The myth of Arachne - Iseult Gillespie
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From sailors who were turned into pigs, nymphs that sprouted into trees, and a gaze that converted the beholder to stone, Greek mythology brims with shape-shifters. The powerful Gods usually changed their own forms at will - but for mortals, the mutations were often unwanted. Iseult Gillespie shares how one such unnerving transformation befell the spinner Arachne.
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arachne: wins
athena: wait that's illegal
ha
Bruhhh I swear thas how it is today😭😭😭
Diamond Apple drawz then proves Arachne’s point
There are more adaptations of the story, I believe this is a more negative one if existing at all, a common adaptation is Athena teaching Arachne how to spin, then her boasting of her self taught talents, to which Athena turns her into a spider. Also anybody else weirded out by the name Pluto instead of Hades? If I remember correctly Pluto is Roman.
so unfair!
*Arachne being right*
Athena: how dare you
Karen’s: *there is another*
Karen’s:let’s worship the first of our kind
The original karen
@Martin Silvan breh
Is this the meme
"She represented Zeus as a philanderer"
I mean, she wasn't wrong
Like father, like son. His son hercules( or heracles) mated with his own mother.
@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 excuse me, wha-
@@wheresdarice3988 My thoughts too.
@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 *S W E E T H O M E A L A B A M A*
I felt really bad liking this comment because the likes were exactly 666 lol
According to one version, Arachne tried to kill herself when Athena raged and the latter was ashamed at how she behaved that she decided to turn Arachne into a spider with, "No more will you weave on the loom, instead you'll continue your weaving in the air."
Zeus got angry at her and punished her, then she killed herself and Athena revived her
This version you just described is the original Greek version of the story. The one in this video is the Roman version of Ovid. He changed it to make Athena look bad
U are correct 💯
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@@elenin7917yep
@@elenin7917 Ovid described the story she commented I think the video is probably the Greek version especially because they use the name Athena instead of Minerva
Arachne: Nooooooo!!!
Medusa: Welcome to the Athena Curse Club 😆
Haha
wheres gon
Lol
Ging Freecss xD
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Arachne: The gods abuse their power
Athena: No they don't
Also, Athena when she loses: *Turns Arachne into a spider*
The Crowd: Outstanding move
Daniel Cooper Athena didn’t transform Arachnae because she lost the contest - She did it because Arachnae insulted her father & uncle.
@@ztslovebird Gods hella childish
To understand these myths, it helps to realize that the various characters all represent elements of the mind. Arachne represents consciousness being caught up in the right half of the brain, as she's obsessed with her own creative power and beauty. The right half of the brain is the 'feminine' side of consciousness, which is why Arachne is female. Arachne's error isn't really an error in any absolute sense. Arachne is basically Eve, who actually *becomes/is* Athena (Goddess) by persevering and spinning a web of understanding until she awakens to her own inner wisdom. From the relative perspective of time, that seems nonsensical, but from the perspective beyond time and individuality (the Alpha and Omega) it makes perfect sense.
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@@maitri6087 If we look at it through Athena's eyes (the eyes of Wisdom), it makes perfect sense. Arachne and Athena represent unconscious wisdom and conscious wisdom (being asleep and being enlightened). For Arachne to become Athena, she must start out as a little spider and weave a web of understanding.
Arachne: *sews the truth*
Athena: *ANGRY "WISDOM" NOISES*
Keep in mind she has to live with these people...........she don’t kneed to see that.
Athena : WRYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Kratos: BOI
Ain’t you literally the FBI?
*REEEEEEEEE*
-Athena
How IRONIC how Arachne said the gods abuse their power. In teaching Arachne a lesson, Athena proves Arachne's point
She still ruined Medusa’s life, who was far different from Arachne.
🧐🧐🧐 you’re so right
@@arcticangel1628there’s multiple stories about Medusa, another one is that she was born the way she is and has 2 other sisters
Athena knew Arachne had a point but I'm pretty sure she just felt offended because I mean who wouldn't be imagine seeing a painting or a tapestry of your relatives doing something hecta illegal
@@gachagoddesskim7630 And then joining them as she just did.
All athena did was prove arachne’s point, that the gods abuse their powers
well if arachne was wise she wouldn't have wanted to prove that point on herself lol
@@CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy true that, she shouldn't have been so vain about her godly given talent
@@yoongisminthair3693 "godly given" there's no such thing.
@@matt-603 there was in those times, remember gods were deemed the ultimate rulers who had power and authority over humans. U cant just look at the story from a 21st century point of view or else you'll never understand why the story was and is still alive today
@@yoongisminthair3693 You're seeing this from a 21st century point of view as well. The Greek gods weren't the all good all powerful deity's we have today. They squabbled and fought and were petty. They weren't meant to be looked up to or revered in the same way that good are revered today.
Arachne: Gods Abuse their power
Athena: That is not true
Also Athena: *proceeds to abuse her power*
If you look at it from a certain point of view, she did sin by saying she was better than the gods and defying the gods.
@@nope9885 wasn't she actually better than the gods?
@@shubhakarkada8737 exactly!, at her crafting ability at least
@@nope9885 You do need to know that concept of God in 21st century and ancient Greece are different. In ancient Greece, God and Goddess are not flawless being. They are being with a superhuman abilities that do have flaws and misbehaviour
Thareq Prima Harianto yeah i know, I’m just saying it wasn’t completely uncalled for, she did sin.
Old lady Athena: *berates Arachne*
Arachne: OK Boomer
The ultimate comeback
Zeus unleashes a thunderbolt: *BOOM!!!*
Arachne: OK Boomer (catches thunderbolt in gynormous web)
@Clay Grantham spider webs are resilient,but unless the web was building up of silk for years,it won’t stand a chance,especially against the power of a god.
@@voidpickle5684 It's a joke
@Pqp pq furry existe his bolt can probably remove 20% of America in one strike.
Nobody:
Arachne: Gods abuse their powers UwU
Athena: HOW DARE YOU SAY SUCH A THING *abuses her powers*
It was the pride that let Arachne down
I’m sorry but the UwU is killing me. Literally.
@@e6026 To be honest, I'm not such a big fan of it either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@@milenalalova2557 ironically, Athena's ego took over her
For being the goddess of wisdom, that wasn't really wise.
well, it is more than just jealous goddess punishing an innocence girl.
Arachne isn't exactly a good girl.
She taught her a lesson to never claim herself better than the gods,and to never flaunt your talents with pride
Kitz Castillo The lesson was never outshine the master. Or you provoke wrath.
Bosly Porshy Still was petty tho but I hear you.
The lesson here is that gods and deities are sore losers that can't accept the fact that humans can achieve almost anything they want to. I am not praising humans but that's just what it is.
Moral: It's ok to lie and cheat if you are powerful.
That morale sadly holds true...
Yes even to this day magnanimous people just misuse it in so many forms and ways and still get away with it...
A lot of Greek myths aim for the moral of "Never pick a fight out of your weight class, and never think you're better than you are." AKA hubris.
There is one thing they did not mention...when they had finished the competition Arachne said that she did way better,then Athena saw wise to punish her..and that is why she turned her into a spider.
Donald
Summary: Athena is a salty goddess
She is like 12 yr old playing COD but she can turn u into a spider if u win
if you know whole greek mythology , most of the gods are salty. thats why i liked kratos, hence my name means zeus slaughter...throw back to kratos killing zeus.
True
Fact... Remember what she did to medusa😞
i liked athena before seeing this.
She sounded like the most woke person in Greek Mythology.. arrogant sure, but obviously knew her stuff!
in the story I heard, arachne feard what athena would do so she hung herself. Athena then said "A skill like yours should not go wasted" and she resurrected her as a spider.
See, this is what a goddess of wisdom SHOULD be like
@@2-dsynctium773 it was the Roman version, which kind of copied the Greek one but changed it up
Yes that sounds more like the truth! ♥️
That is the original story, a Roman named Ovid messed with the story making Athena look bad.
That STARTED dark
And got much better
Arachne: Exists
Athena: “I’m about to end this woman’s whole career”
Wait
This comment is underrated
Made me laugh, good job
Tati tease
*cough* James and Tati TEA *cough*
XD
There are pretty much only two important lessons in Greek mythology:
1) Don’t challenge a GOD. YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE REGARDLESS IF YOU ACTUALLY “WIN”
2) DON’T SLEEP WITH ZEUS
Well in most of the Greek Myths
Zeus can’t keep it in his pants
Kate Miller yep
That about sums it up.
Kate Miller Athena challenge her first...
Kate Miller So hubris?
In the version of this myth I read, Arachne actually won the competition, but was so ashamed by Athena calling her out. So she killed herself, but Athena brought her back as the first spider. The myth said that Athena wasn't angry at Arachne for winning the competition, it was because of her ego.
hmm. i think it depends on the version. tho i like this version better.
When arts and crafts gets competitive
Athena lvl 90,000,000
Yes yes yes me in kindergarten when they had arts and crafts
My sister when I do better than her in arts and crafts: Athena god mode
I'm sorry to ruin your 420 likes
Mmmmmmmmmm eggs and bekfast
It just proved her point.
EXACTLY! That is why I never liked this story.
Ariana's World 500th like
I mostly think giants and titans were way better than them
i don't know how they even became gods
ironic
Goddess of Wisdom?
How are you wise if you get enraged so easily?
Da Dragon Durp how are you everywhere
Well, Athena is also a goddess of war.
I mean, if you saw all the people you care about even your family being insulted and slandered ...
Bro your almost there in every video I watch!
AnOpnionatedPerson If you were wise you would know they were worthy of those insults.
3:27
*lol her face is priceless*
It proved that Arachne was right
Anuj Kumar she was right, in the wrong way
She was right, in the true way. Someone should teach a lesson to these gods, bunch of losers.
Not to lie, Arachne got Zeus and Hades pretty spot on. Hades did abduct Persephone and Zeus was a player 😅
To be fair, Hades did let her go... eventually... after forcing her to promise to come back every year....
Depends on what version you use. In some tellings persephone went willingly, though I think that's a modern spin
@@blakeking1125 actually, the one where she goes willingly is the older version. Some people just wanted to change the public view of the story, so they changed it up. Maybe followers of Demeter, i'm not sure.
@@amp-le4699 that makes me happy
From an animation they said zeusbeas thebharley wynsteen of godd
If someone is wheaver than you. you do the logical thing and turn them in to a spider
Lol jealous much
That's very wise of Athena.
Yeah, 'cuz Athena got triggered that Arachne did her job better than her and it went too honest that Athena made her into a spider.
Zzam Leonhart why would they be jealous??
CatastroPhobic yea
I've watched this video so many times, but only now do I realize how much this story reflects the current situation in my country, the Philippines. Almost anyone who questions authority is either killed or goes missing.
and it gets worse day by day lol
Thats Ovid's point, he was exiled away from Rome since he badmouthed Augustus and he wrote this poem as one of the ways he get back on the establishment and their tyranny
Lol hahahhahahahaha
Ok, Kornbip
I feel like this proves Arachnes point...
That's the point
Nikolas Floros lol okay
Its the irony
So god cannot accept his seemingly mortal mistakes?
so much for being a benevolent ruler :V
it does.
This retelling is beautiful, but quick side note: This version of the myth is filtered through the Roman poet Ovid who held a grudge against the Greek and so painted Athena in an unflattering, cruel light. In the original Greek myth, Zeus punishes Arachne for her hubris and so she committed suicide but Athena took pity on her and so resurrected her as the first spider so she could weave for eternity and her children too.
YEEESSSS
This needed to be the top comment. I can't stand it how people get a false image of athena
Hey, It's Diva Same.
well apart from this one, Athena has got false image from another stories...
That explains the combination of Greek and Roman names (ie Pluto and Persephone)
Ya know Athena you're kinda proving Arachne's point
Edit: WHY DOES THIS HAVE 2.5 K LIKES WHAT THE *FU-*
Ye ur right, she abused her power out of anger because she lost
Was just about to say that kek
Kind of? She basically proved it.
yah
@Ryan Boon me too
Athena was the first historical example of a Karen
Does that make Zeus an early Johnson?
@@godzillavkk Nah the first sigma male
@@jhantagal865 Sigma male? I've never heard that.
@@godzillavkk Its like chad but more dominant
@@jhantagal865 And worse.
Doesn't this proves that arachne was right?, not only her work was superior, but her depiction of god was also proven correct by athena's behaviour.
Anyway interesting story, joining notification squad.
Yep, she was correct but it didn't matter to the gods.
sometimes the truth is so hard to handle... Even for gods...
It proves that all sentient beings can be assholes. No matter how holy
THAT is the moral of the story. The pious would use this story to tell about the folly of hubris, while the skeptic would point to it and laugh at Athena's childish rage (the goddess of 'wisdom') and how Arachne was right all along.
Greek myths and stories were supposed to be told and retold. They fill many and strange niches, but all serve as lessons about life, mortal or otherwise.
She was right but now she’s a spider lol
DAMN YOU ATHENA FOR CREATING SPIDERS
Molly Gunn I mean less mosquitoes...
Molly Gunn r.i.p. the people with arachnophobia. (me)
Surely you guys love mosquitoes ?
But spiders are cool!
ikr like have you seen some of them!
imagine losing when you can literally conjure clouds and threads of grass and still lose
All that divine weaving but to still lose against a mortal
athena goddess of not being able to take that L
gods:i wanted to comment that
gods:now we kill u
Not You roasted
Not You xDDDDDDD
P
Mwahahaha
so arachne was punished for winning? way to prove a point there!
Marco Pohl no because she boasted that she was greater
But still they made a deal and Arachne still decided to punish her
I thought she was punished for offending the gods
The moral is to never question the government
My name is Bob lol xD
side note: Athena wasn't mad that she lost, but at the way her and the Gods were portrayed; so she flicked a pang of guilt on Arachne's head. However, the guilt was too much and Arachne committed suicide, so Athene, who felt pity, turned her into a spider. There's many retellings tho.
There’s also another version where Athena spoke politely(in a disguise) to Arachne but Arachne was talking about how the goddess Athena could hardly do anything half as fine as hers. Athena got agitated and did the weave off thing. Arachne also did all those same things in the weave off from this vid. Athena admitted that there was no flaw in Arachne’s weaving but the things she portrayed angered her so she tore up the weave. Then she threw the loom at arachne’s head bc she couldn’t control her rage. (Here’s where it differs) arachne realised she messed up big time and grabbed some string of smth and hung herself in a nearby tree. Athena low key cried and decided Arachne’s talent won’t ever die and transformed her into a spider to keep her talent alive.
Idk this might not be accurate but it’s another version where Athena isn’t being a jealous goddess lmaoo
yeah the story their telling here is actually that of the poet Ovid wo had some beef with Greek society which reflects in his work that's why
Yea this is the Original myth you described
So Athena wasn’t as mad as she was in the video?
This is the one I read!!
I'm pretty sure this is the original myth.
Arachne: sews the truth
Athena: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Hi, just to let you know that 'reeeeeeeeeeee' is an ableist term! I am not accusing you of anything, just informing you so you can refrain from using it in the future :)
@@bo-me3co REEEEEE
Damnit athena you salty god
A person **gasppp** omg i think athena is a pickle
No that's Poseidon
no. no, nooooooo that's poseidon cuz he's the god of the SEAAA
Yasmine Zaghal omg i live dat joke😂😂
thats very simplistic, I've heard that, Athena didn't reaveled herself before Arachne bragged about her skills, and Athena out of rage showed her true form to yell at Arachne but regreded it.
Athena filled with guilt, return to Arachne only to find that she commit suicide and hung herself.
athena finally turned Arachne tino a spider to respect her choice of hanging herself but also to let her wove in eternity.
she wasn't salty she losed herself in her prime youngness
Athena: How dare you point out gods abusing their powers, and for that I will use my powers to turn you into a spider
Athena, goddess of saltiness
Coddy Vuu ikr
Coddy Vuu Have you ever heard of Hera?
Oh, Hera is the great goddess of saltiness;)
LoL
Coddy Vuu good thing she ain't real
Gods are petty too. So much for being a "Goddess of Wisdom"
Even the man made gods of all the religions in todays world are like that
For the most intelligent goddess, that was pretty dumb.
I think she knew about arachne being better than her, but since she's a goddess she can't admit defeat to a mortal
LagiNaLangAko23
The abrahamic god?
As above, so below. If there are beings of higher power, I see no reason they wouldn't be different than human beings: Varying from assholes to saints.
It doesn't make sense that a tapestry woven from clouds and magic grass would be beaten by anything. GreekMythology site has 3 versions. I like the last one, but I'd prefer if the crowd chose the winner.
There's actually 3 different versions I've heard of this, two are thought to be deliberately twisted version to slander Athena. It all plays out much the same till about the end where what the tapestry is about and the reason for her transformation. The first is the one mentioned in the video, where Athena was jealous of the better tapestry and the slander. The second is almost the same as the first, but they were equals and in a bid to show dominance, Arachne was transformed. The last was where Athena wove a tapestry so gorgeous Arachne felt unforgivably ashamed and took her own life and in pity and sorrow for the loss of such a great weaver, Athena brought her back to life in the form of a spider, blessing her with the ability to still "weave". Frankly, while the suicide was unfortunate, I prefer the latter. It actually paints a more positive look on a spider's existence. She was humbled, forgiven, and blessed to continue doing what she loved doing. Just, for a different reason.
The version that I heard was basicly the same but Minerva punished Arachne because of her pridefulness both had outstanding tapestries
It dawned on me that these versions may be anti athenian propaganda, to discreditate de goddess of Athens...
Moral of the story: weavers are secretly spooders.
So basically athena abused her power 😂 no wonder arachne disrespected them 😂
Jimin 4life yup..
army
Jimin 4life she cant take the big ol L
After medusa
No wonder in the books kids of Athana are scared of spiders there scared that spiders will take revenge
Wow much salt in this one.
Dj KiD$KoDi more salt than an overwatch server
Yep 80 kilos of salt
10000000×
honestly the representation of the gods Arachne did was sooooo true and realistic. if i was her place I would've did that too zeus and posidon should always be represented in a bad way.
No you wouldn't. You're staring down the barrel of a literal goddess who will punish you for blasphemy and expect to win by portraying her family like that...and get a happy ending? Also also in the greek version athena just breaks arachne's loom over arachne's head and transformed her into a spider after she hung herself.
@@aridicaexmontaudon1296 lmao
Man the Greek gods were so petty.
So is the Abrahamic god who is clearly jealous of mankind, who he is supposed to have created.
Le Huy-Anh elaborate
Vladimir PutinYarbutt ikr MY TEACHER SAID THE SAME THING
Their mythology mirrors their morality.
Vladimir PutinYarbutt this doesn’t exactly explain properly. Arachne had really offended her
like always, Greeks gods always have so many envy and rage stories
Oh ty I am greek !
yeah that's the point of Hellenism, that the Gods act like humans and secretly envy our mortality. The Greeks didn't try and present their gods without faults. They understood that there is no such thing as an omnipotent, perfect, being.
@@AntonisZ73 funny thing l am greek too ! :D
@@antonisk.2165 That's the uniqueness of Ancient Greek mythology. In their perspective, gods are nothing more, than just powerful humans, who experience and feel the same things most of us do. I mean, can you imagine Christian church creating a story about a time, when Jesus was envious or overused his power/authority? Cuz I sure can't.
soy joy it’s also not unique at all. Aztecs with the Pol Puh Vol have many examples of this. As do Norse Gods as well.
That just proves that the gods are just as insecure as RiceGum
u da best
MouseEar u r awesome and so right
MouseEa omfg lol
Spencer Lowe it because ricegum is often seen as very insecure as he always flex’s how much money he has
This statement still speaks the truth... especially now
I like how he called most of the gods that was mentioned by their Greek names then calls Hades, Pluto. 😂😂😂
When a mortal flex's their weaving skills so you flex on them by turning them into a spider
Cha-cha real smooth
You just got *_VECTORED!_*
Hol’ up
Goddess of wisdom challenges the girl instead of appreciating her skill. Yet turns her into spider after losing. What is her definition of wisdom, I wonder.
Tell that to the god who gets pissy when she loses and see she not all that great
I remember the myth the other way around. Athena wove the air and ground into a tapestry that moved as if it was alive, while Arachne couldnt keep up with the goddess. Her punishment for losing was being turned into a spider to weave for all eternity
arachne: im won so im probably gonna get treasure or someth-
athena: *we don't do that here*
we provide abuse here
Arachne:I’m the best mortal in the world
Athena:of course you are you’ll make a great spider.
This myth pissed me off 😂
Ivelisse Damaris
Why? Cause it was someone actually upfront calling the gods assholes?
No, because the best girl got a sad ending
Ivelisse Damaris Welcome to Greek mythology.
It's probably spinning you in circles isn't it?
I'm genuinely pissed off at the Greek Gods.
Salty God can't accept defeat
Nuclear Cashew
Sums up all abrahamic religions
To be clear, she wasn't defeated. The video is wrong, it was a tie because both tapestries were equally good. Not defending Athena, just making it clear
+Julilla Roboz depends. myths often vary since there wasn't an original written text as source
yeah and there are others that say that Athena won and punished Arachne for her pride. In summary, these myths change depending on who you ask so there aren't a single right way to tell them
Nuclear Cashew except Hades
Litteraly the king
Of the underworld
Athena could have just ignored her. God theses God's have giant egos.
L. T C.
They have God Complexes.... the irony.
The only difference in ancient greek gods and other gods is that they were portraited with human like traits like pride, envy etc.
L. T C. If they didn't have giant egos, Percy Jackson wouldn't have happened.
Don't worry Kratos kills them all eventually
Jota Ge nice try Pallas Athena! Go back to universities and teach military history.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is incredible. When you learn all from it all of the etymologies of words we use today, mythological origins of symbols we take for granted, the amount of art that is inspired by his stories. Blimmin’ brilliant!
...And that's how 8-legged things are called arachnids..
hahaha exactly! was thinking the same
One of the more horrific Greek myths because of its implications.
Any mortal who stands up to the Gods and points out their flaws and their similarities with mortals gets mercilessly punished.
Paints a dark picture of us :(
They’re all just douches
The one I was told was that Athena made Arachne depressed and then Arachne took her own life. Then Athena felt ashamed so she brought her back to life but as a spider.
Jake O'Brien well the thing is Greek mythology often times has been forms. IE, many tellings none of which being more right then the other. Not to mention I heard the telling of both Arachne winning and losing the challenge. All still resulting in becoming a spider
"Uh,its good that Im back to life but AS A SPIDER AGAIN?"
Nai wa
JackThe11th
Nani
I find it interesting how, in Greek myth, the gods are the bad guys lots of the time, with mortals being the persevering rebels against their celestial overlords.
Adam Andrews when has that ever worked?
When you play the Sims, don't you feel compelled to kill them sometimes?
Mars Rui I can now relate
nootsuspicious s u right
I always theorized that this comes from the different levels of comfort and needs that shifted throughout cultures.
We created gods because we had developed an evolutionary ability to detect what free agents are and how they influence the environment. This works great when we have to be able to tell if that's a lion sneaking up on us or something else. But when it came to larger events, such as an earthquake or a flood, we had no idea what caused them or how to make them stop. So we started crafting myths to explain these phenomena. Many of these Gods we created could only be appeased with sacrifices. (Just look at the Aztecs to see how far we could take that line of thought.)
We did all of this to both explain what we didn't understan and also to exercise a level of control we didn't have. Hence why the gods of early religion are usually angry, vengeful, and requiring of sacrifice. As civilization became more advanced so did our notion of god. This is when we see the rise of gods that are more loving and understanding. Gods that both gave us purpose and vindication in our own morality.
Ted Ed:”Pluto’s abduction of Persephone.”
Technically, if you’re gonna use the Roman names, it should be “Pluto’s abduction of PROSERPINA”
Or “Hades’ abduction of Persephone”
True, if You call Zeus for he's greek name, then don't call Hades "Pluto" in the same video.
And then mixing Bacchus and Dionysis (hope those are spelt correctly)
@@appaloosa13 Bacchus is correct, however the Greek name is spelled Dionysus
Thank you!
good to know I'm not the only one who gets annoyed with this sometimes
Arachne: exists
Athena: *no*
🤣
Arachne: love her or hate her, she's sewing straight facts right now
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Salad 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑
Yo poseidon is riding something and it ain't waves...
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yeah.... Poseidon is nearly as much of a mortal-rider as his brother Zeus..
Just look at what he did to Medusa...
Wym?
your profile pic made me wipe my computer screen...
Vyzactyh lol me too
I am so annoyed that the myth is greek m, they talk about the goddess Athena and they still called Hades "Pluto". That's Roman, dammit.
I was so triggered when they said "Pluto". I had to come to the comment section and see if I was the only one being crazy about this😂.
Same when he said Bacchus instead of Dionysus
And this information is useful because?
I WAS JUST LIKE, MR.D!!!
Nileonatter It's just explaining a mistake to the creator. They are telling a story from Greek Mythology, and adding some characters from Roman Mythology. These are two similar, but ultimately different, Mythologies. It's like someone was recounting the events in the movie Star Wars, but, whenever referring to the Millennium Falcon, They would call it the Starship Enterprise From Star Trek. It's just wrong.
"Why are you booing me? I'm right." - Arachne, 8 AD
Some gods are so selfish and conceited...
Once there was a golden apple thrown into the crowd of wedding guests. Letters were carved into this golden fruit: "Gifted to the fairest!"
Three goddesses fought about it and didn't reach an agreement. Who of them are supposed to get this apple? Who of them is the most beautiful? Hera? Athena? Aphrodite?
At last they went to a young man. His name was Paris, son of Priam. He should decide which olympic lady is going to take this apple. So each goddess tried to persuade this naiv boy and promised a gift.
Hera, most powerful among these goddesses, promised him the might and strength.
Athena, goddess of wisdom, would have give him wisdom and knowlegde if he had given the golden apple to her.
But at the end Paris decided to give the award to Aphrodite, goddess of love, because she promised him falling in love to the most beautiful mortal in the world: Helena!
Guess how the story ends...
I'm hooked! How does it?
Buksbaba Da B.O.S.S it's Troy lol
Mullerornis
Well said
Buksbaba Da B.O.S.S: it results in the battle of troy.
If I may guess, Hera decided to give her reward of might and strength to a boy called Achilles. She also cursed the fate of Troy to end in his hand. Athena saw this coming and she then told about Hera’s intention to Apollo, who reigns over Troy and being worshipped tremendously by the people. Apollo put a curse to Achilles that his victory over Troy shall be short and unfulfilling, unlike all of his other victories. The curse also came with the infamous Achilles’ Heel. Aphrodite was also being told by Athena about Hera’s intention and she also cursed the boy that he will be defeated because of love.
I’m just making my own plot here
True origin of Spiderman
XD lol
Lol
Alex Chan spidah Weaver spidah weaver challenged a god to a weaving contest when she won the god did bad and made her into a badly spidah watch out the god is still pissssed
Alex Chan he got bitten by a spider
This part was in the Spiderman musical
So the gods couldn’t handle losing
Yep pretty much
Yup bro
Yea
Its more of omnipresent teaching, if you dont do for gods (comunity) youll be punished.
@Tazmore this is greek mythology
Arachne: You know this just proves my point, right?
Athena: (Sighs) Yeah.
If y'all think what happened to Arachne was unfair, look at Medusa
Shaina Gonzales moral of the story: dont mess with athena
Once again, Athena was jelly
I saw a different version of Medusa's myth where Athena took pity on her and turned her into a Gorgon so men would never be able to hurt her again
then she sends a man to slice her head of to use it for his exploits
this has gotta be my favourite ted myth video
I always see you every where
It is impossible to read your comment in any voice other than Morty Smith's.
R…r u da…da…da real mor…morty?
This is a Greek myth told by Ted ed
mine is cupid and psyche
Athena just proved arachnes point
Percy: "Annabeth, you never told me that your Mom is a monster?"
Annabeth: "Yeah Seaweed Brain, I totally didn't."
Truth be told, it's kind of hard to feel sorry for Arachne because she broke one of the most important rules in Greek mythology. Never claim to be better than the gods themselves. Then again, the Gods themselves were just as human as the mortals they ruled as they also shared similar human flaws and traits such as jealousy, lust and anger.
There's also a rather dark variant on this story where Arachne wins the contest, but Athena strikes her with a bout of guilt in order to teach her humility. Arachne then becomes absolutely despondent and depressed and hangs herself. Athena struck perhaps with a guilty conscience herself, brings her back as a spider who continues to weave and spin.
glowworm2 at least Athena brought her back!! Poor Medusa 😕
Actually acarane got turned into a giant spider and Medusa was beautiful but the Athena caught her and Poseidon in her shrine together
That’s dark but it’s better than this version :/
glowworm2 I
marvinhannah6721, yes I am quite familiar with the term Hubris in Greek mythology. There were a heck of a lot of myths that revolved around that one.
Arachne: My weaving is better than the gods!
Also Arachne: (Proves that she is in fact better than the gods at weaving)
Athena: I'm about to end this girl's whole career
Athena: this is what we call a *pro gamer move*
@Nguyên Bùi Quang she just asserted her dominance there
thanks athena for ruining our lives with spiders
Gamer AZ I gotta blame Athena for the spiders
It's not the spiders' fault that they are creepy! For the most part they are more scared of us.
florance333 we were joking.
Spiders are dope. Plus they eat insects, and insects carry diseases. And they can have pet frogs if their a certain species.
Actually i love spiders
This is not the Original Greek Version, this is the Roman Version
When you can't accept that L.
Long Plays Indeed.
Arachne: exists
Athena: You dare oppose me mortal
My friend : how do you know this
Me : ummm it’s complicated
My friend : tell me
Me : Percy Jackson
Yaaay fandommmm
Why is it weird to know this tho-
same tho
Beautifully animated and narrated as always 🥰 But be careful with mixing up Roman and Greek gods: e.g. Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, Persephone are all Greek versions of the deities, but Bacchus and Pluto are the Latinised versions. Instead the names should be Dionysos and Hades if you'd want to be consistent.
It may be because its from ovids retelling of the myth who was a roman writer, who had beef with greek culture. So that may be why there was a mix of the roman and greek names, since the author was roman and wrote about greek mythology. But it has been ages since I read the metamorphises from ovid and cant say for sure if ovid himself mixed up the names, or if he was consistent.
TedEd: “Arachne”
Me, an intellectual: “our acne”
OUR
ra ra rasputin
There are many layers to this joke
Why are they talking about Greek mythology if they call Hades Pluto?
IKR
Pluto is the Roman form of Hades, don’t know why they used it here though
They also said Bacchus, his Roman form, his Greek form is Dionysus, idk why they mixed up both sides.
IKR
Becouse she's daughter of merchant? Soo.. She must have travel a lot
So another version was
Arachne lost then refused and wanted to hang herself with the cloths nearby. Then athena refused to let her die in that dishonorable way and turned her into a spider to prevent her from dying
Bian Chang yep and then she used a string to remind herself that arachne was still good at weaving
I ever heard that too.
That seems way better
It's the "but I thought Athena was a good god" version.
I like this version better.
Athena why are you so jelly ??
Just because someone is better than you at something doesn't mean you have to create creatures which are some people's worst nightmare !!
I wonder if she cursed some people with arachnophobia, too.
Depressed Yurio ikr. Rude.
Athena landed at salty springs
This was very well put together. Who animated this?
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Isn't Pluto the Roman name for Hades? It always gets me when someone reads one of the myths and mixes up a god/goddess's name.
I just want to say the voice of Addison Anderson is therapeutic💖
Is this like that episode of Spongebob when Spongebob had a cooking contest with Neptune?
PALM TREE LOL XD
Just a note: Pluto is Roman, not Greek. It would be Hades
Alex The Axolotl And it's Dionysus instead of Bacchus
Adrian Pietkiewicz oh yeah, I was playing minecraft at the same time and was navigating lava
Adrian Pietkiewicz well caught
+Alex The Axolotl Thanks but others noticed as well :)
yup, Pluto is roman, but Pluto is also another name of Hades...
Roman = Pluto
Greek = Pluto/Hades
I'll give it to Arachne. She may have been prideful, but she made a really good point about the Gods abusing their power.
Reminds me of old japanese myth.
There was a smith, so good with his craft, he was well known all around the japan. His skill was heard of by many different leaders and they all wanted his weapons to wage war. Not many years passed when Futsunushi, god of war himself, ordered sword for personal use.
The proud smith, granted power and endurance by the gods, worked tirelessly for months, never eating or sleeping, to make the best sword there ever was. When he finished, he slept for 7 days and 7 nights straight. After waking up he wanted to test the sword. The long sword, light and balanced, swooshed through air with no resistance at all, making the most beautiful sounds, akin to a flute. The smith, seeing his sword, betrayed the trust of gods and kept the sword for himself. When Futsunushi came, he was given a fake sword. Happy with a beautiful looking scabbard he proclaimed that such a sword should be a ceremonial one, not used in combat.
The smith got away with his deception, and used the sword for himself. He began waging wars, killing many people, wanting more and more challenge for his sword, to see just how powerful it was.
And powerful it was indeed. His slaughter was soo grave that the god Futsunushi noticed it. When he came to face the smith, he broke many swords, constantly growing angrier. After hundreds of swords broken, he had to resort to the very sword smith gave him. He swung at smiths body.
With the mad look in his eyes and grin on his face, the smith cut trough the ceremonial sword and cut the gods right arm. The blood of a god splattered and made the blade dull and coroded. The smiths pride shattered. Futsunushi, angry at him, sent him to the most northern road in japan, forced to fight hungry wolves and keeping them alive, nurturing them only with his blood and his iron. And each time, he would be reborn in his workshop, and sent on his way. Traveling for days, just to fight wolves, with nothing but a dull blade, at the top of japan, just to feed them. And so on, until eternity.
This is a tale of Yasuo the top lane feeder.
Moangus PIckard wow this could be an inspiration for a cool bossfight
lmao, that LoL joke at the end
Moangus PIckard is this an actual legend or a lol joke?
Cat Bird it's a legend the bottom last line was the joke part
Genius!
Thanks alot Athena now we've got freaking spiders
Larissa Fong athena is a myth therefore she isn't real and God actually placed spiders here because he didn't want them in heaven
You prefer mosquitoes ?
Me: Yo! Hephaestus! Can we burn all Spiders?
Hephaestus: No we can’t! We gotta ask Athena!
Me: Yo Athena! Can we destroy them? They’re too creepy?
Athena: Who do you think makes all your clothes, huh?
Me: Sorry...
mbabad28 and God isn’t a myth?
lol God isn't a myth for me but for other people they might think he is one cuz dat depends on ur beliefs