Miscellaneous Myths: Dionysus
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2018
- "Hey, Red, I already know all the Dionysus myths, and there's really not much going on with him - so why on earth is this video longer than three minutes? And who are those other guys in the thumbnail?"
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The cult of Dionysus was especially known for feeling devious, looking glamorous, getting mischievous, and polyamorous.
So he can MC gay pride then. 🏳️🌈
I was so sad that red didnt do that song at the end
With wine and women and wonderful vices
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus 🎶
Unfortunately I cannot like this comment, because it currently has 69 likes
“Alexander the pretty alright”
I’m fucking dying.
Have you seen their video on Alexander the Great yet. Basically the only Alexander the......... That isn't used is the great.
it never gets old ^^
My favorite bit they do
@@itarry4 well he uses it at the end of the video
As soon and red said that i read your comment and i was like *WOOOAAAHHH* thats was cool
So, fun fact I just learned, apparently Dionysus is associated with the first recorded "He's right behind me, isn't he?" joke in history. In one of the many plays about Dionysus, there's a bit where Dionysus and a friend travel through the underworld and they talk about all the horrible monsters they could encounter. At one point, Dionysus's friend is describing a particularly horrible monster he doesn't want to meet and Dionysus starts acting like he's afraid of something off stage and the friend is like, "Oh, no! Please don't tell me that the monster is just over there now!"
Oh my gosh, that is all kinds of hilarious and awesome! What play was that?
@@Kelaiah01 I don't remember. It was referenced in another video I came across, but I don't remember the play's name. I'd have to see if I could find the video again.
@@cheezemonkeyeater Ah, that's too bad. Oh well. Hopefully one of us will find it! :)
@@Kelaiah01 I'm pretty sure the video was specifically about the history of the "He's right behind me" joke.
was the video by TREY the explainer? i think its the play called the frogs by artistophanes?
I'm just imagining Dionysus sitting in camp half-blood, drinking diet coke and remembering the good old days where he had a literally insane cult
Haha yes
I’m imagining the campers just watching Dionysus sulk, thinking about the good days when he had horns & a crazed cult. The campers would be one-of-two things: confused or just not caring.
"Had" implies strict past-tense. For some odd reason, I don't think that's entirely right. ~ P
Dionysus: I used to be an eldrich horror, you know
the diet Coke is mixed with booze. Dionysus is incapable of being sober.
I’m feeling devious,
You’re looking glamorous,
Let’s get mischievous,
And polyamorous.
Wine and women and wonderful vices,
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus
Just got into that song. Nice choice.
I LOVE YOU
Damn! Color me impressed!
I love this song
I was hoping Red would do this songs for the end card thingy. (You know how she does really good covers at the ends of her videos.)
Ancient Mycenaean texts: “Zagreus, highest among the gods”
Supergiant Games: *write that down, write that down!*
Doctor Who Writers: *takes all of the hallucinogenic drugs* ZAGREUSSITSINSIDEYOURHEADZAGREUSLIVESAMONGSTTHEDEADZAGREUSSEESYOUINYOURBEDANDEATSYOUWHENYOURESLEEPING
no wonder Zagreus and Dionysus get along well in the game. They're pretty much the same person.
holy crap, that prank that the two of them pulled on Orpheus had some truth to it?!
@@ignitedrowlets5776 that's the reference, yes
Right? Honestly, I'd play the heck out of that sequel, where instead of working with the Olympians to escape the Underworld, Zagreus is working with a slightly different set (say, remove Zeus and Poseiden; add Persephone and Apollo?) to take Zeus' throne. It'd be so cool.
honestly, a characterization of dionysus where he is an outgoing party animal who's super chill most of the time but absolutely reminds you why he is technically a god of death and also of hallucinations when you fuck up sounds incredible. not only do you get a three dimensional character with a sense of mystery proper of a god, it also works as a reminder of both sides of drinking and partying.
and when the mood takes him being completely unhinged
He generally a god of insanity. In Greece they didn’t know why people acted weird after drinking wine, so they decided “oh Dionysus”
✍️ jotting this down for Dionysus's appearance in my story tysm
"I am the lizard king... I can do anything! Raise your hand if you understand!"
Another intriguing thing about Dionysus is his relationship with Ariadne. Whether he threatened Theseus to abandon her on Naxos or he just found her after Theseus abandoned her of his own volition (everyone has their own interpretation), one constant with retellings of how they met is that Dionysus absolutely _loved_ this girl. He loved her so much that it appears that this hedonistic god _became monogamous_ when he married her. He loved her so much that when she died (whether it be suicide or murder, again based on interpretation) that he refused to let her stay dead. As in he went to the Underworld basically saying “Eff you, I’m taking my wife home” and just up and left with her. Oh, and he took his mom home with him for good measure too, and had them both turned into goddesses. Pretty heartwarming stuff.
I don't know about the monogamous part, but it definitely says a lot that a god of sexual liberty would get married
My favourite love story from greek mythology 💜🖤🍷
I don't really think Hades would mind letting his nephew take his girlfriend back with him, or his mom, he's got enough of Zeus's ex-girlfriends to handle in Tartarus.
Ah, got to love how the god of partying and insanity treats women better than zeus.
@@sonofjack6286 Hades do be quite chill. Besides kidnapping/arranging the marriage with Persephone he has consistently proved himself to be one of the most wholesome gods. He stays true to his wife, he does his job, he gives heroes planty of opportunities to save their loved ones and gotta love that according to research, the name of his GIANT THREE HEADED FUCK OFF HELL HOUND translates to Spot.
Hera: "You, sir, are a drunkard."
Dionysus: "And you, Hera, are unhappily married. But in the morning I'll be sober!"
I hate you for planting an image of wiston churchill as a bacchae. I hate you.
I know you're imagining him naked in one of those marble frescoes...
I'll go get the brain bleach.
And the shot glasses
@@eugenio5774 Haha, sorry. XD
@@kieranh2005 Shot glasses. How appropriate since this is a vid about Dionysus. ;D
Ha! No. Dionysus is never sober.
So,basically,he was a good child,went through an emo phase,and is now a hippie? Sweet
megan allen ... yes
Mood
That's a wide ass mood
that's me honestly
megan allen sounds like me lmfao
Athena: Welcome to the Esoteric Birth Club! We got Aphrodite!
Dionysus: Uh...where's everyone else?
Athena: They were born the old fashioned way.
I always forget that Aphrodite is part of the club! If they wouldn't get creeped out by and/or fight each other, the Furies, also born of Ouranos' blood (which technically makes them Aphrodite's SISTERS?!?!?!) would be in the club as well
If we’re talking gods only then yes that would be good but if we’re including non gods the furies (megeara, Alecto and tisiphone)
aren’t the furies goddesses of divine punishment?
+the primordial gods that came from chaos would also be included
@@puppies3330 nah the furies as far as I’m aware are not goddesses since the goddess of divine punishment is nemesis. But the furies also fill that role but live in the house of hades. The only time I could see them being called goddesses is if they’re getting the appallo and Artemis treatment with Helios and Selene
@@adrianfigueroa6788 ohhhhhhhh
Fun fact: The game Hades actually acknowledges the connection between Zagreus and Dionysus by making it a joke that Zagreus and Dionysus play on Orpheus
Confusing the canon
It's little references like that that make the game pure gold
Also, just to add that Dionysus, god of wine, madness and parties still has a more loving and functional marriage than Zeus. 😌
Doesn’t anyone though 😂
@@flamebunny6511 it’s not exactly a very high bar to pass.
@@SorowFame nope it isn’t 😂
Wait who did he marry?
@@ghost_fueled_scarecrow
Dionysos took as his wife the Cretan princess Ariadne, a daughter of Minos, son of Zeus, and his wife Pasiphaë.
So Dionysus is like snails or lobster: mostly for the poor people until someone rich and powerful noticed and wanted in
Nice analogy
Rich people; ruining everything for everyone since forever.
Or black people music
@@julianbello8376 except those time they also made it a privilege
ye
i want a show with the three versions of dionysus as roommates. helenic dionysus as happy go lucky party boy, orphic dionysus as chaotic unhinged trickster, and mycenaean dionysus as a vaguely creepy but laid back dude.
That'd be a dope sitcom ngl
Zagreus is their next door neighbor
Love it. "All My Avatars"
@@ieatplaster9884I offer: Zagreus is Orphic Dionysus' twin. ~ C
The background noises (laugh track and stuff) are a Greek chorus
Dionysus: *casually turns his kidnappers insane via loud flutes and snakes*
Also dionysus: "this grape juice is very strong"
"what does feral wildlife and crippling insanity have to do with a fine chardonnay?" Well, someone's *clearly* not going to the right parties
I died when I read that
Dionysus invented raves and furry conventions.
Drunken Furry Convention After-Parties?
@@TORchic1 I was actually thinking bush doofs but you know what? You're absolutely right.
Or did not play Fallout Series or The Elder Scrolls Series.....
And: 1001 - Sweet Nights, Sherezade.
I kinda like the idea that Dionysus is still a god of death, madness, going to overthrow Zeus, all that stuff, BUT, he's drunk/hungover all the time and all the other Gods/Goddesses conspire to keep him that way because they're terrified of what he might be capable of if he ever sobered up.
Nicola Heekin lol
that is now my personal head cannon, thank you for the hilarious image of Athena intentionally getting drunk just so Dionysus stays drunk XD
So both Sanguine and Sheogorath can be seen as being based on him.
I just created a story in my head based on this idea.
Thats me
One of my favorite Dionysus quotes is from PJO, when he tries to pour himself a glass of wine but it turns into water mid-pour, as an effect of his exile from Olympus to CHB. He says “y’know, the Christians have a guy that can do this in reverse. Now THATS A god!”
Pretty sure that's just the movie, but still a great line.
My headcanon : That was his son
We do not talk about those movies
@@keolas6916 The one good thing to come from those movies.
When your character is played by Stanley Tucci, you know that he's gonna be that good part of an otherwise bad movie.
This actually made me appreciate Percy Jackson even MORE. I had always thought of him as Wine first with some cool madness wild cuz parties. It didn't really occur to me that the insanity and vindictive nature came first, then the wine. Which if you read the PJO books, Mr D comes across as a being who's really very spiteful with hints of true and unsettling power, but then it comes back to him not being able to drink anymore.
It's the difference between "party god is grumpy cuz no party anymore" and "someone who is very capable of being vindictive, brutal, and unpredictable but is mostly just grumpy these days because of the universe's worst hangover"
It gets even wilder, it is possible that the name Zagreus is a reference to the cult of the Zagros mountains that worshipped the ecstacy of wine.
@@keaganwheeler-mccann8565didn't the video mention that which turned out to be a complete coincidence, a nothingburger if you will
@@urbainleverrier1 I don't think there is enough evidence to say one way or another. Zagreus and Dionysus share other details than that. Such as the Zeus and Persephone parentage, and the underworld ties.
Yeah I know the books have zero problem leaning into that angle (such as his frequent threats to turn people into dolphins, when he drove Atlas' men crazy in Titan's Curse, etc) but I didn't know until this video how much of his history and personality that actually was. Rick Riordan takes a few liberties with the god's powers and divine domains so I think I just chalked it up to that
I like to think Dionysus is just as angry and powerful as he always has been, but only when he's sober.
Like the Hulk.
Or he is far superior in strength compared to all the other gods when sober
Amen
That’s why they have to keep him drunk. Otherwise he’d overthrow Zeus.
@@Breidablik06 since his an og god, he might just be
I like to think that Dionysus was raised by all those gods/titans/mortals you mentioned, and they had to keep passing him around because Hera was constantly going door to door looking for him. I picture it like a screwball comedy where he's always just barely ahead of her.
as of oct 14th 2019, today...that is my new Greek comedy
BigBadSeed I love the headcanon thanks
That’s similar to what I headcanon where the gods pass him along for the week. The fact that Hera would’ve looking for him just makes this even better
He always gets out of the house _just_ as she gets there
Sitcom title:hide the baby
01:21 It's so funny to imagine Dionysus and Athena bonding over the fact that both of them were born from one of Zeus body parts
If we take into account that "'leg wound' is an euphemism" theory, then they both were even born from one of two of Zeus' "heads" xD
I feel like this should make Zagreus and Dionysus total bros. I feel like that's a promising friendship, the extreme extrovert who loves partying and the quiet kid who doesn't know how to handle gatherings larger than just him and his parents and also their trusty dog Spot.
Have you played Hades?
@@foureyesisafish7968 No, why?
@@selenopheria If you play Hades, you'll see you aren't wrong
@@ForrestFox626 Really?? Aww man that's so cool.
@@selenopheria there’s this thing called trial of the gods where you have to chose between gods and the other one gets mad at you and if you dont choose dio hes like “zag man.. i thought we were buddies :(“
So basically Dionysus grew backwards, from "mature looking" edgy and moody teenager with destructive powers to "young looking" chill and party animal adult with destructive powers.
the destructive powers stayed
@@breezythaprof what do you mean at least , cutie Dionysus is way better than edgy Dionysus :3
He’s drunk Benjamin button
@@flameconvoy7424 i thought this as well. May your day be pleasant, and may you find happiness along your youtubeing path freind!
I mean, every dude looks younger when they shave (y'know, until wrinkles start coming in).
"Also, Dionysus was a major cutie."
Literally every male character you draw is.
Can NOT argue that. XD
Well said, Oculus.
@@robertminnie782 Thank you very much.
2:10 for anyone interested
Yep
Ethanotor Oculus exactly what I was thinking
I like to think that if Dionysus' title of God of Madness was more renowned than God of Wine, he might have taken up that scary villain image that Hades was popular for. I mean when you think about him in the Bacchae, he desires his place of worship, makes certain people insane, and has them gruesomely tear his offender apart. And his art of making wine could have also been adapted as the art of chemistry in the area of hallucinogenic drugs. And he did not originally have a place in the Pantheon. He could have been Disney's Hercules' villain rather than Hades.
Or Hera, who was the actual villain of Hercules' life
@@tylermcneeley3136 That would be great, but then parents would have to explain to their kids why Zeus is Hercules's dad, but Hera isn't his mom.
Besides these two,Poseidon is Zeus's rival,and connected to the underworld,The sea is f*cking scary so he would be a villian.
Azula from Avatar:The Last Airbender:"The tides have already made up thier mind about ending you,while I'm still mulling it over."
"Closing Time" is actually PERFECT for Dionysus because although it's ostensibly a song about drunk people leaving a bar, it's actually a metaphor for birth. Lines such as "time for you to go out to the places you will be from," and "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end," imply that the bar patrons are children going out into the real world for the first time.
This makes me recall this one moment in the Percy Jackson books where Percy says something really antagonistic to Dionysus and the god turns around, there’s purple fire in his eyes and Percy sees visions that make him suddenly remember that Dionysus’ trait as a god of madness is a lot scarier than the trait of grumpy alcoholic that Percy has been envisioning him as for three books.
Mr. D is a pretty scary god. Hell, he had a lot of his “insanity powers” before he became a god! People underestimate him a lot.
Quinn Sinclair lmao yes! I remover that
I love Mr. D, he is the best olympian in the novels
Quinn Sinclair yep, which is why I don't drink!:)
That was the best Dionysus moment EVER
Damn, Dionysus aged like fine wine. He progressively kept getting younger than his previous selves
How fitting.
He pulled a weird Al
He did a Benjamin Button
The illustrations made it seem like he went from middle-aged dude, to slightly less middle-aged dude, to edgy teenager, backstepping slightly to introverted millenial, and then finally going back forward to party animal teenager.
He's the Doctor lol
One more thing I fucking love how you're against painting a "one true' narrative. Its so refreshing and informative. The idea of a bunch of different narratives syncretizing and evolving and branching is so much more interesting anyways dont you think.
Dionysus often went far afield, or as it is also referred to, he had a tendency to Zigreus when he should Zagreus.
Thisisstupidlyfunnyandmakesmewanttostabyou
lmao
I would love to see a modern take on Dionysus that leans more into him being a terrifying god of madness and insanity.
Yes. Love the name btw.
I think you mean, "I would love to see Jim Morrison"
me too oh my hdi
James Elton Jones huh?
@@jameseltonjones4499 Hit the nail on the fucking head!
"Alexander The Pretty Alright", that has to be the best comparable name ever.
If you think that is good watch blue’s video on him
I like to watch it as well
Cattery no last name given it’s great I don’t believe he ever reuses a name
I know I laughed my ass off, I do ever time hear it,😂😂 also love her choice of music
It is Alexander the great not the pretty alright in history
As someone who has Dionysus as a profile picture, I am a large fan of the bisexual grape man. Also, good for Dionysus taking out unsavory sailors.
Same I love him, also I have your pfp in my photo library already and it's amazing
That is QUITE the sultry Dionysus you have there!
How far thoust fallen
I really like the Bacchae Dionysus for some reason. He’s chaotic, powerful, and has horns, but also is young. I also like the madness stuff.
Honestly, yeah.
I think I like him for the same reasons I like Hades & Persephone. They’re cool. They’re scary, sure, but they have functional relationships & some-what likable traits about them. That definitely sets them apart from some of they’re other Pantheon members.
Yes! He’s my fav!
Okay but is he feeling devious, looking glamorous, and getting mischievous and polyamorous???
@Kyrlics Yes there are - Welcome to the cult of *pause* Dionysus!
I know this is supposed to be a reference but yes, actually he _is_ all of those things!
Though in some myths he ditches the “polyamory” part after learning it upsets his wife.
@@CJCroen1393 gee, who would have thought that infidelity was upsetting (unless you have a cuckold kink in which case I put this here cause I HAVE seen it before)
@@lemon_boii1074 Polyamory doesn't need to be infidelity if she had agreed to it too
Me, a Critical Role fan: Mollymauk?
I love how someone said they like to think Dionysus was raised by a big group of gods. I can just imagine Hades being like "But he's so cute and funny! Can't we keep him for another century?" and Persephone just sighs like "No, Hades. I know he's adorable, but Hera is literally fighting Cerberus as we speak-"
I think I'm gonna die from cuteness
Yeah, that makes a lot more since than just one deity raising him, especially since hera was on his tail
Hades: but he and Zagreus are getting along so well! Look I even got them matching outfits!
@@brandonporter8509 persephone:dear he's going to be in danger if he stays here
Hermes: Uh, Hera just beat up your dog and is coming for you right now, so, yoink.
The fact Dionysus had a femboy phase is probably my absolute favorite detail in all the greek mythology
Oh, Dionysus had no problem being androgynous. In The Bacchae, Pentheus explicitly mentions the god’s long blond hair that flows down to his shoulders and comments that his figure is “not like that of a wrestler) (this is when Pentheus has taken Dionysus, whom he assumes is just the mortal leader of the Bacchae, prisoner).
Quick note: I'm sure you've heard the phrase "dead drunk." That's the cthonic connection. Blackouts are super scary. And since death=scary, that would be the reason that Dionysus/Zagreus wasn't really so much worshiped as dreaded in early times, so you just didn't talk about it. Or write it down. Still, there's the whole tune in/turn on/drop out thing going on throughout this era, and a bunch of people ignoring social norms and getting together to get drunk and talk about stuff during mystery rites, so I can kind of see "dude, what if Dionysus is actually this, like, really cool guy who gets drunk and parties instead of this super scary god of life, sacrifice and rebirth stuff!" Of course, since the kids are continuing to shake up the status quo, every priest and his brother attempts to quell the cult, but the party doesn't stop, and here we are with Dionysus today.
"Do you like men or woman?"
Athena: "I like war!"
"Ya but what turns you on?"
Athena: "Battle!"
"Right but what does it take to get under your toga?"
Athena: "Victory..."
So... if i pull an Alexander the pretty alright on her and dedicate my victories to Athena, it's romantic in her weird way, or creepy? Or it depends on how i do it?
@@marcospatricio8283 Maybe she's just hinting she's got eyes for Nike...
Am I wrong or does this sound like Ares instead of Athena...?
I mean, wasn't she allocated with "Strategy" and a be Protecting God alongside the "Hunting down" aspect...???
@@Rabijeel Artemis is the hunter, Athena is battle tactics and arts and crafts. She liked a good fight, but from a more cerebral angle, like watching a plan come together rather than getting down on the ground and hacking up the enemy which was Ares' jam.
I wonder what Artemis would think about this line of questioning. Or Hestia...
Our theater teacher gave us 3 words to remember this guy:
The God of Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll
Thats 5
@@nunyabisness7055 it was theater, not math
Your theatre teacher hasn’t even heard of Zeus if he’s the god of sex
@@nunyabisness7055 uhh
So Dionysus is Slaanesh. Got it
Other Olympians: *having a serious discussion about Olympian stuff*
Dionysus: *stumbling in drunk and high as hell, while also recovering from a hangover the night before*
I like how HADES not only jokes about Zagreus and Dionysus being the same person, but also establishes the two as different aspects of the myths. Dionysus is just the god of wine but Zagreus is the one who becomes the god of rebirth
He’s feeling devious he’s looking glamorous
Let's get mischievous, and polyamorous...
Wine, guys, women, and wonderful vice (I know the line is, Wine and woman and wonderful vices, but I say that version because I am Bisexual, hope that's ok)
@@luannenoir4453 hey, the lyric fits and I'm sure Dionysus would be proud
Welcom to the cult of Dionysus
Yes
Nobody is goona talk about how DIONYSUS IS A FAITHFUL HUSBAND?? TO ARIADNE?? AFTER UPSETTING HER?? THAT ALL OF THE OFFSPRING HE HAS MAJORITY CAME FROM HER??
*majority
Also he basically kidnapped her from Theseus didn't he
@@ives6622 Well Theseus basically dumped her and left her behind on an island. I believe that's when Dio meets her; he hears her crying and asks why she's all alone
@@servantprincess3079 Theseus was told to do that, though! By Athena! Because they stayed the night on that island, and it belonged to Dionysus.
@@servantprincess3079 While Theseus and Ariadne was sleeping Dionysus whispered in Theseus's ears and said to leave the island now without Ariadne. So Theseus left when she was still sleeping. When Ariadne woke up Dionysus was all like "oh no your boyfriend left you what a douche wanna marry me instead". Not trying to start an argument here but that's just what I read.
Dionysus is the Greek ‘Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass’ trope which I think is very neat
Things I learned from this video
1. Zagreus in the game Hades is actually based of something and wasnt made up for the game.
2. Dionysus' portrayal in PJO is hilarious. It makes sense hes a grumpy old man given that in the series, the gods appearance represents their mental state, but still.
Hellenized Dionysus: Adorable babbu; must protect. Desire to cuddle.
Orphic Dionysus: Hot damn, take me now. 10/10 would let do horrible things to me
Hellfire Studios - Demonwolf37 first yes second n o
First yes second Y e s
6:19
Hot damn indeed
Yes. Agreeeeeeeeeeed
The entire thing about the wine cult likely being as old as wine itself is interesting, but I love how this could be interpreted as the MINUTE that wine is revealed to get people CRAZY drunk they decided "hey, we could make a religion out of this!"
And thus Dionysus' cult was born
Bill Wurtz reference?
@@memersnas8684 the world is a bill wurtz reference, if you think about it
the first ever use of this phrase
@@eep_eep The universe is a bill wurtz reference, my friend.
When a group of human got intoxicated for the first time, it's probably not hard for them to make something out of a trippy experience?
I find it strangely tempting to re-interpret Dionysus as a lovecraftian being.
"Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom."
Honestly, I would read it- 🙏
i mean the guy's already got cthonic (underworld) connections
isn't cthon a super important place in the lovecraft mythos?
Can’t believe Dionysus was a Lovecraftian deity this whole time
"Orphic Dionysus is the son of Persephone and Zeus"
Throws up in mouth.
same
Heh heh... Zeus f’ed his daughter...
Baby._.Sister._\ Cali *vomits*
I mean... Hades is her uncle.
@@nyxshadowhawk I'm kinda use to the whole incest thing in mythology. It's just that a relationship between a parent and a direct child is still pretty hard to stomach.
"God of Wine" seems more like an honorary title so that Zeus doesn't have to admit Dionysus is essentially the ultimate town drunk who won't leave.
I personally call him the God of the Vine.
Or maybe the request to be called "God of Madness and Evisceration" didn't go over so well.
Wait, does this make Dionysus the murder hobo god...?
Just Some Guy with a Mustache Holy crap it's you again!
Just Some Guy with a Mustache I swear, you always have the best comments
+Alderick van Klaveren: I accept Dionysus as the God of Murder Hobos as the most canon of canon here and on ward.
Somewhat terrified at the thought of a "progression" of the Greek Mythology where Zeus IS overthrown by his children, like a power play team up by Dionysus and Athena, and the new King of the Gods is lord of Madness, Death and just kick ass booze. Like, Greece would have devolved into a drunk orgy.
Poesidon became a great example of "boss when you have to fight them" and "boss when they become playable"
“Woah, Dionysus, the ‘70’s called, they want to know if they can borrow some of your stash.”
I imagine you might want to specify which ‘70’s you’re referring to, Dionysus has probably experienced hundreds of 7th decades at this point.
He probably doesn't remember more than one or two of them, though.
Just 70 AD obviously
Plot twist: every '70's secretly had a whole drug thing going on.
Dude Jim Morrison was Dionysus 🤙
8th decades.
"Turns men into Dolphins"
You know.... after hearing how bad dolphins can be, I'm not surprised the Greeks thought this.
I was looking for this comment!
Dolphins are some pretty, umm, “handsy” (“flippersy”?)characters from what I’ve heard!
plus dolphin brains are terrifyingly close to human ones
I hate dolphins.
It's as I've always said; Cetaceans are probably among the only animals on earth able to both fully comprehend what evil is and willingly choose to act on it anyways.
13:39 Dionysus' thinking: they don't believe I'm a God-?! Time to make some b*tches see sounds and hear colors
We love Dionysus
I love that when she brings up Alexander the Great, she says “Alexander the pretty alright.” I just love her spirit. 😂
Soooo basically, he's actually not so much a god of drunkenness, and more a god of insanity, connected to wine through... well, the effects of being drunk or high. About right?
So he's cocaine
i mean what is being drunk or high but controlled insanity?
@@mendaxMultorum Controlled? Ever heard of addiction?
@@Jake007123 i mean feasibly if you had enough resolve you could stop whenever you wanted, it just takes initiating the quitting process
In fact there is a goddess of Drunkeness and is considered dionysus daughter
Headcanon: Mycenaean Dionysus dies, becomes Orphic Dionysus. Orphic Dionysus dies, becomes Hellenistic Dionysus. Fits with his whole death/rebirth thang.
i like that
Another headcanon: Mycenaean Dionysus dies, reborns as Orphic Dionysus and calms down into Hellenistic Dionysus.
Fits the whole death/rebirth as well as explaining diluted wine
@@Nobody-707 makes sense
@@Nobody-707 More head cannon Mycenaean Dionysus dies becomes Orphic Dionysus he dies and becomes Bacchus Dionysus who calms down to Hellenistic Dionysus for reasons above and a bit more specific
The Hellenistic Dionysus drank too much and forgot he was connected with madness and rebirth
So, uh, fun fact.
In Ancient Greece, phallic wounds were tactfully referred to as “leg wounds” in public. So there is a non-zero chance that Zeus put fetus Dionysus there instead.
third leg wounds... I see. heh.
Okay sure...b/c fertility and life juice.
that makes more sese than a leg tbh
that is horrible, why would you tell me that 😔
Persephone: (Has a son with her dad) This feels wrong for some reason.
Also Persephone: (Has a son with her uncle) Ooh, that's better.
She said better, not good
OH MY GOD! So the joke in hades where Zagreus decides to play a prank on Orpheus and says “Don’t tell anyone but Dionysus and I are actually the same person.” And Orpheus responds with “of course! You sound so similar!” Is based off the fact that Zagreus IS Dionysus
If you go down the rabbit hole, you will find that a zagreus is a hunter who catches living animals (Artemis makes a comment about him being some kind of hunter). And something else to the Ionian word zagre signifies a "pit for the capture of live animals.". So besides those links, we also have Zagreus with Hades, possibly as Hades' son or as Hades himself."So, in the end, we just have different bits of a lot of different versions but with no clear picture of Zagreus ( and this really doesn't help with what Red covers with Dionysus). And somehow, the studio (I think ) makes some kind of reference in one way or another (like how Poseidon called Zag Little Hades)
Also, they have the same voice actor in game! Orpheus too I believe!
@@rangerofthewasteschaoticne6888 Zag and Dio don't share the same VA, however Zag is voiced by Daren Korb who is the voice of skelly, the singing voice of Orpheus, composer and main performer of all of Supergiant's games, and apparently the fastest of the dev staff at the game.
@@awittypseudonym2520 Darren Korb is such a fuckin' badass. (And Ashley Barrett, too, can't forget her.) I've done some critical listening of each of his soundtracks, and it feels like there's ALWAYS something new to find in them.
Also if I’m not mistaken, Zagreus told Orpheus that one time Titans ripped his heart and from it was born Dionysus. I believe after it Orpheus tell that they are similar, but it turns out that the joke itself is a reference to this
"Why did he transition so late?" Oh honey, it happens to the best of us
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This is really wholesome. :3
Macaroni and Cliches He was the god of homosexuality so it does make sense for him.
This made me picture a dude having sex and not being able to cum, then an hour later while he's asleep just blasts off...
@@Sweetumskitty1789 I think he was actually the god of transgender people, correct me if I'm wrong please
Honestly, for as long as I knew about Dionysus, I never thought of him as just "the wine dude". I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I was introduced to Dionysus through Percy Jackson, which went out of its way to provide a more faithful portrayal of the gods, and as a result, included a lot of the lesser known elements of Dionysus' mythology, including the madness and the dolphins. That said, when Dionysus appears in Heroes of Olympus in his Roman form of Bacchus, he's much more the chill, hippie, party dude described here... which makes sense given the timeline of Greece to Rome.
4 years later and still hoping we get that Bacchae video. As a huge Dionysus fan and theatre major, the Bacchae needs more coverage!! No rush tho, it wouldn’t matter if it doesn’t have your passion in it
SCP Foundation:
“Oh man there’s no canon it’s sooo cool and unique!”
Greek Theologians:
“Hold my wine.”
Merc at Arms this is a very underrated comment
Tyrion: Now this is a god of Tits and Wine
A _lot_ of the SCP Foundation was inspired by mythology and Lovecraftian fiction.
(Claping)
Vocaloid: We did that too, btw.
Hermes: The one with the silly hat.
Artemis: Moon.
Apollo: Sun.
Athena: Smart war god.
Ares: Dumb war god.
Demeter:The one with the plants.
Poseidon: Ocean god.
Zeus:King.
Hades:Handles all things cthonk.
Hephaestus: The ugly one.
Aphrodite: Shipper.
Hera:Queen.
"cthonk" lol
The one with the silly hat
I love his hat
I'd say "unfortunately ugly blacksmith" but yeah
Not Hephaestus 🖐️😭😭😭
You know, the way hades looks at baby zagreus is just adorable.
Hades's exploding from baby cuteness face never fails to make my day
"Dumb War God- Smart War God"
*Athena is just Ares but with braincells change my mind*
Funny, considering Athena was born from Zeus’ brain.
@@greywalker505 She got all of Zeus' braincells.
J17 plus her mom’s (who was actually pretty clever)
Athena is meant to represent the strategic aspects of war, while Ares embodies the madness of it. Extrapolating from that, he would probably represent sadism, violence, and the all-consuming terror that possesses someone in a life-or-death situation. Athena stands in stark contrast to those things, being a deity of the arts and overlaps in some ways with Hephaestus as embodying technology and the sciences.
@@andrewwang8021
Funny that you mention terror, as two of Ares’ sons were Phobos (god of panic/fear) and Deimos (god of terror/dread).
Ares: Dumb War God
Athena: Smart War God
That is so true. I feel like in some areas the Ancient Greeks were ahead of their time, hehe.
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Ares was concentrated on military power while Athena was more of a tactician.
Guciom well muscle head and Brains
DisneyFanatic2364 It was funny, but it's something of a misrepresentation. Ares was more the ancient god of fighting and violence than "war" as intended by a civilized society that could field actual armies, which is why he was supplanted by the goddess of strategy born from the head of the god of rulership.
Mameoth my mythology class narrowed it down to Athena was goddess of the defensive war, while ares likes to drive people angry and send barbarians towards city-states just because he can. And loves to. Something about him feeding off of anger or whatever?
It's interesting to think Dionysus, in some form, was son of Persephone, since both of them are deities wich control plants.
It occurs to me that there's another myth about Dionysus that lends even more Orphic connotations. When Ariadne dies, (and the stories vary as to how she does: in one version she's turned to stone by Perseus via Medusa's severed head and then shattered, in the Odyssey [book 11] it's said Artemis kills her, and there's also a story where she hangs herself, which has some spillover with Arachne and invokes some possible preponderance of weaving figure/goddess = suicide by hanging symbolism in Greek and related mythologies) Dionysus heads down into the Underworld, retrieves both her and Semele and makes them both Goddesses. I think there's even one version where Hades bids Dionysus to give something he truly loves if he really wants them back, and he obliges with a grapevine.
Hermes, raising Dionysus: I'm about to start this kid's whole career.
Yep, let the Trickster God raise the Party God...
@@michaelmarkcavita7979 a VERY SMART IDEA
Imagine Apollo witnessing that.
@@silentspirit8923 I can *absolutely* see the three of them being best friends
Hermes: alright, lets go steal a sacred animal
Is it just me or are the older versions of Dionysus with horns, madness power and underworld connection a lot cooler than drunk, party-animal Dionysus
I mean he still has the madness connection it's just not as important
.... Ye
I work with dionysus, he is definately really interesting because he really does switch between the two way too often
Like one moment he will be alll hyper and giddy then next thing I know he is like getting into some really dark shit and talking about insanity and whatnot and I just sit there like "👁👄👁 you amaze me in the greatest of ways sir"
I purpose the reason dionysus gets drunk, is to hold back the madness
@@keithhagen7571 the madness comes from being drunj
Speaking about that Frigg line yes Odin has had many affairs with other women but she seems to treat their marriage as open since Frigg herself is said to have affairs when her husband is away. She never goes after her stepchildren including Thor who is her husband's most famous child, but then again Thor was from a former marriage but the others were from affairs he had after they married. Seriously, I could see Frigg react to Hera's outrage on her husband's bastards as being overboard saying everybody has their needs as long as it's consensual. She even talks about times she's banged including her own brother in laws. Although I do think she would raise an eyebrow about Hera punishing those raped by Zeus, because in contrast the Norse pantheon punished Odin when he resorted to rape to conceive a child that would avenge Baldur. You know as much as Frigg and Hera are supposed to be counterparts they really could be so opposite. The only time she's vengeful is if you messed with her child like Loki did but she also showed a cruel streak by taking it out on his youngest sons, Vali and Narvi.
From what I recall in learning about Old Norse culture (both because I like the period historically and because I'm a Norse pagan) sexual monogamy wasn't really a moral thing for them or seen as this great sin or anything. Like, you wouldn't do it where you'd cause social strife but it wasn't a huge deal either.
The whole, ‘a society ostracizes a specific religion due to them appealing to other ostracized peoples before fully embracing said religion and causing it to spread like wild fire’ concept draws a weird connection between Christianity in Rome and Dionysus’s Cult in Greece that I didn’t realize until now
There's a game called Hades where you play as the God Zagreus, and a hilarious nod to the Zag/Diyonsus lack of continuity where you can actually trick the court musician Orpheus into thinking the two gods were one and the same. Lol
Where can you get it? Tell. Me. Now.
@@noattendance9801 Steam. Its about $25 AUS if I recall correctly.
@@noattendance9801 and switch
No Attendance it’s on steam epic and switch
It goes even farther than that, Orpheus ends up creating a song about how Zagreb’s fought the Titans and got ripped apart and from his blood Dionysus was born ~ I think that whole affair is the devs’ way of making the whole confusion about Zagreus and Dio cannon in the game’s universe with the origin being those two playing a prank on Orpheus and he took it seriously.
9:35
"Hey in order to become an actual cult you need a God to worship"
"Screw you we'll use this guy"
"Who is that?"
"Lol idk some death God or smth"
Seems legit
They just got so drunk they picked up a madness god along the way and didn't realize it till later
@@cybernurgle6413 Wine Cult: Who are you?
Mad God: Ah, don’t mind me. I was just passing through and saw you guys partying last night. Thought I’d join. Now… *snaps fingers and makes more wine appear* how about more wine?
Wine Cult: You must be our god! WOOHOO!
7:05 This really explains the song Hymn to Zagerus that we hear Orpheus sing in the Hades game. The line "Born to Zeus has a serpent" would refer to the fact that Zeus once slept with Persephone as a serpent (resulting in the birth of Orphic Dionysus). Zagerus (the protagonist) is the son of Hades and Persephone.
Either way, Hera doesn't approve wich ties in with the lines "In spite of Queen Hera, Zagreus came"
"Torn to shreds by the Titans, devoured in pieces, from his heart aflame the seed of Dionysus grew, the God of wine and feast anew" would also tie in nicely with Hera's revenge plot and the heart thing.
Istg explaining greek mythology sometimes feels like a breakdown of the differences in characters across peoples fanfics of them.
"In this one hes more emo whereas here hes got no mullet. This one however sucks because it doesn't even feel like the same character, the writer did an awful job encapsulating his essence"
So. Freaking. True.
Does anyone else want Red to make one of these for Hades? He seems pretty interesting, given the whole, "not originally part of the pantheon" thing." And also how he ended up married to Persephone and part of the original children of Kronos and Rhea.
Yeah. I feel like there are plenty of interesting gods to touch upon, such as Hecate for instance. The way she started and the way she ended were vastly different.
@@multiplemysteries5242 That's really interesting! Could you elaborate?
Multiple Mysteries Please tell more!
@@multiplemysteries5242 tells meeeee3
Hey, the Supergiant game "Hades" just came out this week, staring Zagreus as well! Maybe she could do a whole Cthonic breakdown?
Zeus: has affair with woman
literally every other god: "oh lord, not again"
"Oh us, not again"
Basically Every Olympian sewing Hera plan her next attack: Ah s***, here we go again.
...not just women.
@@StergiosMekras not just the women, but the men and the children too!
@@derangedyarn6544 They'd probably say something like "oh Chaos" or "oh Gaia."
I love how they drew hades as excited about his kid.
funny thing i like: in hades there’s a little subplot with orpheus where zagreus keeps telling him more and more outrageous stories to sing about. first one is a prank thought up by Dionysus where zag tells orpheus that he and dionysus are actually related - maybe even the same god entirely! i thought that was funny as hell considering the possible connection between the two irl
I really like the young, volatile god of madness aesthetic he had around the middle of his transformation
If tumblr was there, theyre gonna gurn him into a tumblr sexyman honestly
I really do too haaaaaa
SAMEEEE CAN WE PLEASE BRING THAT BACK
@@Fisinocean yes.
Same! Best features of both
Dionysus born from Zeus leg
Athena: Welcome to the club baby bro
"leg"
I imagined she’s his designated driver when he goes out partying
@@sarahstevens4931 cause she doesnt get drunk as a god of wisdom
Hm? I was always taught Athena was born from Zeus' head, being a literal "brain-child."
i HiD hIm In mY lEg- Zeus, king of the gods
Another interesting thing about Orphism is that orphism included a belief in reincarnation: if you did certain things and performed certain rights, you could reincarnate into a chosen form and return to the land of the living instead of going to a bleak underworld or being made to reincarnate into a form that was undesired. Dionysus has the epitaph "twice born": he died and came back to life after being ritually shreaded by the titans.
This makes the Dyonisis and Zagrus tricking Orpheus into thinking that they are both the same person in the Hades video game so much more hilarious 😂
Holy fricking shiet. So Dionysus used to be a full blown lovecraftian god of madness, death, rebirth and intoxication to ascend to a higher state of existence. And eventually became the cute drunkard boy who would occassionally cause mass chaos and insanity. I didn't expect this, wow.
New favourite God spotted.
God of Insanity...I though he was innocent I wasn't expecting him to have so many FORMS!
He goes from super death madness nature dad to Sheogorath to a boy who likes grape juice.
that pre-Dionysus video sounds amazing...
The pre-Hellenic view of the underwood was quite different. It was a meadow here the souls of the dead could be care-free or something like that. The asphodel meadow and the Elysian Fields were probably outcrops of this earlier optimistic view of death.
Wine libations were also common. In the Odyssey, Odysseus prepares the ritual of talking to the dead by making a libation of wine before filling a hole in the ground with a ram's blood. Libation cups are very common finds from Minoan, and also Mycenaean sites and there are also depictions on frescoes from that period (and even in some Egyptian wall paintings was well).
Learning that Zagreus isn't an OC and the people behind the game Hades did their homework. The whole death and rebirth associated with Zagreus/Orphic Dionysus works so well in a roguelike
Plus that whole bit in the game where Dionysus and Zagreus play a prank on Orpheus to make him think they split from the same being really ties it all together in a really fun way
@@CrownofMischief which is funny that ‘Orphic’ Dionysus/Zagreus was a prank played on Orpheus
I literally came here today for this after finding that part in Hades. Blew my mind. Supergiant DOES their homework well, and is a GREAT developer.
@@scdolence DUDE supergiant is amazing. apparently for hades they had forced vacations to combat crunch culture
Meanwhile this episode explains AT LENGTH the context of the joke. Several layers deep, that humor
You know, despite you talking about the Greek Gods and their heinous acts, you drawing them like that is surprisingly wholesome. Like I can't stop smiling.
Why do I love the idea of a god being older than its widely known mythology
It makes me sad (because we might never know the extremely true and original version/origin) but it’s also so fascinating
Persephone’s reactions are priceless, also hades geeking out over being a new dad is adorable
Fun fact hades actually had a few daughters
@@mohammedyousef4005 yes! Meganoë and Macaria are really the only confirmed ones though.
@@breadonatuesday9520 melinoe* also the furies are his daughters in certain versions
@@mohammedyousef4005 your correction is slightly incorrect depending on where you read it. In some sources it’s Meganöe and in others Melinoe. However your add on about the furies is accurate.
Just thought I would mention it form one Greek mythology need to (presumably) another!
@@breadonatuesday9520 thanks man
Can we just take a moment to admire how beautiful and aesthetically pleasing Orphic Dionysus's design is?
Gamzee Makara. (audible dot)
@@luctlapt6590 A Homestuck reference! I havent seen one these in ages!
PizzaFace12456 Yes. He is.
I was getting some Dio Brando/ Danny Avidan vibes.
Yes.
I recently became a devotee of Dionysus, and this videos definitely taught me a few things.
Hey me too!
I know it's very after the fact at this point, but coming into this video after playing Hades and learning about the evolution of Dionysus, I LOVE how Supergiant was able to tie Zagreus and Dionysus together by playing on their confusing origin stories but ALSO by playing on the parallels of wine and blood. And the "Dionysus as a god of death and rebirth" coinciding with Zagreus' being reborn from a pool of blood every time he respawns just evokes the same image of Dionysus waking up in a pool of wine. It's just wonderfully evocative, and everything you go into here with Zagreus as a potential origin point of Dionysus just plays perfectly with the game's portrayal of the divide between the chthonic and Olympian gods.
I'm just a huge fan of what you're doing. ^_^