Typhon, Father of Monsters - Greek Mythology Explained

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[@projekttaku1]

The idea of heracles being scared, let alone enough to run away and hide from someone, really just shows how much of a gigachad typhon was.

[@italucenaz]

Maybe it was before he ascended into godhood

[@Tanystropheus10]

I'm pretty sure this event was before Harcules went into godhood And he never does mention haracleas

[@wilburn5881]

@@Tanystropheus10 Read the text

[@9308323]

​@@Tanystropheus10 1. Herakles 2. It said that he turned into fawn when he and the other Gods panicked and ran to Egypt.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@Tanystropheus10 the story of Typhon has no clear timeline. Sometimes is right after the Titanomachy, or before the age of heroes. While in Nonnus, it was during Cadmus life (he is some generations before Heracles and Oedipus). While in other versions it also includes Heracles as the ones that run from it. I prefer the versions without Heracles since he has no problem in helping the gods against several giants, so he being scared of Typhon is weird.

[@leeshajoi]

I love the implication that the Egyptian gods are the Greek gods' fursonas.

[@SMILEYFACE3412]

nonononoNONONONO

[@--Paws--]

Typhon, Echidna and Tiamat should have a barbeque get-together, and discuss what being the parents of dragons, snakes and other monsters are like.

[@jedi_yt365]

why did i think of dnd tiamat💀

[@user-pv2fz6wm2g]

@@jedi_yt365 your life will be 😫🤢🛌💀

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Loki’s there too

[@akaollie619]

@@jedi_yt365 could be worse, could think of the league of legends item

[@jedi_yt365]

@@akaollie619 ew no i have standards

[@charliefarmer4365]

My favourite design of Typhon is from the ‘Olympians’ comics - he’s literally a giant tornado with loads of animal heads sticking out of him.

[@templarianthefirst9022]

An amazing design. Fellow Olympian’s reader!

[@swank3879]

he's.. a Typhon typhoon..

[@anhoencybrea3871]

Are You Talking about Pjo (Percy Jackson)

[@creedjeremy]

Is this the marvel comics?

[@thepotatoshiba]

@@creedjeremyno, they are talking about the greek mythology series Olympians, by George O’Connor.

[@Yuric_INC.]

Typhon is also the one of the few children of Gaia that has a faithful relationship with his Snake Monster wife

[@alexanderchi8139]

Hello there

[@Comrade_Connie]

Fr

[@eltonmateusnevesneves]

You know something is wrong when the devil and the father of all monsters are the faithful ones

[@videogollumer]

@@eltonmateusnevesneves Hades isn't the Greek Devil; he doesn't tempt people or bring them to ruin.

[@cancerguy5435]

@@videogollumert isn't about Hades here, it's about Typhon. But yes, Hades relations with his kidnapped wife were also somewhat alright all things considered. Not a lot of people to cheat with in the lands of the dead.

[@the_apotecary_from_tf2]

As an Italian I can confirm that we do keep monsters under volcanoes

[@matt_aquila_]

monument mythos

[@randomdudeinyoutube6479]

As another Italian I can confirm taht

[@theanthony2799]

@@randomdudeinyoutube6479 now I'm afraid of what could be under the vesuvius

[@jeremycook4105]

Is it made out of spaghetti and pizza

[@the_apotecary_from_tf2]

@@theanthony2799 lucifer According to a story my grandparents told me when he was exiled out of heaven he was yeeted on the vesuvius and brought there a piece of heaven And that's true because gramp don't lie

[@Aristotiles]

I always remember reading a version of this myth that when Typhon rose to destroy Olympus and the gods, Selene rode her moon chariot into battle against the storm giant. Having been an explanation the craters of the moon, were scars from said battle against Typhon. She was a diversion for Zeus being fixed up by Pan and Hermes from my understanding.

[@sonofcronos7831]

You can read that in Nonnus Dionisyaca (maybe i mispronunced). There is the most complete version of the battle and includes a lot of characters. But Nonnus is literaly the last greek poet (V century after Christ) in the roman period so his story is not that well know.

[@theketaminefrog6366]

Nice to see Selene getting some more attention

[@philipgood5041]

I also heard that story, I'm glad to hear it has a source. Is there anything about posiedons sea monsters fighting Typhon?

[@orangeinkius7257]

I once heard a version that while Zeus was pinned down with his muscle fibers ripped out and Pan and Hermes were putting him back together Ares tagged in and fought Typhon to buy the other gods time, and ive only heard that second hand do it definitely isn't academically sound but it's still a concept that goes very hard and finally has Ares use his infinite heart of violence to help everyone else out for once

[@creedd6937]

I also heard that one, but it was in school told to me by a friend so I can't confirm it either.

[@philipgood5041]

Ares does often get the short end of the stick. You have to give him credit, he is a patron for the Amazons. He also doesn't like people trying to rape his daughters.

[@blackmercury2796]

6:36 gets really funny for me when you remember folks like to constantly compare Typhon to Godzilla. In the 1998 film Godzilla (now rebranded by Toho as Zilla), was lured in by the military with pounds of fish as bait to ultimately surprise attack him.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

"That's a lot of fish."

[@Random_Nobody_Official]

*_Titanus Typhon_*

[@ravenpapa27]

I think Immortals Fenyx Rising did a very good job with him as the main villain. Really made me want to learn more about him

[@theshadow4887]

They also made it so that he specifically wants to overthrow the gods for being petty jerks, which isn't entirely unreasonable.

[@gloryiusgessepi2381]

@@theshadow4887 Plus he looks super cool

[@almogz9486]

Typhon in immortal fenyx rising? That guy was joke his boss fight was so lame and he was so stupid. Me and my friends still say to each other yOU dONt EvEN cARe aBOuT tHe pLAnEt as a joke

[@ravenpapa27]

@@almogz9486 Lol okay that's YOUR opinion, which I don't care about

[@michaeliv284]

I didn't like his design. Too "generic demon" for my tastes. Plus he was kinda puny

[@michaelbutler1619]

The version I heard says that the heat from Mt. Etna powers Hephaestus’s forge. Also, this is my favorite story from Greek mythology because it shows the otherwise flawless Zeus in a moment of weakness.

[@DaoFAQ]

I like how you talk about the multiple sources

[@Tarnthewarrior]

Gaia: why did you imprison my kids! Olympians: in do part because they imprisoned your other kids Gaia: Excuses!

[@evamailensteinsvik713]

Ive also heard another version of echidnas death thats says hera got so angry at her because she would kill travelers coming by her path (i like to imagine she got angry because echidna basically provided heracles with free monsters to kill) and sent her servant arges (the one hundred eye giant) to decaptitate her. And he succeded.

[@sonofcronos7831]

That is story can be found in Pseudo Appolodorus, but is not clear if is the same Echidna.

[@evamailensteinsvik713]

@@sonofcronos7831 Thanks! Im happy someone could provide an underlying structure to my comment as i have no idea where i heard it. Though i have actually suspected pseudo Apollodorus because he tends to write different versions of myths.

[@Blokewood3]

I like that version with the added detail that Echidna could not be slain by gods or mortals, so in the end, she could only be slain by another monster.

[@augustrempelewert4377]

@@Blokewood3 Yeah, that detail makes things so much more interesting.

[@antonissa8345]

Typhon is one of my favorite stories to the point where I can't wait to see it adapted into Lore Olympus

[@azidahaka8543]

Aren't those extremely romaticised & kiddish adaptation of the actual myths tho ? I don't see how they can make Typhon this terrifying, giant monster whose mere sight made the gods crap their pants.

[@antonissa8345]

@@azidahaka8543 so you're saying that someone getting r*ped in the exact same webtoon is "kidish"

[@MeryemSH]

Typhon is also father of cerberus so... They probably defeted him a long time ago I mean story is really close to trojan war

[@michaeliv284]

@@azidahaka8543 for one thing, they can give him an Echidna a good, maybe even beautiful, relationship Imagine the kaiju calling someone "nummymuffin"

[@stargazer31]

@@michaeliv284 The idea of two terrifying beings having a cutesy relationship is freaking adorable but also terrifying

[@Halloweenish]

I love how by his standards, being turned into a cyborg just means getting a circuit board taped to his eye.

[@Dewani90]

Gaia: this is Typhon, my totally original chara... I mean child, that has snakes for arms, lots of them, snakes for legs, wings, he is gigantic and breathes fire, DON'T STEAL!!! man, Echidna and this boy-o got busy, way less busy than the gods but the effort was there, thanks for sharing.

[@Reno_user]

As a Greek this is a good way to teach people real Greek mythology.

[@swagzagoon2596]

My god that Typhon design.

[@EveryArchive]

Typhon is an edgy deviantart oc. And I love it.

[@florianfrey9258]

Hah! That’s actually pretty accurate! :D

[@toadsarecute]

I was gonna comment that lol

[@ravenclaw3916]

I just started reading Percy Jackson,But I already know a lot of Greek mythology because of you! (:

[@gustavosauro1882]

Spoiler Typhon appears in the books. That's not a big spoiler tho

[@ravenclaw3916]

@@gustavosauro1882 who’s Typhon?

[@Blokewood3]

@@gustavosauro1882 If I remember right, Tuphon's appearance in Percy Jackson is kind of lame. He's just a minor footnote in the battle against the Titans and he gets defeated pretty anticlimactically.

[@berengustav7714]

@@Blokewood3 The Sky god ,both warrior gods,the twins,Hephastus,Dionysus,and the ocean god with an army of Cyclopes and a fricking Hundred-Handed One defeated Typhon,the battle lasted for a week.

[@LevelUpLeo]

I keep loving that I never know how you're going to end these videos.

[@johncherfane9316]

This could not have come at a better time. I am almost at the part where Typhoon attacks New York in Percy Jackson!

[@AndorRobotnik]

I love how Typhon is perpetually screaming

[@HorendousFuqinPig]

Typhon looks like someones dad when he finds a scratch on the car

[@kostaskladis6665]

In another video about this myth by SarcasticProductions I commented on a version of the myth which says that Ares assisted Hermes in rescuing Zeus. Ares was fighting Typhon so he can buy some time for Hermes to steal Zeus' tendons and free him. After Typhon's defeat, Zeus decided to award Ares with more important role as "god protector" instead of just a war God. This version of the myth is probably a way for the Greeks to explain why the Roman Mars was so important to them unlike Ares to Greeks.

[@mikewazaski8597]

I’m so excited, also I’m listening to an audiobook about Greek gods so this is perfect

[@mikewazaski8597]

If anyone wants to know the book it’s simply called mythos and it is written and read by Steven fry

[@Kamari333]

love that you guys have friends helping with them sources. thats so base of you

[@E1ns_2wei]

Do you think Typhons Snake-Arms all have their own consciousness? Imagine him not beeing able to move because every snake is trying to do something different. I think I'm having a dejavu.

[@Belarovis]

Hey jake. I have a question. Will you ever make a video about king midas?

[@fandemusique4693]

3:53 Pegasus also son of Poseidon. Uh, so it basically was a brotherly teamup.

[@theheirofparadoxspace7309]

I find it interesting that Typhon is restricted under Mt. Etna as an explanation for Volcanic eruptions, whilst Hephaestus is also used to explain them. And this is made all the more intriguing when you realize Hephaestus and Typhon have the same origin in some tellings, that being Hera’s sole immaculate conception. Hephaestus and Typhon same person confirmed???

[@Rxchelchxii]

Never mind Typon almost destroying Olympus, look at em jaw muscles, doesn't he even get tired-

[@erotio559]

As I remember Hera just summoned the Typhon (that way bringing him to life) when she was angry on Zeus

[@CoolRanchIcarus]

Thank you for your videos they always cheer me up when I am sad

[@ckorone]

One my new favorite videos of yours! The animation was so funny I had to watch it twice in a row

[@olguineb38]

Thanks for the video. I did pause during the ad just to see what manga's you have on the shelf.

[@seanwithafada.]

I really liked all the different sources and variations of the stories in this

[@q-miiproductions878]

3:32 The dragon's name is Ladon! You should do a dragons episode covering this and other cool big reptiles!

[@ruhaandang580]

I really want to see which Titans you showed in The Jails Of Tarturus, I want a video explaining them😄

[@sonofcronos7831]

The first video of mythology in this channel have them. They are Kronos, Iapetus, Koios, Krios and Hyperion

[@Shahzad-ss1jq]

I wonder who'll we'll see in hades 2

[@cancerguy5435]

Regarding the infrequent appearance of strictly ill-willed characters in Greek mythology... it honestly seems like Gaia herself is an evil Goddess. Her main trait is being a vindictive psycho who seeks vengeance for everything. And her main method of vengeance is through revolts and imprisonment. Kind of messed up ngl.

[@dorkfish1275]

according to well, some sources, the reason she's constantly pissed is because tartarus is inside her, so banishing her kids to it is kinda like shoving them back in the womb. ...ngl that wouldnt put me in a good mood at all.

[@lovetheidea2727]

This is going to be awesome!

[@wilburn5881]

Amazing vid!

[@gamewizard1239]

7:25 She died Brutally and horribly in terrible agony 7:35 *Elevator Musaq*

[@keesh2736]

You have a really nice manga collection. I like it 👌

[@kmshadowboy125]

Love your vids

[@jacesaints4117]

Thank you for every video u do with such great devotion

[@itsoswaldandzelda]

You are a very good KZbinr keep doing good

[@cartonmilkdrinker774]

That is probably the most terrifying god I have ever seen jake animate

[@legoking6165]

That's the idea.

[@rccartrial5118]

You should do Slavik mythology (in case you haven't heard of it it's basically believing in fairies, magical creatures and in some gods like Mokosh(goddess) and Perun[Peh-roon] (The main god)

[@callofghidorah1158]

Also got Veles, Jarilo and Svarog just to name a few.

[@refreey]

i think we can tell that the lead tipped spear story is a more modern version of the story because at 4:09 we see him using a gun. The greeks didnt have those back then.

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Well how else are we gonna pump her full of lead

[@bornasotoudeh4044]

I actually didn’t know about the Eagle being Typhon’s kid.

[@xxrandomgamerxx810]

I cant wait to see this video even thought I should be sleeping I guess I’m staying up all night!

[@rawe1313]

I love your Hera design

[@innfusiveshop]

Great Video

[@quickredf0x143]

I originally heard the Chimera myth as Perseus firing lead tipped arrows into the Chimera's mouth which melted then it choked on the lead to death.

[@azidahaka8543]

*Who would win ?* The Gigantic,Enormous, terrifying, dreadful dragon monster, who's so tall he reaches the stars, who's body have 100 snakes and other beasts attached to it, who's mere sight is enough to make the gods sh*t their pants OR World's Horniest ukelele

[@omarsalem1219]

Osp refrence nice

[@Flippo___]

5:23 spelling mistake I noticed: "form" should be "from" love your vids!! keep up the great work!

[@ClutchFreakingPowers]

I don’t know why but I find it funny that’s jake is in the OSP discord .

[@kusu4059]

5:58 ok i get why Apollo is a hawk like Horus, they are kinda similar, and Hermes becomes thot, but why Ares disguises as a fish?Is it just random or is there something else to do with it?

[@videogollumer]

This doesn't really explain much, but Ares' Egyptian counterpart is Ahnur. Also, my question is why did Heracles turn into a faun?

[@Therealdrmiles]

The Sphinx’s design is badass

[@Fatherofallmonsters]

Typhon is my favourite monster I am so faustrated that he’s not that talked about considering he was the only guy in Greek Mythology who actually defeated Zeus

[@bevconklin5172]

A little hint….for hello fresh meals- knives are to cut, Not smash. Go back and forth-not straight down. Very nice job keeping your hands free, very good!!

[@johnnyt.2523]

Small note, you can pronounce Gaia as Yee (thats how we pronounce earth in Greek) and it sounds easier.

[@JaghataiK]

Love your v2 Google Glass!

[@Chloe11501]

F****** love ur vids! Their the only reason I know all of this stuff.

[@Bacon0900]

Yay a new video

[@sir_fanalot]

Hey, can you please do a story of Amphitrite please? It would be great if you did it Edit: I’m a big fan, so it would be really awesome to see you do Amphitrite and Poseidon

[@isthisagoodenoughname8088]

Edit: There is no "edited" in your comment, so you legit changed your mind after you were done with the comment and before posting added the "Edit" right after! I find it funny ngl!

[@bahnankhayre9534]

Am I just really uncultured or are you talking about Aphrodite

[@isthisagoodenoughname8088]

@@bahnankhayre9534 -No, that's not what they meant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitrite

[@Sky_ral]

LETS GO JAKE!!!

[@_satoru154]

nice video

[@zacheryschmidt2611]

If I recall, Typhon’s size was as follows: “So tall his head scraped the stars. Arms so wide they stretched east to west”

[@ajgibson1307]

Good work god bless

[@acehardware2823]

I'm familiar with a slightly different version of the story. Instead of Hermes and Pan, it was a hero named Cadmus that sabotaged Typhoon after Zeus's initial defeat. There, Cadmus disguised himself as a shepherd and played a panpipe which impressed Typhoon. He suggested to Cadmus that he could have any goddess as a wife when he took over Olympus-except for Hera. But Cadmus reclined the offer, instead saying that if Typhoon liked his pipe music, he would love his lire, but he needed a suitable string. So Typhoon handed him Zeus's sinews, which Cadmus hid away and distracted Typhoon some more with his music, giving Zeus time to recover. I like this story because it is such an interesting concept that a single human was the one who saved the mightiest god in peril. It's even more impressive when you consider that Cadmus's story was kick-started by him setting out for his missing sister Europa, who Zeus kidnapped for obvious reasons. Cadmus had every reason to resent Zeus, and promptly ignore his call for help, but he followed through without any complaints. As far as I know, the story is from Nonnus's Dionysiaca from 4~5th centuries, so it is probably not an OG Greek myth, but I still remember it fondly, and is one of the many reasons why Cadmus is my favorite Greek hero.

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Neat now can you do sun wukong two part episode cause there's also journey to the west

[@somelazydelinquent6116]

Dude thorned a Wiimote to Borg himself

[@Sub29850]

What I heard was that whilst typhon was resting he heard pan playing a flute and promised to gift him with a high place in his world but he pretend like apology had stolen the sinews of his lire and if he got them he could play even better so typhon gave him zeus ones but he went sleep to his music and then they (pan and hermes)gave ti to zeus

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

Lol Zeus going at him with the sickle he used to castrate his father. I mean if it worked once I guess

[@masterofdoots5965]

No, Zeus didn't use it to castrate his father, Chronus, Chronus used it to castrate *his* father, Uranus (Sky Dad)

[@mace1730]

You should do Theseus

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

4:22 there was actually a real life version of this story, look up the Eddystone lighthouses. It’s really fascinating.

[@thelonleygengar]

Which part???

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

@@thelonleygengar there was a survivor from one of the former lighthouses that burned down. He claimed to have swallowed a chunk of molten lead but no one believed him. Until after he died when he was cut open and a chunk of lead was found in his stomach. Zepherous has a video on it.

[@zemufinman1639]

The way the Chimera was killed is quite similar to the way the dragon from Bel and the dragon was killed by Daniel, using its fire breath against it by "feeding" it a non food item

[@henrywood9781]

Had no idea that in one of the sources Hera was the mother of Typhen That's really weird.

[@dlm292]

Oh, holy crap, he did the suggestion I made

[@davidkoudelka10]

As Overly Sarcastic Productions described him "The Greek's version of Godzilla!"

[@ianyoder2537]

I'm of the opinion that Typhon is less of human like that usually depicted and is just a strait up eldrich abomination but Greek artists heard about it second hand and just assumed the base human template, because the themes of cosmic horror were not yet popularized. Outside of ancient Jews and their biblically accurate angels.

[@st8ofmind325]

As an aspiring writer I paused at 1:32 to read the description and was dumbfounded by one insane run-on sentence.

[@ceru3707]

God your rendition of Typhon looks like an amalgamated shape I'd doodle in class and try to give a face(s)

[@andrazprelec8263]

Imagine not being here before the premiere

[@denizclipsandhighlights2480]

Can you do Thanatos

[@Emmett_Br0wn]

5:08 as someone from Bulgaria the pronunciation surprised me tbh

[@adityabartwal8797]

i would like if u make a video on bellerophone it would be interesting

[@murraykelm5691]

Just goes to show that people are people then as is now people were fascinated with fantastic adventure stories.

[@paybackntf4017]

Thanks to this series, I got to correct a self proclaimed “mythology” nut about the correct pronunciation of Heracles and got a “whatever” in response

[@cassandraleo4691]

Can you do phillipine mythology?

[@imranhodzic6707]

can you do a mythology story about lyngbakr

[@Batsyblu]

the most important thing i’ve learned from this video is that jake is in the OSP discord

[@italucenaz]

Wait, which monsters were sons of equidna qnd which were spawned by medusa's blood? I guess there's a lot of conflation there

[@sonofcronos7831]

There is only three creatures spawned from Medusa blood: Pegasus, Krisaor and lybian serpents. Pegasus is not considered a monster, while Krisaor decided to become a underworld god and he was the father of Geryion, this one was a monster giant. The lybians serpents in other hand are just serpents in Lybia

[@help_me_..]

can you make a video of Ares' sons plz

[@fayth5168]

Not the sphinx committing unalivement 🤣

[@normangroen1208]

Do you cover chinese mythology aswell? A wukong series would be so sick

[@videogollumer]

Overly Sarcastic Productions has one, or is that why you are asking?

[@normangroen1208]

@@videogollumer thanks ive never seen that channel, im new to mythology yt

[@videogollumer]

@@normangroen1208 There series is not yet finished, but there is ten episodes so far. Though no channel is completely accurate, they do particularly well compared to most.

[@normangroen1208]

@@videogollumer sounds good 👌 appreciate it

[@KPazzz]

“That’s too bad for her” 😩😂