What Even are Titans? - Greek Gods Explained

[@Shottos]

I actually was born and still live in Greece and I have to tell you that the way you teach these stories is more interesting than what we did in school. Anyhow , amazing video keep up the good work!

[@kuau_Queen-kiki-4652]

Yooo have you ever been in Macedonia?i was born and still live in Macedonia and every summer go to Greece once or twice :)

[@somedudewatchingyoutube9163]

Schools should show his videos Change my mind

[@Blatomzazom]

Where’s kratos

[@Diangelooz]

@Jade yes

[@dabagel13]

Greek word ελληναρα

[@parkercornwall3230]

Saying titans aren’t gods is like saying that gods like Zeus aren’t gods, they’re olympians. ( although it’s pretty easy to misunderstand based on how media almost always refers to them as titans)

[@tflees]

If I remember correctly the reason they're called "Titans" is because Uranus (their father) called them the castrators which is "Tîtanès" in old Greek because they castrated their father.

[@tflees]

I don't know if this is true though, I only read from somewhere else.

[@claimingagate]

Chthonic gods, Olympian gods, Titanic gods?

[@timelesswisdom.]

It’s probably more appropriate to call them deities then gods

[@brianarnold8666]

@@timelesswisdom. those two terms mean the same thing. If you look up the definition of deity, the first result that comes up is a god or goddess

[@Megamanlanprime]

My general understanding is the Titans are just the “Second Generation” of the Greek Gods with the second generation being crowned by Cronus taking the throne. The first generation was the Primordials ruling through Ouranos. The second generation is the Titans with Cronus as the ruler. The third (and then modern generation) was the Olympians ruled by Zeus. But that more of my understanding of it

[@tomaszducki9155]

Thats.. pretty much how it is

[@roaringthunder115]

Yeah same

[@bintimes]

I think technically by now humans would be the 4th generation since prometheus supposedly wanted them to eventually be in charge

[@jmurray1110]

We don’t really fall under a reasonable definition of god That being anthropomorphic immortals with sone ability to affect the physical world in a way that defies the laws of physics Maybe the mythological first humans could be but that would definitely not include us and that cycle would be the ones with dominion over earth not gods necessarily

[@SpongeWatches]

@@jmurray1110 we’re also not immortal so there’s that stinker 😢

[@chewiecheshire7973]

There's also Aphrodite who is never (at least to my knowledge) referred to as a titan despite her being the (half-?) sister to the titans in Hesiod's version of the myth. Note: I say "half" with a question mark because I'm not clear on whether she is only the titan's half-sister because she is not the daughter of Gaia or if she is considered their full sister because Ouranos is her sole progenitor.

[@sonofcronos7831]

Aphrodite is always referred as goddess. She is the daughter of Ouranos and Thalassa (who is a primordial who represents the Sea), but her circunstances of birth is not the usual one so that make her different. Titans are sons of Gaia and Ouranos and their descendents, everyone else have other titles and names

[@chewiecheshire7973]

@@sonofcronos7831 I have never heard that. I mean she was born in the sea, but I don't think that it counts as her mother. Also the video points out how titan is a very vague term that has no set parameters. I personally think it refers to any ruling god of the pre-olympian age, but that is just a guess based on what I know. But Aphrodite (at least to Hesiod) was born from the foam that was produced by the gentials thrown into the sea....this does bring up the question of whether the foam was produced from the sea or whether the genitals produced their own "foam". Also the Cyclopses and the Hecatoncheires are sons of Gaia and Ouranos but they aren't referred to as Titans.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@chewiecheshire7973 yes, there is not any real meaning behind the names, but i believe that it is by parentage. Let me explain Sons of Gaia alone? Were the Oreads (Mountains), Driades (Threes) or Monsters (the giant Scorpion) Sons of Gaia with Pontus? Sea gods (like Phorcis and Thaumas) Sons of Gaia with Tartarus? Dragons (typhon, Campe and Daphne) Sons of Nyx and Erebus? Demons (Thanatos, Charon, Nemesis) Sons of Gaia and Ouranos? Titans Sons of Titans? Also titans, BUT, there is two exceptions. Sons of Okeanus and Themis? Potamoi (Rivers) and Nymphs Sons of Cronos and Rheia? Gods or Olympians. Their descendants? Also gods or Olympians. So Titans could be just the gods who ruled before? Yes, but i believe that the clear explanation is that what categorizes a Titan is that they are sons and daughters of Ouranos and Gaia only, and all their descendents are also titans (Helius, Leto, Hecate), but the exception is sons and daughters of Cronus and Rheia, and of Okeanus and Themis, who receives the names mentioned abovs.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@chewiecheshire7973 and about Aphrodite and Thalassa the problem is that Primordials could be personified or not. So for example when they give the name Thalassa they are only meaning the Sea, not that she is the mother of Aphrodite in the traditional sense. So there is that.

[@raptormage2209]

@@sonofcronos7831 Had no idea about the version where she was the daughter of Thellasa and oceanus i do know of her being either born from Uranus' nuts but also the other version where she is the offspring of Zeus and Dione

[@xenotypos]

There are a lot of "groups" of gods in the greek mythology, the Olympians for example. There are even groups inside of groups, as the Oceanids, the Pleiades, the Nereids, Hesperides, Hyades, Muses... Were all nymphs.

[@arrowmoons]

Love your work Jake!!! Also when I pronounce Uranus, I personally pronounce it "oo-ran-os" as it is in many other languages. Just thought I'd throw it out there!

[@anthrogirl7456]

@Nina, that made me tear. T_T

[@Shottos]

That is how it is pronounced in Greek too.

[@davidrichards8793]

@@Shottos Yeah but it doesn't mean the god particularly it just means sky now.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

@@davidrichards8793 Well, Ouranos, or Uranus in Latin, was the Greek god of the sky. His Roman equivalent is Caelus. If the latter had been chosen as the name for the Solar System’s seventh planet, humanity would be that much more mature… [sigh] Why do I even try?

[@idioticlight]

Im mature. Dont laugh. I can do this. Dont laugh.

[@aaronmetzler7409]

I absolutely love how you included Historia from Attack on Titan in 1:48

[@mercygoddd]

Historia best girl

[@code066funkinbird3]

Yeah best waifu

[@marsbars09]

right? aot is my favorite show

[@cakrateuku9472]

@@code066funkinbird3 nah speedwagon best waifu

[@BIBI_DOESSTUFF]

@@cakrateuku9472Jo Jo

[@menameta1316]

I think titans are meant to be big since kronus swalloed his children without chewing while zues had to turn his wife into a fly to eat her

[@Donke267]

Idk. . . Babies are pretty small. . . Look at Tarrare, for example

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

As I talked about in my previous video, the fly thing doesn't seem to be from Greek tradition. But even if it was, it would be one among thousands of seeming inconsistencies in Greek Mythology that you'll notice if you think about things harder than you're supposed to.

[@doublex929]

Some genetic traits don’t get passed on, maybe it’s a recessive trait? But Dionysus definitely got the swallow children whole gene

[@yorukage5926]

Plus he literally ate a rock and didn't notice

[@ninofrancic5188]

@@JakeDoubleyoo Make more funny myths please. They're hilarious.

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

Moral of the story: What is a Titan and why are so many early gods considered Titans? No clue.

[@angelofthedeath2433]

The ones who are not from Kronos' bloodline and reside in Mt. Orthus

[@JChim]

Great job as always. Will you still be doing fully animated videos or is this your new format?

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

These are just videos I make between the cartoons because they take a lot longer.

[@JChim]

@@JakeDoubleyoo thank you for the answer. Looking forward to the next video.

[@RavnicaRaven]

@@JChim Ayo same

[@venabre]

The way I organized it in my head was sort of "the gods that were around during Cronos's rule" Probably wrong in a few aspects, but gets the job done for the most part

[@sonofcronos7831]

Titans are all gods who are the sons of Gaia and Ouranos and their imortal descendants too. While Olympians or "gods" refers to the sons of Cronos and Rheia and their imortal descendents too.

[@venabre]

I feel someone didn't watch the video at all...

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@venabre it is literaly that. Sons of Titans were called Titans, the only exception is the sons of Cronos and Rheia, they were never called titans. Sons of Hyperion, Coeous, Iapetus? Titans. Sons of Okeanus? Potamoi and Nymphs. Sons of Cronos? Never called Titans

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@venabre river gods and nymphs were around that time, but they are not called Titans. The sons and daughters of Nyx were also around, never called Titans. This is by parentage. All titans were sons and daughters of Ouranos and Gaia, and their sons also, like Hecate, Prometheus, Leto, Helius, etc. The exception is Okeanus who sons were called Potamoi and daughters called Nymphs, and the sons of Cronos who were called just gods (altrough everyone there is a god too)

[@sonofcronos7831]

The mountains and Trees were also there, but they are not called Titans, because they are sons and daughters of Gaia only, thus Oreads and Dryades. The sons of Gaia and Pontus were also there, they were gods, but sea gods, not Titans, because they are not sons of Gaia and Ouranos. The title that a god receives is by his parentage.

[@pyolandovina1157]

I want more short stories like these.

[@nolansheridan196]

I learned very young that the distinction simply meant whether the being was born before or after the castration or Ouranos. Those born after were gods, those before were titans. Never found a source to back it, just learned it in a Greek mythology book in middle school at the book fair.

[@whocaresaboutmynamebruh491]

I always assumed it was a generation title. Just like we have titles for different generations (gen-z, millennials, boomers etc.) the Greek God's had titled as well (Olympians, Titans, Primordials etc.). No sources for this one, I just kind of assumed that because it seemed to make sense, I think that's a cool headcanon.

[@Thelaretus]

The Titans are, however, described as being somewhat more primordial, more ethereal, more dynamic than the Olympians. So they would indeed have less rigid shapes and sizes than their successors, though still not necessarily the giant monsters of pop culture.

[@i_Croc]

Hey Jake you should do a video explaining the story of when the some of the dogs try to rebell against Zeus I think would be really fun

[@thebaldcat6708]

Even though it’s inaccurate, I like the Titans being portrayed as giant monsters better. It’s just more entertaining.

[@simonmann4922]

As an anime fan all I can say is well played for the thumbnail 👏😂

[@Noah-es9cj]

Love the vids! I would love to see the Canaanites, Mesopotamians, and Chinese pantheon/s in a vid.

[@mr.picklethanos7340]

And also Japanese.

[@yippykiay13]

And Aztecs. Man we need more Aztec mythology, it’s insane.

[@mr.picklethanos7340]

@@yippykiay13 Sun god who uses a dragon as a sword. Pretty metal.

[@Noah-es9cj]

@@yippykiay13 I know! So hard to find good sources.

[@orkoskang7967]

Mars kicked Ba'al in his anus. Scipio Africanvs defeated Hannibal.

[@rangertalksdogsgames7996]

Bro, who's making fun of these videos? They are awesome and perfectly paraphrase everything into a short time limit

[@ArtoriasAndSiffo]

Oh yesss, new video! Now I know what to send to my friends when i don't know how to explain myself.

[@ArtoriasAndSiffo]

@Nina Sir, Miss, Being, please tell me why that minus has anche eevee voice line

[@jdrvargo287]

The Titans being thought of as big has a lot to do with the fact that later writers confused and conflated them with the giants, who warred with the Olympians in a separate, later conflict. You can even see some of these later writers throw Titan names into lists of the giants who fought in the giant war.

[@U_Caleb_U]

It would be cool if you did other history besides Mythology like maybe some of irl history. kinda in the vain of Bill wartz or Paleo Analysis (Great video ❤️❤️)

[@3zeathaa]

I LOVE this video!!!!! Keep up the good work jake!

[@PedroFerrr]

You made me laugh a lot with that last remark, thanks!

[@yourix2]

I always assumed that Titans where simply a title/breed of a god. Just like the Olympians are a title for the gods or the Æsir for Nordic gods like Odin. Guess like always things are not that black and white.

[@allonzehe9135]

You do more research than professional level documentaries. Very impressive, well done.

[@R-Tex.]

2 AOT references in a single video! Noice.🙌🏼

[@kinggeocat]

Can you do Japanese mythology next?

[@Theobraham]

So Titans from Greek Mythology and Giants/Jotunn of the Norse not being any bigger than the other God/human are a shared misunderstanding in mythology then? Interesting.

[@ceejuschrist]

video idea: Comparing depictions of similar gods across religions, ie. Zeus and Odin, Heracles and Thor, etc.

[@Shadow1Yaz]

It can be called “syncretism: how Odin, Thoth and Hermes were thought to be the same guy!”

[@ecurewitz]

Thanks for explaining that

[@muak_kuak]

love the attack on titan references you made in the studio today

[@The_Gibinator]

Yay new mythology video + Early

[@anitadarling5573]

YESSS Sustenance from my favorite KZbinr.

[@Deathdestroy367]

I loved the little cameos of people and titans from attack on titan.

[@nothing00164]

Historia part got me smiling

[@bobbyd1077]

I'm thirty-eight. This hasn't been a huge part of my life but I'm glad this finally came up. Ty

[@weldawoolda9832]

Yeah Boi, new video!

[@lunariousmoon]

The AOT references were perfect

[@gisa_da_goose]

I always thought of the titans being in power in the golden age, and then the gods being in power in the silver age

[@MidoriNatsume]

Speaking of mistranslating, the Kyojin in "Shingeki no Kyojn" means the more generic "Giant", which is used in the Italian translation of the title.

[@racc-star0078]

I love how you added both your face and animation/art, I like this style ❤ sounds weird but whatever

[@kannan07]

It's simple actually Eren is the reason they are called titans,he needed them to be called that so he manipulated the person who wrote down Greek stuff

[@whathell6t]

@Kannan07 Except for Thanatos and Hypnos, those Titans are serving Hades. This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naXXhamYZtWCesk That Olympian even gave fear to Zeke Yeager. This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKewfqupn9eUiJI Seriously, listen to the seiyu dialogue.

[@kannan07]

@@whathell6t bro what

[@whathell6t]

@@kannan07 Do you listen to the seiyu voice in the second link?

[@campknowledge]

Make a video on Aztec mythology

[@acompletelynormalhuman6392]

I tend to think of it like a generation first there are these primordial beings (chaos and his offspring and then) Titans are The Offspring of those primordial beings and then the gods are The Offspring of Titans

[@sheharyarrauf3598]

was it everyone or just me who felt proud when seeing bertolt and historia???

[@barbarawiseman4183]

Dang,I love this stuff

[@msinvincible2000]

LOL, loved the ending! Excellent!

[@TheMaskOfZack]

I think that the reason that some future gods are titans might be that either they’re huge, very powerful or were part of the original titans but changed to Zeus’s side during the *TITANOMACHY!*

[@firebrand723]

The way I interpret it is that titan is basically the god equivalent of boomer.

[@Marguns21]

What about Thighten?

[@muziklol69]

That incel dude from the movie megamind

[@RobertPlybon]

mack norse myths tierlist

[@elgato7683]

I like your new hair cut

[@Percy_Jackson-gq8jz]

In my opinion like the Olympian name Titan is the same so like a way of explaining like there last name.

[@brandengonzalez4633]

Can you please do Aztec mythology

[@kabookialt]

babe wake up new jake doubleyoo video

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

Totally a side point, the phrase "ancient peoples were not as concerned with taxonomizing everything" also applies to weaponry. When speaking of the history of weapons people get into the same arguments applying modern nomenclature in a way in which the people contemporary to those weapons never would.

[@Rin-st8jk]

i would love a video explaining how/why there is more than one "god of something" in greek mythology, like how Helios and Apollo are considered gods of the Sun

[@Phytobiogenes]

It might just be a generational term referring to the group of gods who were the parents of the olympians and/or the children of the primordials

[@grayve2122]

“He and his brother helped usurp uranus” is a sentece i’ll never not giggle when listening to

[@cbellostudios6386]

I’ve always just said that anyone who is a kid of Ouranos and Gaia is a Titan, and everyone else like Prometheus just got the title from being around at the same time

[@randomshiet-lq5nv]

It’s like friendship. Has different meanings depending on the person

[@daveydavey5961]

I think titans are also portrayed as very huge individuals aside from the word "titan". The battle in which the god fight the titans is referred to the gigantomachy, another word that can be associated with "very big"

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

You're thinking of the Titanomachy. The Gigantomachy was the gods' battle with the giants born from Uranus's blood after his castration by Cronus. Come to think of it, the association of titans with large size probably comes from people conflating the two wars with each other.

[@EarleneKing-xq2wh]

@@JakeDoubleyoo actually its ouranus not uranus. uranus is the roman word for ouranus.

[@OptimusPhillip]

@@EarleneKing-xq2wh Not quite. Uranus is the Roman transliteration of the Greek Ούρανός (which more accurately transliterates to Ouranos), but it wasn't his Roman name, at least not in the same vein as Jupiter or Minerva. The Roman name for Uranus was Caelus.

[@minem9952]

I don't have the answer BUT I have my own theory. You see, the Greek (and norse) mythology are amalgamations of the proto-indoropean people/religions and the religions of farmer people that originated from Anatolia with their own religion. As these two groups merged their religious ideas did aswell which lead to a fight of ideas and "gods" (referring to the Titanomachy and the fights of Venir and Æsir(?)). Where as the anatolian gods were more focused on nature and forces, the PIE gods were more based on human characteristics/inventions/ideals. So as the beliefs clashed and merged and adapted throughout time, the religious fights became mythology and the old gods (mainly the anatolian ones), which became less and less worshipped, gained the title of "Titan" to specify their rather old status in the religion. So basically they are the gods that came before the new ones (the olympians). Tho of course it's rather messy to show which of the old gods could stay as olympians, which would remain in the Titan category as gods who were less worshipped, and so on. I hope this helps to understand it a bit more, as I think this might be correct. You should watch Crecganford on that topic bc he talks a lot about religion and culture of ancient (especially Proto-Indoeuropeans) people and it might help form a better understanding abt the topic :) Have a great day

[@jennaPlayz24]

I love all these AOT references just dotted around the video 😭

[@antantgaming7720]

Trying to keep up with Greek mythology is like trying to watch a tv show by picking a random episode each time

[@BabyRoo-ig7fq]

Ooh special thanks for the references to AOT 😂😂😂

[@tanelihokkanen4843]

Hi great video. Can you make a video about the primordials?

[@andrellmarrow4642]

Hey buddy! Just wondering where the other style of video is. I may have mis interpreted something (i don't have social media) but the last two videos haven't really been animation.

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

No need to worry! I consider the "I Try to Explain" style cartoons to be the main thing on this channel. They just take a while to make, and it's easy for my channel to become dead while I'm spending weeks working on them. These educational vlogs on the other hand are a lot faster to make. So I've started making these to fill in the space between the cartoons. This channel is my main source of income now, so it needs steady views if I don't wanna starve, lol. I've been working on a new cartoon that I'll hopefully get done within the next couple weeks.

[@andrellmarrow4642]

@@JakeDoubleyoo That makes sense. Thanks!

[@vasilijrappana2335]

So this term refers to a certain generation of gods. Titans and Olympians are like boomers and zoomers.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

This reminds me of how the word Jotnar means devourers instead of frost giant.

[@Noya.Magico]

I just love the aot reference 😍

[@ryomahoffman6803]

Would I be wrong to say that Titans and Jötunn are pretty much similar things?

[@JakeDoubleyoo]

Sort of, in the sense that they're the same "species" as the other gods, just belonging to a different group.

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

Don't forget the Comedic Relief Character of the group: Epimetheus, Titan of Hindsight!

[@mathieuleader8601]

I like how the titans themselves are drawn to look how Beavis and Buttthead would imagine the titans to look like

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

You ever wonder if the Titans were an older religion from before Greek Culture that the Greeks replaced with their own? I got not evidence for this and have done no research, I just wonder about it sometimes.

[@emo_ji8326]

Can you do the cult of dionysus? :D or other secret societies? (kybele or smth)=^=

[@joeburger5323]

Can you do a video on ragnorok

[@Xeno_Abyss]

What about the primordials

[@obnoxiosefe2180]

My favorite depiction of titans is from the game coromon

[@zerdaloo]

So true, king

[@naimishtiakahmed9221]

Similar to Deva & Asura in Hinduism.

[@ProjektTaku]

If only the ancient greeks organized all there beliefs into like big and widely used books or something and had hard definitions on things so it wouldn't come down to some future dudes being like "Well guess this means this." Oh well...atleast the stories are fun.

[@donjuangaming_gyatt]

I liked the old format of these videos

[@golden_polonia]

In my canon the Titans are the 12 children of Ouranus and Gaia, that Hesiod describe as Titans, thier children (except children of Kronos and Rhea) + Hekate, so yes I count for example the Muses as Titaneses

[@therock13yago62]

bro, my device says this video is called "playing pokemon for 24 hours" im so confused

[@kieRAGEousKieran]

While I know it’s incorrect in the made up religious fanfic. I personally enjoy the modern take of making titans huge with distinct attributes.

[@OKSketches]

“Religious fanfic”

[@alanetchetto8908]

I mean, almost all religion text nowdays is fanfic. There was a huge deal of what and what not was canon even in Christianity and multiple people wrote their versions...wich can be consider fanfic.

[@eaterbattery]

Here's the cool thing with ancient mythologies, they're all fanfics to begin with. Everyone can do whatever they want with gods, it always was public domain. With today's monotheist religions, it's more written in stone and changing it is terribly seen

[@pandejo2466]

The AOT references 😭

[@VGurrasKpist]

Its kinda similar to asatron(nordic mythology) many seem to believe that asarna was the only gods but I would argue that asarna, vaner, alver(elves) and jättarna(giants). Giants as a example is described as similar to the Asar or like similar to man. They are tho often linked with evil and trickery. Later in at least Swedish mythology they became bigger and linked with Glacial erratic. One myth from Sweden(think it was Östergötland) is that a giant threw a bolder to hit a church but missed it.

[@vic_710]

Jake tell me something.. what are gods in Greek mythology??

[@the_crazzywhat_ifer8591]

Are titans not children of primordial gods, eg, gaia, nyx, Uranus

[@kankourou3126]

Isn't it the same with giants? Meaning that we think of them as big (giant) creatures while in ancient greek they mean 'coming from the earth'. Referring to gaia, the personification of Earth.

[@sonofcronos7831]

No. Born from earth is the Autochthon, Giants were taller humans, this is explicity.

[@kankourou3126]

@@sonofcronos7831 oh... thought i had read so somewhere...

[@gunjfur8633]

Giant comes from gigas, not gaia

[@yoyo777]

​@sonofcronos7831 were was this said explicitly?

[@jorgeacamacho1764]

Can you do the real demons in hazbin hotel and helluva boss

[@lassesgamekanaal]

What I dont get though is why the titan Atlas, who holds up the sky, was turned into a mountain / mountain range when Perseus used Medusas head on him, doesn't that kinda imply that his size was already enormous?

[@dahiatw]

Can you talk about Hecate ? And also Selene 🥺🙏🏻🖤

[@Greylewis14]

I think the arrival of Helios, Hecate and Prometheus are considered Titans because they were in power before the Olympians, but originally weren’t considered Titans because they fought against the Titans and the Titanomacy

[@TheCoolerReaper]

I always thought it was to establish the different ages of gods, the earliest being primordial gods, the second being the titans, and the latest being the Olympians. Idk

[@JustMossberg]

can you do the story of heracles?

[@20_dionysus_10]

What is the difference between “Cronus” and “Kronos” I cant find anything about it but every time I almost find something they keep getting combined or mixed up.

[@yoyo777]

K for greek spelling C for Latin spelling