What Even are Titans? - Greek Gods Explained

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  • Опубліковано 13 сер 2022
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  • @parkercornwall3230
    @parkercornwall3230 Рік тому +1241

    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)

    • @tyrawr4394
      @tyrawr4394 Рік тому +56

      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.

    • @tyrawr4394
      @tyrawr4394 Рік тому +10

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

    • @claimingagate
      @claimingagate Рік тому +8

      Chthonic gods, Olympian gods, Titanic gods?

    • @timelesswisdom.
      @timelesswisdom. Рік тому +3

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

    • @brianarnold8666
      @brianarnold8666 Рік тому +10

      @@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

  • @Shottos
    @Shottos Рік тому +858

    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
      @kuau_Queen-kiki-4652 Рік тому +13

      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
      @somedudewatchingyoutube9163 Рік тому +13

      Schools should show his videos
      Change my mind

    • @Ideacentral2
      @Ideacentral2 Рік тому +2

      Where’s kratos

    • @Jade_4ded
      @Jade_4ded Рік тому +10

      @@somedudewatchingyoutube9163 they should also show bill wurtz the history of the world I guess clean version, I bet some do but I need more of them to

    • @Diangelooz
      @Diangelooz Рік тому +5

      @@Jade_4ded yes

  • @Megamanlanprime
    @Megamanlanprime Рік тому +248

    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
      @tomaszducki9155 Рік тому +12

      Thats.. pretty much how it is

    • @roaringthunder115
      @roaringthunder115 Рік тому +5

      Yeah same

    • @bintimes
      @bintimes Рік тому +14

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

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 Рік тому +11

      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
      @SpongeWatches Рік тому

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

  • @chewiecheshire7973
    @chewiecheshire7973 Рік тому +477

    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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +30

      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
      @chewiecheshire7973 Рік тому +29

      @@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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +7

      @@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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +3

      @@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
      @raptormage2209 Рік тому +3

      @@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
    @xenotypos Рік тому +77

    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.

  • @aaronmetzler7409
    @aaronmetzler7409 Рік тому +131

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

  • @menameta1316
    @menameta1316 Рік тому +786

    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
      @Donke267 Рік тому +156

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

    • @JakeDoubleyoo
      @JakeDoubleyoo  Рік тому +354

      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
      @doublex929 Рік тому

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

    • @yorukage5926
      @yorukage5926 Рік тому +105

      Plus he literally ate a rock and didn't notice

    • @ninofrancic5188
      @ninofrancic5188 Рік тому +13

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

  • @dejinnthedjinn5311
    @dejinnthedjinn5311 Рік тому +55

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

    • @angelofthedeath2433
      @angelofthedeath2433 Рік тому +1

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

  • @arrowmoons
    @arrowmoons Рік тому +162

    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
      @anthrogirl7456 Рік тому +1

      @Nina, that made me tear. T_T

    • @Shottos
      @Shottos Рік тому +5

      That is how it is pronounced in Greek too.

    • @davidrichards8793
      @davidrichards8793 Рік тому +1

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

    • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
      @Jeremiah_Rivers76 Рік тому +5

      @@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
      @idioticlight Рік тому

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

  • @venabre
    @venabre Рік тому +33

    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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +1

      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
      @venabre Рік тому +1

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

    • @sonofcronos7831
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +1

      @@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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому

      @@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
      @sonofcronos7831 Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @simonmann4922
    @simonmann4922 Рік тому +9

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

  • @whocaresaboutmynamebruh491
    @whocaresaboutmynamebruh491 Рік тому +20

    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
    @Thelaretus Рік тому +16

    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.

  • @JChim
    @JChim Рік тому +66

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

    • @JakeDoubleyoo
      @JakeDoubleyoo  Рік тому +42

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

    • @JChim
      @JChim Рік тому +10

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

    • @RavnicaRaven
      @RavnicaRaven Рік тому

      @@JChim Ayo same

  • @thebaldcat6708
    @thebaldcat6708 Рік тому +15

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

  • @nolansheridan196
    @nolansheridan196 Рік тому +17

    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.

  • @pyolandovina1157
    @pyolandovina1157 Рік тому +8

    I want more short stories like these.

  • @3znomph
    @3znomph Рік тому +1

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

  • @i_Croc
    @i_Croc Рік тому +7

    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

  • @PedroFerrr
    @PedroFerrr 6 місяців тому

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

  • @Noah-es9cj
    @Noah-es9cj Рік тому +38

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

    • @mr.picklethanos7340
      @mr.picklethanos7340 Рік тому +4

      And also Japanese.

    • @yippykiay13
      @yippykiay13 Рік тому +5

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

    • @mr.picklethanos7340
      @mr.picklethanos7340 Рік тому +1

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

    • @Noah-es9cj
      @Noah-es9cj Рік тому +1

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

    • @orkoskang7967
      @orkoskang7967 Рік тому

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

  • @firebrand723
    @firebrand723 Рік тому +4

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

  • @rangertalksdogsgames7996
    @rangertalksdogsgames7996 Рік тому +3

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

  • @nothing00164
    @nothing00164 Рік тому +5

    Historia part got me smiling

  • @ecurewitz
    @ecurewitz Рік тому +1

    Thanks for explaining that

  • @U_Caleb_U
    @U_Caleb_U Рік тому +3

    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 ❤️❤️)

  • @anitadarling5573
    @anitadarling5573 Рік тому

    YESSS Sustenance from my favorite UA-camr.

  • @ArtoriasAndSiffo
    @ArtoriasAndSiffo Рік тому +2

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

    • @ArtoriasAndSiffo
      @ArtoriasAndSiffo Рік тому

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

  • @weldawoolda9832
    @weldawoolda9832 Рік тому +1

    Yeah Boi, new video!

  • @R-Tex.
    @R-Tex. Рік тому +4

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

  • @The_Gibinator
    @The_Gibinator Рік тому +2

    Yay new mythology video
    + Early

  • @ceejuschrist
    @ceejuschrist Рік тому +7

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

    • @Shadow1Yaz
      @Shadow1Yaz Рік тому

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

  • @kinggeocat
    @kinggeocat Рік тому +11

    Can you do Japanese mythology next?

  • @jdrvargo287
    @jdrvargo287 Рік тому +17

    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.

  • @yourix2
    @yourix2 Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @msinvincible2000
    @msinvincible2000 Рік тому

    LOL, loved the ending! Excellent!

  • @lunariousmoon
    @lunariousmoon Рік тому +3

    The AOT references were perfect

  • @tanelihokkanen4843
    @tanelihokkanen4843 Рік тому

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

  • @campknowledge
    @campknowledge Рік тому +2

    Make a video on Aztec mythology

  • @racc-star0078
    @racc-star0078 Рік тому

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

  • @bobs2809
    @bobs2809 9 місяців тому +2

    The titans seem to represent a more primordial state of creation. A time when the universe was not yet evolved enough for humans. The 12 gods of olympus represent creations more human aspects which didn't evolve until later.

  • @muak_kuak
    @muak_kuak Рік тому +4

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

  • @BabyRoo-ig7fq
    @BabyRoo-ig7fq Рік тому +3

    Ooh special thanks for the references to AOT 😂😂😂

  • @pandejo2466
    @pandejo2466 Рік тому +3

    The AOT references 😭

  • @kabookialt
    @kabookialt Рік тому

    babe wake up new jake doubleyoo video

  • @allonzehe9135
    @allonzehe9135 Рік тому +7

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

  • @Deathdestroy367
    @Deathdestroy367 Рік тому +1

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

  • @Theobraham
    @Theobraham Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @barbarawiseman4183
    @barbarawiseman4183 Рік тому +1

    Dang,I love this stuff

  • @elgato7683
    @elgato7683 Рік тому +1

    I like your new hair cut

  • @acompletelynormalhuman6392
    @acompletelynormalhuman6392 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @MattLantian
    @MattLantian Рік тому +2

    I've always sort of thought of it as simply the different generations of gods, similar to Hesiod's generations of men. The first gen were the primordials, mostly gods representing ideas, concepts, or the natural world. Then the Titan generation, which started with Ouranos' fall. Then of course, the Olympian era, which started with Cronut's fall.

  • @MidoriNatsume
    @MidoriNatsume Рік тому +2

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

  • @jennaPlayz24
    @jennaPlayz24 Рік тому

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

  • @sheharyarrauf3598
    @sheharyarrauf3598 Рік тому +2

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

  • @Rin-st8jk
    @Rin-st8jk Рік тому

    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

  • @kannan07
    @kannan07 Рік тому +36

    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
      @whathell6t Рік тому

      @Kannan07
      Except for Thanatos and Hypnos, those Titans are serving Hades. This: ua-cam.com/video/gttTvb1pODg/v-deo.html
      That Olympian even gave fear to Zeke Yeager. This: ua-cam.com/video/vvMMxsjraR0/v-deo.html
      Seriously, listen to the seiyu dialogue.

    • @kannan07
      @kannan07 Рік тому

      @@whathell6t bro what

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t Рік тому

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

  • @dahiatw
    @dahiatw Рік тому

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

  • @zerdaloo
    @zerdaloo Рік тому +1

    So true, king

  • @antantgaming7720
    @antantgaming7720 Рік тому +1

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

  • @5wm562
    @5wm562 Рік тому

    Pleeease tell me what the name of that end theme is?

  • @emo_ji8326
    @emo_ji8326 Рік тому +2

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

  • @joeburger5323
    @joeburger5323 Рік тому +1

    Can you do a video on ragnorok

  • @brandengonzalez4633
    @brandengonzalez4633 Рік тому +4

    Can you please do Aztec mythology

  • @grayve2122
    @grayve2122 Рік тому

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

  • @Noya.Magico
    @Noya.Magico Рік тому +1

    I just love the aot reference 😍

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Рік тому +1

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

  • @JustMossberg
    @JustMossberg Рік тому

    can you do the story of heracles?

  • @joaomigueltorresbueno4457
    @joaomigueltorresbueno4457 Рік тому

    hey can you make a 12 labors off heracles video youve even have alredy draw heracles in the i try to explain greek mithology video

  • @RobertPlybon
    @RobertPlybon Рік тому +1

    mack norse myths tierlist

  • @TheMaskOfFairies
    @TheMaskOfFairies Рік тому +2

    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!*

  • @death7863
    @death7863 Рік тому +2

    Nice

  • @andrellmarrow4642
    @andrellmarrow4642 Рік тому +1

    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
      @JakeDoubleyoo  Рік тому +3

      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
      @andrellmarrow4642 Рік тому

      @@JakeDoubleyoo That makes sense. Thanks!

  • @minem9952
    @minem9952 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @projekttaku1
    @projekttaku1 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @Phytobiogenes
    @Phytobiogenes Рік тому +1

    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

  • @vic_710
    @vic_710 Рік тому

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

  • @lol101lol101lol10199
    @lol101lol101lol10199 Рік тому

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

  • @cbellostudios6386
    @cbellostudios6386 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @taylorgreysoon737
    @taylorgreysoon737 Рік тому

    I liked the old format of these videos

  • @jakerexie
    @jakerexie 3 місяці тому

    What about metamorphoses by Ovid story 1

  • @Xeno_Abyss
    @Xeno_Abyss Рік тому +1

    What about the primordials

  • @VGurrasKpist
    @VGurrasKpist Рік тому

    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.

  • @obnoxiosefe2180
    @obnoxiosefe2180 Рік тому +1

    My favorite depiction of titans is from the game coromon

  • @original9509
    @original9509 Рік тому +2

    woah coool

  • @FaeMagic
    @FaeMagic Рік тому +2

    Precious baby boy. 🥺

  • @20_dionysus_10
    @20_dionysus_10 Рік тому

    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.

  • @australiancommonwealthgami8065

    Yes!

  • @daveydavey5961
    @daveydavey5961 Рік тому +8

    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
      @JakeDoubleyoo  Рік тому +17

      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
      @EarleneKing-xq2wh Рік тому

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

    • @OptimusPhillip
      @OptimusPhillip 11 місяців тому

      @@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.

  • @axolotlyt9057
    @axolotlyt9057 Рік тому

    The Jamie who is king menos from ultrakill
    (It has Greeck mythology )

  • @aidenlamonda4931
    @aidenlamonda4931 Рік тому

    The amount of AOT references ITS OVER 9000!

  • @kieRAGEousKieran
    @kieRAGEousKieran Рік тому +4

    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
      @OKSketches Рік тому

      “Religious fanfic”

    • @alanetchetto8908
      @alanetchetto8908 Рік тому +5

      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
      @eaterbattery Рік тому +1

      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

  • @golden_polonia
    @golden_polonia Рік тому

    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

  • @MyNegroAcademia
    @MyNegroAcademia Рік тому

    I was always confused as to how the Titans gave birth to the Gods as a species but the Titans being Gods with something… extra clears that up. It’s weird that it’s never really explained what that extra thing is considering how much the ancient Greeks loved exposition but still cool

  • @TheCoolerReaper
    @TheCoolerReaper Рік тому

    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

  • @teodorsoltan7528
    @teodorsoltan7528 Рік тому

    I think that in House of Hades from Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus Hecate is also said to be a titan, just like you said.

  • @limediamond4595
    @limediamond4595 Рік тому

    I always thought it was a generational term, since it’s mostly Cronus’ generation being referred to as titans

  • @Gamespud94
    @Gamespud94 Рік тому

    Probably just a coincidence or something but with a lot of European Pagan religions (and even beyond) having a lot of similarities like Zeus and Thor being sky gods etc. Is there any possible connection between the Titans and the Jotnar of Norse mythology? Even beyond the likely coincidental similarity of being associated with giant stature, they still do have some connections like both being essentially primordial "gods before the gods" and of course the usual but not always hostility between them and the main gods. So is it possible they are both derived from some earlier concept like several other facets of these mythologies?

  • @lassesgamekanaal
    @lassesgamekanaal Рік тому

    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?

  • @jorgeacamacho1764
    @jorgeacamacho1764 Рік тому +3

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