EVERY Major War God from Mythology Explained
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Here are short introductions to each of the most important deities of War, covering well known figures like the Greek god Ares or the Chinese warrior, deified after death, Guan Yu.
With lesser known Gods of War like the Mayan deity, Buluc Chabtan or the many-headed god of war from Polabian Slavic mythology, Svetovid.
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no intro, just straight to the point. love it.
Bro imagine being so good at war that after your death you get worshipped as a god
Yeah. Alexander be like, man i am son of zeus.
@@shivkumar0810Chinggis Khan has been deified in a similar way
Odin also insighted frenzy on the battlefield. Oðinn comes from Oðr which means "mad" as in crazy. Oðinn in turns means "the mad one" and thats why Berserkers where connected to Odin. I also wouldn't call Odin a protector of warriors as he wanted the strongest to die so he could have them in Valhol. But all that being said great video I enjoyed watching it.
It makes since that he went mad in his quest for knowledge in "GoW: Ragnarok" even though you are explaining a different variant of madness.
I don't speak for the All-Father but I don't think it's fair to say He doesn't protect warriors. After all, if all the warriors die as soon as they hit the battlefield then they'll never gain experience. Why make an army of all the guys that only ever lost fights?
Yeah, cool AF
That's why I identify and associate more with Týr as a God of War. Much more level headed, and wouldn't let his emotions trip him up. At anytime he knows exactly what he needs to do, and is prepared to do it too. As seen with his missing hand. Also born on Týrsday(Tuesday) and an Aries.
@@ethancole1584 God of war series is the last thing you should look into if you want to know about real mythology xD
To Huitzilopochtli we dedicated our flowers and blood.
Most based name 🗿
🙏🏽❤️
Murugan didn't age all that well he's either 12 or 16. I think he vanquished the demon at 12 and turned 16 when he married. He is depicted as a child or a teenager for the most part. It's kinda cool, think about it a child, God of war. He's very powerful, but still, he's a kid. (He's kinda like Meliodas from seven deadly sins)
Ok, i mean you have to decide what tge actuall story is, since the sivan and murugan were more popular from your side.
Except he's not a pedophile
I wonder how Kratos would connect these other gods of war? Some of them he can relate to and others most likely try to kill each other.
Philipines got 3 gods of war
Two of them he might get along but the other one however will likely go to a chaotic rampage
he was god of strength in the actual mythos
He's most likely will have a heart to heart with Hachiman. Hachiman isa God of War, but he's known as the protector of warriors. Keeping them safe.
I have a feeling it was Hachiman who made Tyr so spiritually enlightened.
Kratos is not real😂
My question is with guan yu. Since the dude was actually real. Would that mean we get to see someone transcend from mortality like Kratos did from his new perspective or will he interact with someone who had a similar birth but a completely different way of doing it. Kratos one main army who destroyed everything in his way. Guan yu leader of man and an extremely calculated mindset
Hell they’re both spear mains and even that is fundamentally different. Kratos a javelin. Easy, adaptable, quick and brutal. Guan yu a crescent spear. Finely crafted, powerful, sweeping and hard to use.
Just like him and tyr (diplomatic adventurer who used spear and shield) their interactions would be fascinating to watch
Set in egyptian mythology is also considered to some extent a god of war, particularly during Ramses II time where he would have been worshipped for his strengh in battle. Although, he is more associated with the desert.
Add some African gods, like Ogun, shango, or the Caribbean please
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The only African representation are the Egyptian gods lmao
no thanks they have no history
@BARBARYAN. wrong and racist for absolutely no reason. Every group of people have history
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Cry
it's interesting seeing Ares/Mars being seen by the Romans as a protector and fatherlike figure (likely due to their conquering efforts and warring spirit) especially since there is a story where Ares' daughter is assaulted by the son of Poseidon, and Ares in turn kills him before being put on trial where he is absolved of wrongdoing. One of the few times where assault against women in ancient Greece is treated as a bad thing and not their fault, so it's good to see Ares spearheading that representation from way back then
Percy down bad 💀
Ares was always an underdog in some capacities, he WAS the one that kept the olympians from interfering with mortals after all
@@terriblecompany1588 well now I'm very curious. Where'd you hear that from? I'd love to know more
@@eg_manifest510 I can’t find any sources so it could be wrong, but there was a myth that the Greeks made for an explanation as to why the gods no longer interacted with the mortals anymore, it involved ares warring against the olympians and eventually winning. Once winning the war, ares made it so the Olympians were no longer allowed to interfere with mortals anymore
@@terriblecompany1588 finding sources is hard. Especially when Googling it only brings up the God of War wiki, which is the last place I'll look for mythological accuracy lol
Man Kartikeya sure is under rated...
He's might be under rated in the world and he's over rated in tamil Nadu and andhra
@@Ongraus doubtful with the no Vishnu, Shiva and Shakti temples in TN and other southern states.
@@uselesshero.official
I guess you have too little knowledge about south
I'm from kerala, the richest temple of India is in kerala that's lord vishnu temple.
Most of India temples are is in tamil Nadu.
There's tripuathi in andhra ,
Karnataka has many other temples of shiva, vishnu, shakthi
@@Ongraus you understood me wrong... so let me rephrase it...I doubted Kartikeya's popularity considering the huge no of Vishnu Shiva and Shakti temples.
@@uselesshero.official ohk..
These videos are very good and informative and are extremely entertaining good job👍
Thanks so much, glad you like them!
This is so cool, love these videos! I never knew Guan Yu was actually a real person, that blew my mind. Don’t some adaptations of Ishtar have her with like lions for feet or something crazy like that lol
Shes shown with lions sitting on either side of her, a motif that repeats in other pagan and even christian depictions, a woman flanked by two lions. Ishtar also is sometimes depicted with bird like talon feet
Odin literally means "The Frenzied One",when it comes to warfare all his intellect and wit goes out the window while he goes nuts
Sure but that's why you plan ahead before the battle when to go crazed were-bear. Odin kills smarter, not harder
There is another Greek Goddess associated with war - one you only barely mention and that will surprise a lot of people - Aphrodite. She has a warrior aspect, and it is thought that this reflects her originally being a Hellenisation of middle eastern goddesses such as Inanna/Ishtar.
Only for the Spartans
I mean Athena is basically what Ares is meant to be. In fact Ares is often looked at as a joke amongst the rest of his Pantheon, as Athena mainly does what he does but better
@@TheBombasticFatRatA very large proportion of our understanding of Greek mythology reached us via Athens. So of course Athena is made to look good!
there is also eris/discordia who is both a chaos goddess and the goddess of the strife of war. in fact,she's the one that started the trojan war,when she dropped a golden apple in the middle of a wedding so the goddesses would fight over who it was for and when zeus had enough of that shit,he gave it to a human woman. that human woman was helen of troy and the trojan war began all because eris wasn't invited to the wedding for being too chaotic and doing shit like starting wars because she wasn't invited to a wedding for being too chaotic.XD
Small detail at 2:16 the temple of kukulkan that is shown is Mayan, not Mexica
Thanks for the correction and watching!
2:52
And he is an excellent character in Dynasty Warriors.
Hey could you make a video on all Gods of Thunder in every mythology please?
Great video, you have a new subscriber ^^. I just have something to add about chinese mythology about the goddess Jiutian Xuannu from Taoism if I remember well who represents the strategic aspect of war with her wisdom where she advises heroes like the Yellow Emperor. She is kinda like Athena but she also represents the sex aspect kinda like Ishtar.
Thanks for subscribing and the addition!
How about a video of Every Major God-king explained?
@7:52 lmao Nandor caught me off guard 😅
Sneaky sneaky :D
Very interesting to know that only Kartikeya is still actively worshipped by millions of followers and he still has many temples & huge statues with very old traditions.
This video is very well made. Good work bro 👍
Thank you 🙌
Nice to see a video where the creator comes straight to the point with no BS before and after. Your visuals and little animations are great. Really good video👍
Question: Wasn’t Anhur depicted as a Lion God like Sekhmet?
The image of Anhur we used as a bearded man with plumes on his head is based on the more common depiction as seen in the Tomb of Ramses III. I know a lot of sources say he was sometimes depicted with a lion head but couldn't find any primary depictions of him like that when researching. It's definitely a much cooler look! Thanks for watching :D
7:53 he put Nandor the Relentless there LOL
Haha, well spotted!
Slight correction to how u worded it but that story about the Kami making a divine wind to defeat the mongols isn’t just a myth; it is the mythical explanation for a real storm that saved Japan from invasion… n I’m pretty sure it happened twice in a row
Ogoun, loa who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics, and war
7:52 nice reference
Now I see where nurgle comes from
The Japanese also have Bishamonten
Great addition!
Guan Ping and Guan Xing weren't Guan Yu's parents, instead they're his sons.
Would love to see some sub-saharan African mythology!!
Ares: Me crush female with mighty fist ,female weak.
Athena: Me crush male with stone, male stupid.
Durga, kali, bhairav, hanuman in Hinduism also kind of war god
You forgot Ogun, the Yoruba god of War and metallurgy. He was a prominent god in West Africa.
Both Xipe Totec & Huitzilopochtli give me more Ares vibes, less Tyr. Their gonna but heads w/ Kratos.
Sekhmet may be an ally, with her being associated w/ retribution, her & Kratos might get along well in trying to take down Montu & Anhur
& Hachiman looks like he could be a much needed, wise father figure for Kratos.
Great video, thanks for the info!
Except both gods protect the world's order. Huitzilopochtli needed blood to fight off the countless demons haunting humans during the night, and Xipe-Totec flayed himself to feed humans, as he was the god of corn as well. HIs flaying is symbolic of the process of harvesting corn.
@@pottertheavenger1363 I don’t think Kratos cares about protecting the worlds order.
And what about "Bahram" from ancient Persia?
Ares also protector god of grape victims.
Tumatauenga (Maori/Polynesian/New Zealand indigenous people)
Athena's Roll! LOL!
I do not want to be you when you reach the afterlife. She is going to have some choice words for You! 😆
Freyja is also a Goddess of War among other things
Can you do a video about giant serpents in mythology?
Please also show Gods from Christian mythology. Haven't known anyone from that mythology
You miss Freya godess of love and war
What about Buluc Chabtan The Mayan war god in Mayan mythology
"Relentless" I see what you did there 7:52
Gotta keep people on their toes! Sneaky sneaky
Awesome video
Thank you for watching!
God of War fans when they don't see Kratos here: 🤯🤯🤯
When you make another video about gods, please say something about Maori and Inuit gods. By the way very good video.
Kızagan-han is the god of war in Turkish mythology. You can add it and also explain Turkish mythology.
Please, make one for Moon Gods
Thanks for watching and the suggestion! 💜
Air gods please 🙏
Can you blame Ares though? I’d simp for Aphrodite too…
I enjoy putting my worldbuilding shenanigans on yt comments
Xena (yes, like the warrior princess)
Other Names: Bellatora (warrior)
Parents: Tonatiuh, Anatha
Dominion: *Offensive* war
Xena is the divinity of offensive war, and has the same propertied as the other medeinian gods, when the Medeinians began conquest, they would pray for her favour, which she most of the time gave
She is the opposite force to Anicetus (medeinian god of defensive war)
Anicetus
Other names: Magnu Protectore
Parents: Tonatiuh, Anatha
Dominion: *Defensive* war
Anicetus is the divinity of defensive war and has the same properties as the other divinities, when the Medeinians were attacked, they would pray to Anicetus for protection, allowing them to defend their domain from invaders
Really curious but was Jehovah ever seen as a god of war, I think they’re the god of everything but I thought I heard how people praying to them as if they were primarily god of war.
Yep, in times before the exile of the Hebrews in Babylon, God was pretty much called "Lord of the armies".
Consideing early Hebrew were pastoralistic nomads who had to fight their way into sedentary agriculture by conquering lands, I don't think it's far stretched to say they saw him that way.
Yes. Yahweh/Jehovah/Yehowah was originally a war deity as well as the god of storms and metallurgy. It’s why the pentateuch/torah is largely about using the power of this god to take over their neighboring lands.
Hmm there are a lot of other major war gods in chinese mythology and are very well known in China and most Chinese in Asia, such as 蚩尤，哪吒三太子，托塔天王，二郎神，etc, although the usually hold power in the military or battle prowess. Of course i can't argue that the video is wrong as before battle, many people like soldiers and generals usually pray towards Guan Yu first.
I don't even think Guan Yu is a god of "war", I see him more as a guardian and god of warriors.
Everyone else: Mystical figures of godly origin
China: Some dude
Great Video its true many dietys have many titles
Tumatauenga the maori god of war is another you might want to add
Lets be honest we only started learned about gods of war from different land because our boy kratos stand on business💪💪💪
You missed Warrior Goddess - Durga, Mother of Kartikeya in Hinduism.
But she isn't goddess of war
@nitinpandey3616 ofcourse she is!
Well Guan Yu’s military record wasn’t that perfect for sure. His most notable victories were killing Yan Liang and defeating Yu Jin; though the latter victory was possible because of an unexpected flood. He also lost to Li Tong in 209 when he was ordered to block Cao Ren’s retreat from Zhou Yu. Then, he lost to Yue Jin and Wen Ping at Nanyang in 210. He lost Guiyang, Lingling and Changsha to Lü Meng in 215. Lastly, he lost to Xu Huang at Fan Castle while losing the whole of Jing Province to Lü Meng 219.
Most of the exploits that made him famous as God of War comes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong and his honorable loyalty to Liu Bei. Cao Cao who ruled 1 of the 3 kingdoms admired and respected him a lot. Nonetheless, his story is greatly exagerrated by the author.
As for God Guan Yu, he is a saint of war in Taoism and a Bodhisattva in Buddhism
From the notion of Buddhahood, the Nirvana state which according to Buddhist teachers is transcendence of all concepts and boundaries and ascension to a state of absolute boundlessness existing outside of all of existence, all concepts and dimensions that make one essentially Omnipotent,Omnipresent,and Omniscient.
Ares corageous? And what about when Diomedes overcame him in the Trojan war and then the god of war whent to cry to his father Zeus
Ares was seen as a God of Courage by many of the ancient Greeks, even if we feel some of the myths don't reflect this and getting beat by someone doesn't necessarily show cowardice.
As Sokrates said in Plato's Cratylus "Ares, then, if you like, would be named for his virility and courage, or for his hard and unbending nature".
Also, we did mention Diomedes wounding Ares and Zeus intervening in our video
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
To be fair. It is athenean propaganda 😂
@@ssj4galactus its not athenean propaganda but greek mythology
@@robertolafrancesca3406 look sho wrote the odyssey and the aliad
@@ssj4galactus and i know like 60% of greek mythology including the Odessy and the Illiad, anyways with my comment i wasent trying to diminish his work it was just a simple advice
Bellona is like Nandor The Relentless because she does not… relent lol
where be Ogun
Historically speaking the concept of the Abraham's God (Yahweh in Hebrew language) was from the pantheon of Gods from Israel where Yahweh wasn’t the only God and it wasn’t even the creator God as how scripture based on that Abrahamic God describes him to be. Yahweh was from Canaanite religion which a pantheon of ancient Semitic Gods. But just like any other ancient civilization that used to go to war, the Abraham's God was also a warrior God, (God of wars/divine warrior) and earlier, he was a god of storm along with Hadad, Baal, Teshub
Yahweh later became the God of the Bible, the creator God
Mate you missed the Yazata gods again.
Verethragna the God of victory and war
He is one of the few gods that coins have been minted in his honor.
You forgot Yoruba Mythology but good work though, new sub
Thanks for the sub!
Some looks cooler than the others ngl
Ares was the first jobber.
is it Freya a war goddesses
Hail to the Gods of War!
Kartikey is the god of war in Hindu(sanatan) religion
Thanks for the addition!
Wasn’t Ares the protector of abused women? Kind of an important detail, don’t you think?
South America is just 1 brutal god after another.
and aucayoc, Inca god of war in myths, it is said that he was a cruel god even with his children
So, such an amalgam, without reason to exist...
Perun, the thunder and war god. The Baltic name Perkūnas (through the body, as a lightning strike would, as the meaning of the name-term is thunder with lightning) , BALTIC, not slavic. As these are not the same demographics and people.
The description is the same. Though his nemesis as mentioned here exist in that form just in the Baltic pantheon. And it is Velnias, Velinas, Vėlius. The chtonic god of underland, bogs, and mischief.
Though, the balts, Lithianians in particular, have another demigod of war, literally called Fight. The name coincides with the month of march, in Lithuanian, called Kovas. Which means fight.
Not much is know about this one.
I thought Tyr was the God of War
He is! As featured from 11:49 in this video
Persians had verethragna or Bahram as a God of war
Thanks for the addition!
@@DarknessandLore you're welcome
But Persian is not a religion it is geographic identity
Lord Shiva is the Hinhu god of war and accient Indian martial arts as well as others like destruction.
Not his son is God of war
Guan yus parents were not guan xing and guan ping Guan xing was his son Guan ping was his adopted son.
Is it anhur the Egypt god of war
Anhur is featured from 9:58 in the video :)
@@DarknessandLore it's confusing because montu god of war too
Were/are there any African Gods of War?
The Kushites had several gods of war that took the form of two-legged lions.
Kali is another goddess of War in hindu mythology.
No , Ranchandi is .
@@Shivam-t1n Yeah.. There are various versions in different parts ... It was a part of motherly worship in the ancient period ..The concept is the same but the name may be different.
Sons of Mars
I hope Santa monica's Studio see your video.
What about tyr or is that just a god of war game thing
He's featured from 11:49 in this video
@@DarknessandLore oh... hahaha 😄
You forgot the greatest god of war. KHORNE
Only real person here is Guan yu
Yes, that was mentioned in the video and this is a mythology video.. :D
*Were
No mention of Yahweh? Yahweh was the god of war and storms in the Hebrew pantheon.
Is bro rockin a crop top😳😳😳 3:23
Edited: He wasn’t Yahweh better be mention. That’s why he was so blood thirsty. You look this up. He was a war god. Ex 15:3
Zalmoxis
Inca mythology???
Tyr is war god in Norse
He is! As featured from 11:49 in this video
Thor was also the god of battles. Good show, 👽👍learned alot.
Thor was the god of farming
You make a war god video without tumātauenga-war god of the Māori, who are a well respected culture of warriors 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Who?
Wtf?? Y tyr?? Donde esta ??? Tyrrrrrrrrrrrrr
He is featured from 11:49 in this video
No Kyzaghan?
in short KIZ meaning red and anger or a german rap group
Turkic God of war