Hephaestus: God Of Fire and Forges - (Greek Mythology Explained)
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Today we take a look at Hephaestus God of fire, metalwork, sculptures, volcanoes and the forge. Hephaestus' story is one of the most interesting in Greek mythology and features neglect, betrayal and revenge.
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I can just imagine Hephaestus and Hades just chillin' and talking about the weather.
I like these kind of scenarios
Such a peaceful convo between two chill gods
Both just idly chatting the day away in matching 'Fuck Olympus' t-shirts
@Adam Borden Hestia, holding some tray of freshly baked cookies : hello everyone, want some cookies???
"Hey nephew, Cerby chewed through his collars again...could you ?....."
"(Sigh) fine but hes getting muzzles the next time he does this."
Nobody on Mount Olympus:
Hera: *YEET baby Hephaestus*
Thetis: *YAY A BABY HEPHEASTUS*
proceeds to take the unknown baby
@@laumondsenior1625 yes. I like this.
It's sad that although the other gods depended on Hephaestus so much, they treated him with so much disrespect because of his looks & him being crippled. If he had had a perfect body like Ares Aphrodite most likely would not have strayed. Like humans they judged too much on looks & not enough on character. Some of the most beautiful people have the ugliest hearts.
He was also kind of an absent husband, even if he was as good looking as Ares he tended to prefer his forge than Aphrodite's embrace. I am not excusing her, but I am pretty sure she would have cheated on him even if he was good looking.
Axel Tenveils: Aphrodite cheated on all the men in her life.
It would be impossible for a really ugly god (all the gods were beautiful with exception of some primordial and underworld deities) to enjoy exclusivity in his relationship with the goddess of love. It is sad but in everyday life we all are attracted from beautiful people. Personallity, quality, good character, etc are very important but equally important is our appearance (at least for love). Ending, by this story we can understand that always women prefered the "bad guys".. :-P
Why are good looking people absolutely bitches & bastards😞
yeah, that's sad
So out of all the gods, the one guy that makes all the gadgets that the others use to solve their problems is the least noticed and the least appreciated, just because he's not good looking.
Yup, sounds a lot like life.
Accurate AF. But Apollo is useful and hes considered the most beautiful male of the gods. I mean hes supposed to be the one who introduced medicine to humanity. He's also has a very long list of jobs. But yeah treating the genius creator like shit is very stupid of them. They definitely need him. I'm just saying some good looking gods are smart and useful as well, but the Greeks looked down on disabled people I think so there gods make fun of them too.
So he is like Batman's butler
The only Olympian that deserves genuine love and respect.
Drsoe08 hades too
Artemis does too lmao
Also hestia
He sexually assaulted athena 😂😂
Athena?
hephaestus is the god that has got the most pain in his life.and everytime it someone is ready to betray him .but he is always ready to punish them for their betrayal
swad ahmed no dude it’s hades but Hephaestus is a close second hades is not allowed in Olympus at all nada he also is considered evil cause he’s god of the underworld when he’s clearly not evil just bitter some stories say that he cheated to become lord of the sky’s and stuff
Nah it hades
@@msmsmsmefartandpoohsbah305What? He isn't considered evil. At least not by the other Gods.
He gets it from his mother
_Hades, Hercules, and Prometheus:_ Are we a joke to you?
Hephaestus is one of my favorite Greek gods, if not the favorite. He is creative, resourceful, clever, good with his hands, and innovative. He is a god of crafting, an actual maker. Most of the other gods don't actual MAKE anything; they just rule over various aspects of human life or interfere with humanity. Thank you for this video.
QueenBoadicea “clever with his hands” lol
Same about why I like him though
And also he tried to rape Athena and had some premature problems in the process 🤣
@@anthos8182 in Greek mythology that can't even be considered anywhere near inappropriate 😬
My favourite is Dionysus. Because he actually invented wine. Not just rules over it
Hephaestus is basically the nice guy who always gets taken for granted.
Poor Hephaestus, he just wanted to be loved. Never judge a book by it's cover.
In the words of Louie C.K. "Oh Yeah? You feel so sorry for [ugly people]? How about you go find one right now and fuck them!"
awww all of your fans loves you. you are favorite Herphaetus ^_^
Well then you sleep with him
@@StarboyXL9 Just being appreciated and included for all his deeds and altogether usefulness by the other gods would have helped. Now he's like the abused kid at school who gets extorted for money. Getting made fun of, and being taken for a joke isn't exactly pleasant.
He'd probably carry less of a grudge had Aphrodite divorced him before proliferating with Ares. He'd then hang out with the mortals who appreciate him, rather than laugh behind his back.
@@flarion00 What does sleeping with him have to do with anything they just said?
If I had to serve a Greek god, I would pick either Hephaestus or Hades as my boss because those two (IMO) have merit and integrity that I value; sure, they got issues but they're legit as far I'm concerned.
holyforce000
While Hephaestus and Hades (pretty cool dude by the way!) could be your personal patron deities you would do well not to forget to honor the other gods, they may be petty a lot of the time but...they do have their good traits. Hera despite being VERY jealous and vengeful of Zeus' lovers and bastards she could be a gentle protector of family, the hearth and especially women. Heck even Ares could be seen as a protector of mankind, even he had his good side. Plus even the city states that had one or more patron god(s) would still pay homage to the others, least they incure their divine wrath...
No 'god' or 'goddess' that ties into humanity is legit, you'd have to find one outside the system...
holyforce000 they both need more love in their lives.
holyforce000 same bro
An officer of law under Themis
A soldier of Athena
A craftsman under Hephaestus
Or a farmer under demeter(last pick)
These would be mine.
It still amazes me how some god's semen could create another god / demigod just by touching another goddess / mortal woman.
Kristopher J.S. Lee
Gods are extremly fertile...being a god (or magical) isn't all fun and games, child support must be a nightmare for them. Hence the expression of *"keep it in your pants!" (or toga)*
that's greek mythology summed up in one sentence right there
That's the power of god spunk I guess
Nah that’s zues can’t keep it in he can keep it out tho
Why the fuck would it amaze you? They just say whatever they want they make shit up exclusively why is this the bullshit you you hold on to
Hephaestus was a god I knew of since my early days into Greek mythology and did not payed him much mind until I read his backstory than he became one of my favorites like Poseidon and Apollo and now hades, in my opinion Hephaestus is much like hades a misunderstood god, whom was dealt a bad hand
ManiacalLaughter21 crazy right?
Poseidon?? How could anybody like him?
at least posiden isn’t the worst
Spp Ypp poseidon raped medusa tho
Apollo.... APOLLO, YOU LIKE APOLLO
As a welder and metal worker, I can say with honesty that Hephastus is my favorite god
I’ve always like Hephaestus. His imperfections make him so much more relatable than the other gods.
yall only relate with him because yall have a low self-esteem 🤔
but he is a badass
I've always really liked Hephaestus. He always seemed more genuine and honest than the other gods and that made me have a lot of respect for him. He also didn't let his appearance and disabilities stop him. He did what he was good at and became important for his skills not his birth and / or his physical appearance.
And yet his modern disciples are mocked and derided and austracized.
aww.. he is wonderful beautiful gorgeous Man/God
He's my favorite. Also, it was likely good looking, just ugly in the eyes of the gods.
Never pick favorite gods.
He is beautiful, handsome and gorgeous god. give him some more love
Im confused. So, Hera was jealouse becuz Zues gave birth to Athena without her so thats why Hera made Hephaestus without Zues, but didnt ZUES ORDERED HEPHAESTUS TO CRACK ZUES HEAD TO GIVE BIRTH TO ATHENA? So how did Hephaestus cracked Zues head when he wasnt even in Olympus?? (He was thrown off, and he was still a baby)
myths are inconsistent,and there is always more then one version of the same story
Danzx it’s Zeus
that was not him it was Prometheus.
@@incomments2864 what!? No
He was rescued by a female as a baby from the ocean, but later he created the first female In his Olympus forge
_“God of fire and metalworking, Hephaistos was a master of the forge. Born lame and hideously ugly, Hephaistos never knew love, having been cast down from Mount Olympos as an infant by his mother, Hera. In spite of his deformities, or perhaps because of them, Hephaistos fashioned objects of intricate design and exquisite beauty, such as the gold and marble palaces of the gods, and the brilliant sets of armor of Herakles and Akhilleus.”_
He who can't skate by on looks or some natural skill have to work hard. It makes their creations much more potent.
Its Achilles
More like Ares.
Eren Jaeger: God of War. Are you prepared. For the part 2 of our fucking fight? This is not part of the fucking movie or what now.
Ares: Come on bring it on.
Eren Jaeger: That's what you have new? So lame. 😏😎
Ares: Fuck this son of bitch.
*Grabs Eren in the neck and slams him into the ground.*
Two guards in the house of Sasha: If you want the part 2 of the fight it already happened here.
Ares: Who's lame ha?! Who's lame?
Eren Jaeger: YOU!
Ares: I'm lame?!
Eren Jaeger: 😁😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Hephaestus: *Stops Eren and Ares.*
Hermes: Settle this like gentlemen.
Ares: Come on take a shot now bro. *Takes off his accessories.* Come on.
Eren Jaeger: 😏 Go. I'm ready man.
Ares:
*Finds a bottle of beer in the broken table where he slammed Eren.* Here's your beer! 🍺
*Throws a bottle of beer at Eren.*
Eren Jaeger: *Dodges.* You throw that like a little girl. Here's your beer. You fucking faggot!
Hephaestus is more useful than the other gods. Like if u agree
yah i do especially in the forgery part
Duhh those bichtes wouldn’t have a shit
I agree no shit
I agree
Not better then athena.
ATHENA 2020!!
I feel like Hephaestus should be a more respected god since he could probably create weapons that could trap the gods and create very powerful weapons.
I'm surprised he didn't craft weapons made to kill the gods and make some master plan with Hades to overthrow Olympus.
@@StarboyXL9 its rumored he had plans in place in case any one of them betrayed him to a sever extent since he was used to it. Its even rumored he crafted a weapon that could pierce ares armor and kill him with one blow.
Lol pandora box, helmet of hades, lightning bolt of zeus, trident of Poseidon, giant robots, literally this guy's tracklist of building stuff is so long I would expect if we backtracked half of it would be musty with mold.
Personal favorite is the helmet of invisibility and trident. Imagine being able to go invisible and literally causing the oceans to roar and shatter the earth. The box is cool but I imagine most people wouldn't appreciate it for what it is overall.
@@elijahcaudle7365 helmet of invisibility, the trident, and Zeus lightning were made my the cyclops during the titanomachy ... tge cyclops gave to Zeus a hammer so he could forge thunder and lightning and he gave it to hyphestus later so he can forge more lightning
Him and ares
Hephaestus has always been my favorite god from the pantheon. I liked the fact that he was skilled in crafting and everything he made was astonishing to say the least.
There is another story saying that in fact Hephaestus wasn't always ugly or deformed as people know. There's a story saying that while Hephaestus worked there was an accident where the fire of Olympus escaped the forge and engulfed his face, his wounds were so severe that his face remained deformed. Another version is when Hephaestus angered Zeus after Hera bragged about the skill of her son, in a fit of jealousy Zeus struck Hephaestus so hard he was thrown off the top of mount Olympus and fell into the sea.
There's another story where Zeus continued to trick Hephaestus promising him Afrodita's hand in marriage in exchange for his services, so Hephaestus labored to satisfy Zeus' requirements only to find out in the end that Afrodita couldn't possibly love someone has ugly as him and that she was already in love with Ares. So Hephaestus crafted a chastity belt disguised as a beautiful golden belt and gifted it to Afrodita, when she wore the belt it locked on her waist and refused to be unbound, thus she could no longer have any kind of joining with any god. Thus Afrodita was forced to marry Hephaestus over Ares, under the promise to remove the belt.
Being the god of the forge has to translate to a God of invention or mathematics. Being a master craftsman takes real skill and imagination that most people don’t have to begin with.
You can really look at Hephaestus as another example of a "wounded healer" archetype. He is often seen as a craftsman, but really his gifts and creations for the other gods - Hermes' sandals and helmet, Achilles's shield, Athena's spear or Artemis's bow and arrow - are not just gadgets but the artefacts bringing out the greatest talent of each of them. So from that perspective, he really helped them realise their full potential.
Hephestus is actually my favorite God. He just wanted to belong on Mount Olympus and just wanted to be loved. And I actually like that Aphrodite and Ares were caught by Hephestus. They did wrong. She cheated on her loving husband. He's da only God that I like he's really cool.
Rolyn Georges
I have this weird fantasy in my head where all the people the Greek gods have tormented ban together to exact revenge against their immortal tyrrants. Prometheus is their leader, and Hephaestus just joined....
She was forced to be his wife, which was wrong, he may have loved her but it was forced love.
Hannibus 42 I've always liked the idea of the betrayed characters like Prometheus, Medusa, lycanos, Midas, and Arachnae getting together to get revenge
Jacob Reeves
Don't forget Arachnae!
Rolyn Georges what happened at the end with the "da" you were doing so well but you had to go and spoil it.😂 only joking you do you.
In Greek a volcano is called "hephaisteon" -compare it with volcano from the Roman god Vulcan who was the equivalent of Hephaestus.
I find the part where they had to get Heph absolutely slammed fist drunk to bring him to Olympus pretty funny.
Hephaestus has always been one of my favorite Greek gods. I love his interpretation in the new 52 Wonder Woman comic's.
Greeks when an evil titan that rules the universe, and eats his children: It's the golden age!
Greeks when a goddess visits her husband: Its cold, dark, its winter
I was telling my mom about how I love Greek mythology, my alter, etc, and she asked my favourite god. Mine happens to be our boy Hephaestus. She sent me this video saying she was watching it and that it's really interesting
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May I ask do you say payers to him? If you do, please share some info how to pray properly. ❤💐
Wow your mom seems cool... :))
Fact : Hefestus created robots that were called : Automats (Αυτοματοι in greek)
He was so bewildered to have such a beautiful wife and was ready to teach her like the goddess she was, and she just went behind his back, breaking his heart. 😭
Ah, yes. That ungrateful bitch Aphrodite, not appreciating being sold off to a guy she didn't care about and choosing instead to fuck someone she liked.
Omnia Vanitas yep. This is why I don’t like Aphrodite
@@Karpahid00
Good for you I guess.
@@omniavanitas7893 You're probably deserving of being played by Aphrodite anyway.
@@adu1991
Lmao
I was about to suggest that Hephaestus should have chosen Athena as his wife instead of Aphrodite, but after hearing that part about Gaia, obviously that didn't work out either.
Brian Sanders me too. #WellEFFyouAthena😂
Major issue was that Athena was an "forever virgin" type of goddess. Most goddesses were grouped as virgin,mother and/or crone(not as often crones in Hellenic but as an aspect of them). Athena, Artemis and others were forever virgins. This is why even though Hephaestus tried to rape her he ejaculated on the thigh and Gaia gave birth to their son meant to be the king of Athens(city).
Side note their son was Snake/reptilian-like to bear the actions of his father for all to see. He can be seen as the snake Athena sometimes holds or has around her. Also it's connected to medusa's punishment for losing her virginity (as she was a virgin priestess of Athena) in her temple even though it wasn't her fault. And this is also connected to people believing reptilians rule the world as it was them that were the (mythological) first kings of Athens before democracy.
I've heard of at least one version of the story were the only reason behind Hephaestus's advance on Athena was because Aphrodite filled his mind with an uncontrollable lust for her as payback for stringing her and Ares up in front of the other gods. Either way, Athena is a maiden goddess, so she definitely wouldn't marry Hepheastus, or anyone else.
As s commentary of Greek society, His asking and getting Aphrodite's hand, would have been a status thing. It was a example to piont to that said basically, to win beauty, one need not be attractive, if one was indespensible in ability and skill...
@@leahkent147 the side i heard was that Poseidon and athena didnt like eachother very much at all and he tried to rape medusa. She ran into her temple while Poseidon followed behind. Athena thinking her priestess was going to fefile her temple punished her by turning her inti what she became.
Hephaestus is the Male Creative - there is quite a bit of interesting psychology around the deity. Also, you should understand that blacksmiths - to the ancients - were a kind of "sorcerer" or sorts - it was alchemy. Very similar to Ogun in Africa (in fact, some of the most advanced metalwork in iron comes from sub-saharan West Africa - and during the slave trade - Africans brought their technology to the new world - almost all of our ornate ironwork comes from West African peoples combining their knowledge with the more ornate patterns of the French and English - something to think about the next time you visit New Orleans or nearly any southern city in the United States - and many northern ones as well - but I digress...).
Being a masculine embodiment of what is a predominantly feminine principle (creativity) and the ascension of male primacy in the Greek Pantheon (at one point there was 6 "masculine" and 6 " feminine" primary principles of deity - when Hestia "steps down" and Dionysius takes her throne - 7 male and 5 female "prime" dieties - and Zeus becomes as well the male "head" ..... I'm getting into too much ancient history here.....).....he is shown as lame. As well, it was a custom of many peoples to hobble their blacksmiths in the ancient world - because they were too valuable to the community to lose.
Ok , that's way too much information -- but please enjoy!
Stop talking utter bull ****... No inventions came from Africa, nor is this Greek god embodied for men.... Mars is for men, Venus is for women. You're beyond help. Seek it before the Lord punishes you.
@@googlebarbaralernerspectre2581 wth
@@subscribedtowithnotasingle4048 son people just need help mentally
Hmm, I'm not an expert but according to Socrates Hephaestus and Athena shared workshops. It's not unusual for some gods to be symbolically associated in pairs after all (much like Aphrodite and Ares- lust and violence- both appeal to man's most base instincts). Hephaestus and Athena were mostly revered by artists and craftsmen- the symbolism is transparent: Hephaestus was the artist's skillful hand, Athena was the sharpened mind, the inspiration, the "Idea/Form". And didn't Athena serve as a mentor to one of Hephaestus' sons? Can't remember the name though. So then it appears that despite what happened the two gods were still on good terms? Or maybe in some versions that didn't happen at all? Huh.
Perhaps either a significant amount of time passed before her mentoring or "Yeah, you're lonely and I'm the only goddess you get along with. These things happen." Considering it sounds like she was able to fend him off, she probably walked away in disgust at his behavior and avoided him for a while, but he showered her with pleas and presents until she glared at him with a "Don't do it again" and they gradually repaired their relationship. Her mentoring his son would probably be a part of that as well as being a chance to sort of be with him without actually being with him, which sounds to me like an adjustment tactic.
@@bluesbest1 sounds spot on and like the mindset of a the goddess of tactics.
Nice
To be sure it is absent what we would call cannon...but Athena, unlike Her aunt Aphrodite, would of considered the facts in total....I mean after She got over Herself. For a goddess of Wisdom, sometimes Her pride and self assuredness, the legacy of Her Father, could get the best of Her cool detached manner. She would of forgiven Her uncle. And She would always of valued His practical nature and innate skills, over a misunderstanding...
LucianCorrvinous Son of Hekaté her brother
I've always had sympathy for this god.
I’ve always had great respect and admiration for Hephaestus.
My favourite part of this is when Hephaestus makes a device to ensnare Aphrodite & Ares in the midst of adultery. Brilliant! I can imagine the Themiscarian Amazons trying to convince Hephaestus & Aphrodite to ensnare Ares again. Hephaestus is kind of OP when you think about it.
AlphanuberLeo Hephaestus was a crafty god
1:12 Rick Riordan official art
"My name is Hephaestus. See?"
Of all the gods, Hephaestus is my favorite (sorry Hades... you are still my number 2). He is the underdog of the Olympus who doesn't get appreciated enough. All he wants is love and is working hard as a godly blacksmith. And his workplace is a volcano. Can you get more badass? Despite that one unfortunate event with Athena he is a nice, loyal and hardworking guy. And the fact that he's a handicapped god makes him so much more relatable
I've always liked this god. He was deformed and, therefore, disposed by many of the other gods. I myself am an outcast for many reasons, but I have great compassion for those cast out because they are different. Physical beauty may be nice, but true beauty, I believe, is seen through ones actions and words.
One of the realest comments here. Thank you.
@@adu1991 You're very welcome
Your comment is heartwarming
Can you do a video on Hekate, the goddess of witchcraft and crossroads?
Funnily enough you're in luck, the next video on Greek mythology I have ready to record is on Hekate.
Oh sweet!
Oh Hell yessss!
The Horned King isn't hekate the sniper rifle from sao?
I have never watched SAO, but naming a sniper rifle after a deity? Sure, why not?
In the future you might want to explore some of the myths of Vulcan as the Romans saw him as the same God as Haepheastus. There was some interesting differences. In Roman myth he was raised in the Ocean under the Water where Dolphins where his friends, he was also seen as a God of Bakers and cooks in addition to the usual features, he was also seen as a fertility God. His Flaman (the high Priest basically of his Roman Cult), also presided over rituals to the Goddess Maia.
I was really impressed with how you noticed how much of the Gods power and tools came from him.
There are also myths of him battling River Gods with fire.
He was alway one of my favorite gods to read about. Thanks for posting
If I was in the world of Percy Jackson, I would want to be a child of Hephaestus
Hephestus is actually my favorite greek God.
You'd think the guy who lives in a f*cking volcano, forges Zeus's personal hand nukes and builds giant killer robots on the weekends would get a little more respect!
on top of that's he my handsome husband ...lol
imagine what could have born of god of work and the goddess of love
Their offspring would’ve been the god of marriage
Dude, the content in your channel is subperb! Takes me back to my kindergarten years, when I use to sit in a circle with my peers and listened to our teacher read I g to us 😌
I love your videos, they are so captivating, I could watch them for hours because I am so fascinated by Greek mythology.
Hephaestus is definitely my favorite lesser known Greek God of all time. No matter what anyone says. He's absolutely awesome.
I feel for haphaistos skill is more important than appearance
I consider myself a student of life. I am thoroughly enjoying the information on your channel
This video explains why, even as a kid, Hephaestus was my favorite of the Greek gods.
I relate to him the most out of all the Greek gods. The others are seemingly too superficial and I didn't like how they treated Hephaestus.
He even loved Aphrodite and she really didn't reciprocate that same love for him. He deserves better.
well, at least he is has happy married life with Aglaea
Athena: No.
Hephaestus: Oh come on now
*Grabs her arm*
Athena:
Hephaestus:
Athena: Did you just-
Hephaestus: It’s been a while...
Olympians: HAHA who would ever love you?
Us Mortals: WE LOVE YOU HEPHAESTUS!!
Olympians: Um...
Hephaestus: Thank you :')
CHAD Eren vs. Ares.
Eren Jaeger: God of War. Fuck. Are you prepared? For the part 2 of our fucking fight? This is not part of the fucking movie or what now.
Ares: Come on bring it on.
Eren Jaeger: That's what you have new? So lame. 😏😎
Ares: Fuck this son of bitch.
*Grabs Eren in the neck and slams him into the ground.*
Two guards in the house of Sasha: If you want the part 2 of the fight it already happened here.
Ares: Who's lame ha?! Who's lame?
Eren Jaeger: YOU!
Ares: I'm lame?!
Eren Jaeger: 😁😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Hephaestus: *Stops Eren and Ares.*
Hermes: Settle this like gentlemen.
Ares: Come on take a shot now bro. *Takes off his accessories.* Come on.
Eren Jaeger: 😏 Go. I'm ready man.
Ares:
*Finds a bottle of beer in the broken table where he slammed Eren.* Here's your beer! 🍺
*Throws a bottle of beer at Eren.*
Eren Jaeger: *Dodges.* You throw that like a little girl. Here's your beer. You fucking faggot!
I don’t love Hephaestus though. I’m happy for him for finally being able to marry someone who would treat him right. But with what he did to Athena...well it’s the reason why I don’t love him.
Yes Poseidon might have lied to him. But that doesn’t excuse Hephaestus attempt to rape her. He should have spoken to Athena first.
This was very enlightening to my knowledge of Greek gods. Hephaestus is the real MVP
These gods are too fertile lol
malik granger they put a new meaning to "keep it in your pants"
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Wait so he came on Athena, she pushed it off and got Gaia his mom pregnant? Damn mythology sure is weird
Gaia was more like his great grandmother, not sure if that makes it even weirder or not lol but that is what happend.
I don't understand how Athena didn't get pregnant but gaia did.
@@sigmundharris617
Hephaistos' semen fell onto Athena's leg, but it didn't actually reach her vagina, hence she didn't get pregnant.
@@Boss_Isaac So by that logic... Gaia is just a big vagina
@@Trollestiatumblur
Yeah, pretty much. That's Mother Earth for you.
Ironically the god of craftsmanship, artisans, and carpentry is one of the only gods whose temple of worship is still almost completely intact and well preserved.
Why is this ironic? I'd call it an interesting coincidence, if anything.
It would be ironic if he was the god of destruction
hephaestus was my favorite greek god
hephaestus is a god who shows that people appreciated and acknowledged by their achievements, merits and talents. He deserves respect and love because he has helped gods by crafting their desired items and humanity by teaching metalworking and other forms of crafting arts like stonemason like athena and demeter have imparted their knowledge to humanity.
To be a member of the greek pantheon is either a curse or a blessing. One shall never get the justice it deserve.
Awesome job, this is my 30th or so video of yours I’ve heard. Thanks for all the artwork and effort put into making these videos possible.
Thanks for your videos, I always look forward to watching them.
Interesting fact: In Greek, the word for volcano is "Hephaestion"... deriving directly from Hephaestus of course.
Hephaestus and Ares are the earliest form of Virgin and Chad
That being said, Hephaestus is the only compassionate and emotionally mature Greek God, he doesn't deserve the crappy treatment he gets from the other gods, and I wish he could find a friendlier pantheon to hang out with.
My bobtailed black cat is called Hephaestus - he's the official Workshop Supervisor when I build LARP & cosplay weapons and armor.
There's also another story with Hephaestus wherein he helped create Athena. Supposedly Zeus had a large headache and Hephaestus obliged by cracking his skull open with an axe/hammer (not killing him though). Out from Zeus's skull sprang Athena
I’m actually working on a fan fiction where Hephaestus is the main character. It’s basically Percy Jackson, meet the Fast and the Furious.
It’s weird, when I listen to the stories of Athena I feel like he was a disgusting miscreant, but now that I’m hearing his story from the start I’m like, “awww, poor guy...”
For sure the most underrated god. Makes you wonder, without him could & would the others exist as they did. Well done.
They existed well enough long before he was born.
They would
Felt so bad for the guy till he spunked on Athena's thigh eww
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. If only we could really see.
Is it me, or can we actual sympathize with Hephaestus?The guy seriously got nothing but the short end of the stick.
Even though he helps the gods out on so many things.Granted he did do one bad thing, that time with Athena.(doesn't make it right but at least understandable.)Or was their more stories?
He was a sort of every man, as well as object lesson. That is, if you are skilled and crafty, it doesn't matter how you look, you can achieve even Love and Beauty....
So Hephaistos trying to rape someone is "understandable", but other gods doing the same is just evil and terrible and evil, hmm?
Also, what about Harmonia and the cursed necklace? Y'all hate Hera for that kind of thing, but I bet you are perfectly willing to cut Hephaistos some slack. Poor woobie, getting cheated on by the woman who was forced to marry him. Isn't that right, guys?
Compare of what the other gods have done in the myth Hephaestus was the most serious along with Hades, in most myth he is seen in his workshop working on new inventions, not like the other gods that most of the time had relationships with every human they found, not did he caused some random disaster or killed a lot of people like most of the gods did
Yeah That’s pretty bad what he tried to do, he feel alone and alone after the affair scandal, he saw Athena and wanted to be with her, again it doesn’t justifies his action, but cut some lack on him, the other gods have the same thing or worse just because they cut do it, for jealousy, lust or anger, pretty childish if you ask me, Poseidon raped Medusa, Zeus rape many women, ares was a brutal and nasty deity that no one beside Aphrodite like, Aphrodite was shallow, jealous and prideful, example psyque and Eros, Artemis had short temper and curse a lot of people
Though I heard in one version of the myth Aphrodite brainwashed him with uncontrollable lust as payback for exposing her and Ares
I always found Greek Mythology interesting I set back with a glass of wine and watch these videos. This is one of my favorite RUclips Channels thanks for the uploads!!
Hephaestus is probably the most dangerous God on Olympus. He can forge weapons/contraptions that even Zeus can’t stand against.
If he can cause such turmoil with a simple sticky throne trick, imagine what he could do when he really gets pissed off.
The Monolith yeah he couldnt undo the enchatments made by him, because the tortoise always outwits the hare. Only he could undo the enchantments.
I don't know why Greek Gods and Goddesses always judge everyone on the looks, they're always concerned by the looks.
I prefer the version where Zeus threw Hephaestus off the mountain for protecting his mother. It gave a deeper bond between him and Hera, as Hephaestus is Hera’s only child
Same, but Hephaistos isn't Hera's only child; Ares, Hebe and Eileithhyia are her children as well.
Hephaestus: let's fucc
Athena: uhmm... nope
Hephaestus: let's fucc
I Love to see the Temple of Artemis Artemis is my favorite goddess she’s the coolest goddess ever one day when we event time travel the first thing I’m gonna to do is to go back through time to see the Temple of Artemis 😁
Love these, very glad you did one on him. I'm playing a cleric in D and D that fallows him so this is a lot of help.
Fun fact: What does Hephaestus an Deadpool have in common!? Perpetual Cancer! One major part of Hephaestus ugliness comes from what is believed skin cancer (belief mostly can't really check him for cancer). The smelting of bronze is highly cancerous and most blacksmiths used to have it. Skin cancer may cause skin discoloration and other ugly skin problems, it can be unpleasant to look in late stages but it's not really lethal. It made sense for the god of blacksmiths to suffer from their common conditions. So there an immortal that had cancer...!
Zeliek didn’t he look like that since birth🤔
Well we are talking about mythology, timelines aren't a thing. Major example is how full power god Heracles was part of the "titanomachy" before the Olympians took over even thought his stories and birth take place way after that! Same goes for anyone. Like how can you have Hephaestus stories and birth again take place after the the Olympians versus the Titans since he was the one that forged everyone's weapons! Stories where "rebooted" to add more details and his theoretical cancer was something that i always thought as a nice little fact
Zeliek the cyclops forged Zeus lightning
I'm pretty sure that Zeus's thunders are forged by Hephaestus but this might be one of the "changed" ideas. Sometimes cyclopes for example are both titan "cousins" and sometimes are children of Poseidon.
Heracles didn't take part in Titanomachy but in Gigantomachy, two completely different events.
I was assigned this amazing bastard for my 6th grade ELA project. He was 10/10
Recently finding these they are very good. I don't like the modern corruptions agenda with new super heroes these myths are representing our collective psyche and this for shamanic and human energy integration is a value to me thank you brother.
Do a video on Tiamat and Fafnir. I've always been interested in them. Hell you could make a video on how the Final Fantasy summons are different from their mythology counterpart.
Hephaestus did some cool stuff, however I would like to point out that he tried to force himself upon a godess.
You would think he would have done A better job at doing so.
Hephaestus would be the God I’d want to appease the most, his jewelry was magnificent and the weapons and armor he created was the stuff that made legends
Hephaestus is my new favorite Greek god he’s the coolest god in Olympus
Finally a channel that makes 100% mythology themed videos
I've always liked hephaestus as a Greek god
Excellent...Had no knowledge of this god...the name I'have heard but nothing was ever elaborated. I 'm much more interested in this than I have been in a long time, you have brought back to me something I didn't know I missed, funny huh?...lol
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Thank you for this. I love Haephestus. I prefer to think of him as the eccentric artist or craftsman. They're viewed as different to the world. Their validation comes when people notice their work.
he can also called as god of nice guys
sumit dalal
Nice guy = loser who can't get laid, will get cheated on and lose their mind afterwards
Jack Pride tragic person/= loser. Most of the times he is just an ugly person who is victim of double standards.
The only difference between a charming person and a creepy person is the looks
sumit dalal
Thank you for seeing the truth. Most people say nice guy and really treat a person differently because of that. I actually started to get offended whenever someone called me that or compared me to someone that was a "nice guy"
Jack Pride I havent only witnessed it but also suffered through it.
Didn't he try rape Athena?
I've been asking my tarot what deity I should work with and got XX Judgement 4 times in a row. So here I am ❤️
Oh god the comments are making me picture incel Hephaestus and chad Ares now
Hephaestus got fckn cucked
You better look out. He's coming for you now
i prefer the titans more than the olympians they loved mankind more especially prometheus
@@briansalvator31 true
Ares was gorgeous, but he was also a giant asshole whom no one, not even his dad, liked. Just like war looks pretty and glorious from afar, but absolutely hellish up close.
Pretty much the only gods who liked him were his mom, Hera, (begrudgingly so) and Aphrodite with whom he had a genuine connection. As, after all, love and war are very similar concepts.
One of my favorite gods hands down.
I wonder if the gods still having children with mortals in 2018, giving birth to a new generation of demigods
Frost nimbus Barbus ikr
They do
That is a fictional book series my friend ....
Evan I honestly don't know what book your talking about lol hopefully it isn't the Harry potter books??
Frost nimbus Barbus He means Percy Jackson, not Harry Potter.