gullible on the ceiling". So Koalimus is made up, to say "only stupid people would believe in a god of stupidity".

[@ijustexist3866]

There are many gods so it gotta be hard to keep track of all of them. Like many people don’t know that Thanatos is the God of Peaceful Death, and the Keres, the Goddesses/spirits of Violent Death.

[@ghostx4862]

Ah well thank you very much for informing me and the others of this. And I'd like to apologize for questioning your expertise. I really need to do more deep thorough research on things.

[@alexanderviar2936]

Love your channel, has so much potential!

[@kmast182]

Hi! Just found your channel through your Hades video, i love the content 🥰🥰 have a wonderful day!

[@chocolatemetalmilk2685]

I wish there was also more info about Arimanius, I think he's cool

[@anotherbowtieguy]

I clicked on this expecting to watch a video and now I’m getting “This Saturday at 9/8c!” Flashbacks.

[@LadyKorralynnLorelaie]

Now do one on your personal favorite Greek Gods of all time.

[@cryptic1999]

Jake: No one should ever try to correct me. Comment section: Challenge accepted.

[@ProjektTaku]

bUt WAsN't lOKi tHoR's BrOtHeR?

[@8bitnespunk]

Do or Do Not... there is no try :P

[@sponge7800]

The thumbnail is funni 👌

[@Ray_Vun]

you forgetting koalemos was actually your business brain in action thinking "i can make ANOTHER video about stupid people"

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

Correct.

[@Rxchelchxii]

Wow, even Ephimeitus is surprised

[@ProjektTaku]

ephimeitus is the embodiment of post nut clarity, while prometheus is the one careful to not knock someone up.

[@Rxchelchxii]

@@ProjektTaku *Y E S*

[@Rxchelchxii]

@@ProjektTaku true

[@Ponderimus]

Actuall, Koalemos is usually mixed up with Momus, he was the god of stupidity, sarcasm and mockery, he was the Son of Nyx goddess of the night. His main myth was when he got kicked out of Olympus for writing the phrase "Kronos is Wise" on the walls of Olympus. Another poet from the Renaissance named Leon Batista Albrti says that after being banished from Olympus Koalemus/Momus Zeus chained him to a rock and casterated him for de-stablising the integrity of Olympus. And thats all I could find about Koalemos/Momus, and I hope this helped

[@leoball5797]

Momus actually appears on a type of fortune telling cards... he appears on the "FOOL" card, and in some more rare types of cards instead of Momus written on the fool card they interchange it with Koalemos

[@blujay1294]

if you want to be all philosophical about it, by nature, you have to have optimized stupidity to have the worst outcome, which would give you the most, and most important/valuable hindsight, rather than just plain stupidity, which cab sometimes accidentally lead to positive outcomes. Great vid! super interesting

[@Ikaros-fo5cb]

2:43 Haha I can nnnot read ancient Greek as well even though I am from Greece I can only know how it sounds and what it says only from what the word sounds like in modern Greek (by the way we do learn ancient Greek in Greece I just never learned it)

[@TheQueenOfStupidity]

Quentin Maxim you cheeky bastard 😂 new fave artist

[@Twilightxxgrove]

Early! I was learning abt this before!

[@enzoandrade1733]

love ur vids!

[@rileyoregan1123]

I look forward to seeing this in a minute

[@bluerazzberry5948]

Can you make a video of every Greek god

[@bx2160]

Cool we doing questions now, which god created the most conflict and started the most problems/wars/fights

[@dorfl6870]

“I suggest you pray to Bozo the clown” would be a modern line in a play that’s equivalent I suspect.

[@toshi5271]

Haha, brilliant. first thing to pop up once the video ends is a video named "I got some stuff wrong". lmao

[@Mintart1]

“Or a NFT investor” made me laugh

[@videogollumer]

In defense to the people who brought up Koalemos, I read Aristophanes' The Clouds. There was a part where the main character, an old farmer named Strepsiades, is talking to Socrates, who is proposing new "scientific" explanations for natural phenomena. As Socrates is disregarding the gods, Strepsiades says something along the lines of "Isn't the rain caused by Zeus peeing through a sieve?"; and I actually took that seriously as something the Ancient Greeks believed.

[@ProjektTaku]

"isn't lighting just zeus trying to knock up some girls?"

[@videogollumer]

@@ProjektTaku Are you trying to be funny? Because it's not working.

[@RootBeerIsGood]

@@ProjektTaku I thought your joke was funny.

[@ProjektTaku]

@@videogollumer sounds pretentious to me.

[@videogollumer]

@@ProjektTaku Just get rid of it! It wasn't clever, okay?!

[@gequayeburst]

I love the cat alert since the last video we all commented cat. Good job 😊 the other stuff good too

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

So us thinking that the Greeks had a god of stupidity is like how future humans will think that gamers in the 2000s actually worshipped RNGeezus? Gotcha.

[@HarryBercaw]

you should make another norse video Jake, I like your greek stuff but I want more norse struff >:)

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Koalemos is the reason for Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants, Cosmo Cosma from The Fairly Odd Parents, Billy from The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy, and Mario from SMG4

[@kingslayer3834]

3:01 ngl I would love to see a play about that

[@devpriyashedha2537]

I love you're videos

[@plstonz3894]

I love how the video enda with “jake never gets anything wrong” and the next thumbnail is “i got something wrong”

[@rekt1697]

What is the discord you mentioned? I study ancient greek and would love to assist/learn more :)

[@thequestionsweask5810]

The Greek you referred to you said was "Ancient Greek", but isn't it Koine Greek you show on the screen, and the time period so I'd put it into Koine and not Ancient Greek territory?

[@Sebfijak]

I love these videos

[@Mykasan]

19h ago?

[@porygon0842]

It was a premier which meant that it was up before it actually came out

[@Sebfijak]

@@Mykasan The work of Chronos

[@cosmonica31]

your pfp is amazing

[@Trueskibidisigma]

The random cat alert part was so funny to me for some reason

[@zfk8700]

From my perspective the Greeks just used that word for another way to call somebody stupid

[@greendude2616]

This is my favourite birthday present for my brother

[@Bjorgsparta]

Hehe, man I realised you haven't done a video on ares.. so can you do a video on ares?...

[@SylviaRustyFae]

KZbin knows whats up xD They turned your sarcastic end line in this video into a hilarious joke bcuz right after you say that, it cuts to your end screen and what vid shud pop up but "I got some stuff wrong" 😂😂😂

[@zerlichr426]

For someone who was on internet for quite a time and remember time when there was no internet. That time when you needed connect your phone to read mails. 4:30 4:38 never make that statment.

[@notabassoonplayer]

A blessing from the lord

[@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881]

This makes me wander something, just humor me I know deamons aren't literal beings, but which is stronger a demi god, or a deamon?

[@lalidasasai6066]

1:10 No, the argument does not have legs, Epimetheus forget to give it some

[@selkie698]

Imagine if its just the plumbus from rick and morty

[@harrisonlawrence-brown5643]

Can you do a vid about a time ares actually won.. wait this might be impossible

[@alexhilke4763]

Side note: is the sausage maker becoming leader of Athens where we get the idiom, "There are two things people shouldn't see how they're made: laws and sausages."

[@zlosov5817]

I love how you turned a translation error into a god.

[@paybackntf4017]

Welp, looks like I’m making a new warlock patron

[@jennynoelle6782]

To be fair, who would worship a literal "God of Stupidity"? Which makes me immediately think a) this is a made-up deity, sort of like the whole "Mesperyian" thing, or b) this isn't a god at all. And your explanation of him probably, at most, being a daemon checks out. It wouldn't be the first time people attributed godhood to an ancient non-god as a means of simplifying the mythos/legend/text for their reader.

[@sylve2474]

"Or an nft investor",, very good example

[@matthewstegall7921]

LORD KOALA OF THE SMOOTH BRAINS WE WORSHIP YOU!!!

[@Keya3596]

Challenge time Jake! Make up your own Greek god or goddess and make a whole video about them, basically trying to make them seem legit, and at the end reveal that they are made up. I’m curious to see what you come up with!

[@karolinakuc4783]

Would you like to cover some Slavic mythology?

[@damond4346]

"koalemos mightve at best been considered a daemon" I THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING THE GOD OF STUPIDITY WAS CONSIDERED A ME

[@neoqwerty]

congrats on your recent promotion to a class

[@midnightrenders8022]

It's always a good time when Jake ends his videos being cocky😂😂😂

[@skeletheterrarian5079]

imagine if khoalemos was the smartest god, but was called stupid because people were to stupid to understand him, so they thought he was stupid

[@solidonseraindogthetenth1679]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh.

[@kirbylover2.038]

why isn’t this in the mythconceptions playlist

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

1:53 this line aged a little TOO well.

[@WinStreak_Realdeeeel]

Wdym?

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

@@WinStreak_Realdeeeel it reminded me of trump.😅

[@WinStreak_Realdeeeel]

@@KlaxontheImpailr 💀

[@Nepturian_Trooper]

I like how I just see I got some stuff wrong for the video up next

[@prosefessional2387]

4:20 you missed the chance to call yourself Koalemos, in jest, and then do a 180 and say you’re not

[@Petrico94]

Mythology is fun digging through the scraps of a tradition that evolved over hundreds of years and trying to make modern sense of it.

[@Fan_Of_Things6876]

That won’t stop my friend from loving Koalemos

[@SuiseiUsagi]

I mean.. I kind of WANT him to be a real thing now, just for that design 😂

[@sans69042]

YES THE INEVITABLE AWESOME SEQUEL OMG

[@DangerDurians]

Oh, but haven't you heard about Ooyeldboud? The god of gullibility?

[@Hados]

Ok but where is kratos? i live in Didyma and i saw him lackin near apollo temple

[@advaitpraveenraj1876]

Hey Jake you should make the list of the evilest greek gods and goddesses next time

[@Th3D0cT0r_11]

THERES A DUMBER ONE?! DUMBER THEN ME?!

[@8bitnespunk]

Plato or Socrates posed a dilemma once, "is a thing holy because the gods love it or do the gods love it because it is holy?" While you consider that, I have a similar and more direct question to pose directly to you @JakeDoubleyoo, do gods exist independent of our belief or because we believe in them?? So, potentially between these two passages from Aristophanes & Plutarch, and your (and your cohorts) effort to dig up this information diverted a trickle of belief from your 330K followers to the small god Koalemos (Shout out to any PTerry / Sir Terry Pratchett/ DIscworld fans) ..and Jake you even have already shaped the appearance of this small god. I dare say you sit in a unique position. (And Jake, if you haven't read it, you should consider reading the novel "Small Gods" by Sir Terry Pratchett)

[@bakrobertjohnston4889]

Long story short he isn’t counted because one of the two whole times he has been mentioned it was in a comedy

[@realrickyshea]

I just learned about daemons this week... in one of my computer classes!

[@jaspergruschke8508]

Imagine not being able to read Ancient Greek

[@Greedsmith]

Jake just got a blessing/curse from Epimetheus.

[@tyrannicproductions]

"...and no one should ever try to correct me again." The video recommendation: I got some stuff wrong.

[@emaivanova5366]

Make a video about the most smart god or goodness!

[@icarussiongco1237]

Do a mythology about Io so that we can see a bonding from Greek mythology to Egyptian mythology. Please uwu.😂

[@Cyanna.Scribe]

OSP has done a video on Io, so maybe check that out while you wait.

[@bloreo1315]

so Koalemos is basically the Kevin of ancient Greece