Miscellaneous Myths: Hermes

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  • He's fast! He's smart! He should really put on some pants! It's history's most marketable deity, Hermes himself!
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  • @rojaedavis8367
    @rojaedavis8367 2 года назад +7491

    *Hermes:* God of merchants
    *Also Hermes:* God of thieves
    Great. So he's robbing me both legally and illegally.

    • @elizabethshaw7472
      @elizabethshaw7472 2 года назад +867

      Steals your stuff and sells it back.

    • @abby8982
      @abby8982 2 года назад +440

      I call it efficiency at its finest.💀👍

    • @hailanluu2169
      @hailanluu2169 2 года назад +520

      So basically Hermes is the God of Capitalism

    • @Adriel_Aviado
      @Adriel_Aviado Год назад +27

      😂😂😂😂

    • @WinterPains
      @WinterPains Год назад +47

      Hermes yhe Skyrim propaganda

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 5 лет назад +6222

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your every day life?"
    *Me:* "Is it Hermes?"
    "Wrong! It's Hermes."
    *Me:* DAMMIT! If I had only known!

  • @escapismatitsworst8838
    @escapismatitsworst8838 3 года назад +3206

    No, but Apollo and Hermes having younger brother/older brother dynamic while Artemis is the oldest sister who thinks both are idiots is absolutely hilarious and somebody needs to write a book about it

  • @TheDakkaman
    @TheDakkaman 3 года назад +1973

    I can’t help but notice nobody’s made this observation yet:
    Hermes: Arguably the nicest, friendliest, and all-around most helpful of all the Olympians by a significant margin.
    Also Hermes: Literally murders and skins the first living creature he ever meets besides his mother to make an instrument like a damn sociopath.

    • @PolishAxolotl
      @PolishAxolotl Год назад +131

      Hestia: I'm joke to you?

    • @himum3429
      @himum3429 Год назад +233

      @@PolishAxolotl While she's technically the nicest, it's really only because she doesn't actually do anything. Whether it's good or bad, she kinda just chills and takes care of the family hearth. The Mythology doesn't really have many examples of her going out of her way to do stuff whereas Hermes does have that (sometimes bad but mostly good). He's an active hero whereas Hestia is more of a passive hero.

    • @leahsimi7259
      @leahsimi7259 Год назад +21

      no he ate a cow first then he murdered and skined a turtle

    • @elizabethshaw7472
      @elizabethshaw7472 Год назад +100

      The fact that Hermes can do that and still be considered one of the nicer Olympians just further demonstrates how messed up the other Olympians were.

    • @Mythmasyer4728
      @Mythmasyer4728 Год назад +61

      @@elizabethshaw7472 In his defense, he was an infant. So he hadn’t learned animals have feelings yet. Or that’s the excuse I’ve made up on the spot

  • @lenax9798
    @lenax9798 3 года назад +9862

    Apollo:"Who are you?"
    Hermes:"I'm you half brother!"
    Apollo:"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down??!!"

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios 5 лет назад +6078

    Hermes did more as a fcking infant than I'll ever do in my lifetime.
    Damn what an icon.

    • @wombythewizard1673
      @wombythewizard1673 5 лет назад +109

      Ace Coordinator Mary Well I mean he did have the ressources. Idk about you but I couldn't turn the hooves of a herd of cows by 180 degrees even if I wanted to.
      Also killing a turtle to turn it into a musical instrument? Not on my personal bucket list.

    • @nobertosanchez647
      @nobertosanchez647 5 лет назад +63

      In that case let their be a sitcom staring Hermes and Mwindo as infants! It might be like rugrats but with gods and demigods!
      Like and reply if you agree and like.

    • @them.
      @them. 4 года назад +18

      @@wombythewizard1673 you could turn around a herd of cows hooves if you have enough brute force, a very compact space that was well guarded so the cows don't try to leave, and enough mental instability to maim a herd of cows

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 4 года назад +7

      Ace Coordinator Mary heh
      Icon
      Cause.. cause he shows up as a symbol?
      Nice

    • @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie
      @Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie 4 года назад +8

      Hey let’s spice it up Hermes did more as a one ☝️ year old then most political parties does under a hundred

  • @lynds5815
    @lynds5815 3 года назад +2765

    Me, having multiple anxiety disorders, hearing that Pan is said to be the source of panic: alright time to go to the woods and fight an ancient God

    • @damianruiz6294
      @damianruiz6294 3 года назад +123

      Ight lemme join you

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 года назад +83

      Remember the last time Jacob (was it Jacob???) challenged God/an angel to a WWE match???

    • @wildcardjoey4776
      @wildcardjoey4776 3 года назад +63

      @@shanedoesyoutube8001 Yes, he won and got the title Israel

    • @klo1679
      @klo1679 3 года назад +35

      Not ancient, old god, thrice as scary

    • @anastasianicolaenco4476
      @anastasianicolaenco4476 3 года назад +31

      Pan hates us apparently

  • @laurakastrup
    @laurakastrup Год назад +625

    I found it hilarious that my father (a doctor) confused Hermes’ staff for the rod of Asclepius and I had to ask him “do you WISH for your patients to enter the underworld? Hermes is a psychopomp”

    • @phoebusapollo8450
      @phoebusapollo8450 Год назад +40

      A lot of doctors do steal you money though-

    • @ImperatorMatthew
      @ImperatorMatthew Год назад +4

      100th Like

    • @ziizification
      @ziizification 8 месяцев назад +53

      To be fair to your dad, I regularly see ambulances and even the odd actual hospital make the same mistake, to the point where I'm pretty sure at least in the US they're no longer distinct from each other.

    • @BetaDude40
      @BetaDude40 2 месяца назад

      @@ziizification According to wikipedia, 62% of professional healthcare organizations in the US correctly use the Rod of Asklepios, while 72% of the commercial healthcare organizations (health insurance and all) use the Caduceus. The quote Wikipedia uses is also pretty cool:
      "As god of the high-road and the market-place Hermes was perhaps above all else the patron of commerce and the fat purse: as a corollary, he was the special protector of the traveling salesman. As spokesman for the gods, he not only brought peace on earth (occasionally even the peace of death), but his silver-tongued eloquence could always make the worse appear the better cause. From this latter point of view, would not his symbol be suitable for certain Congressmen, all medical quacks, book agents and purveyors of vacuum cleaners, rather than for the straight-thinking, straight-speaking therapeutist? As conductor of the dead to their subterranean abode, his emblem would seem more appropriate on a hearse than on a physician's car."
      - Stuart L. Tyson, "The Caduceus", in the Scientific Monthly, 1932
      Like, wow, god damn. Prophetic even for 1932.

  • @emanuelstornello8009
    @emanuelstornello8009 4 года назад +4185

    Loki to hermes
    Loki: who are you?
    Hermes: i'm you, but faster.

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 4 года назад +268

      and way more likable

    • @joeywarren60
      @joeywarren60 4 года назад +154

      Loki: Minus this. *ignites Hermes*

    • @Talonistrying
      @Talonistrying 4 года назад +60

      @@francescolombardi3438 oh you little--

    • @lol...
      @lol... 4 года назад +179

      Ah but Hermes didn't give birth to a horse

    • @rowknan9848
      @rowknan9848 4 года назад +114

      Loki: “That’s what all the ladies say too.”
      “Well, and the men.”

  • @toolazytomakeaname1341
    @toolazytomakeaname1341 2 года назад +645

    Hermes: *literally just left the womb*
    Also Hermes: "Oh boy, it's trouble-making time."

  • @bankruptedwizard1413
    @bankruptedwizard1413 3 года назад +1333

    Aphrodite and Apollo- Kiss it!
    Ares and Hera- Kill it!
    Hermes- *Quietly walks in* If I could just... Ya know- *S T E A L*

    • @nawarb.4226
      @nawarb.4226 3 года назад +188

      ah yes, every greek god's favorite game: kiss, kill, kidnap

    • @august4476
      @august4476 3 года назад +41

      H e r m i t

    • @kusaisama
      @kusaisama 2 года назад +25

      Hermes crab

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 2 года назад +10

      @@nawarb.4226 YES. HILARIOUS

    • @LyssTheCorgi
      @LyssTheCorgi 2 года назад +12

      OMFG HERMIT

  • @Grim_Sister
    @Grim_Sister 3 года назад +9346

    Apollo: are you calling it a lyre?
    Hermes: I’m definitely not calling it a truther

  • @thosegoodbois4594
    @thosegoodbois4594 3 года назад +5717

    Hermes’ mom, looking at her newborn child for the first time: *hmmm, yes, I shall name you: pile of rocks*

    • @bobthegamingtaco6073
      @bobthegamingtaco6073 3 года назад +557

      It's cuz he ROCKS
      I'll see myself out

    • @kawaiikoffing
      @kawaiikoffing 3 года назад +164

      My sibling keeps joking about naming my eevee in Let's Go Haruki which they say means stone but translate says it's spring child. I wouldn't ming if it was stone though

    • @DevilCryno
      @DevilCryno 2 года назад +126

      I mean she did live in a cave

    • @pickedceasar1216
      @pickedceasar1216 2 года назад +17

      @@kawaiikoffing it would fit

    • @cobaltordinaire5219
      @cobaltordinaire5219 Год назад +9

      @@kawaiikoffing hey, at least they didn't name the Eevee Koishi

  • @aethersaltaccount3551
    @aethersaltaccount3551 3 года назад +2073

    Hermes seems like the type of kid that in high school would pull the most rad pranks and ALWAYS get away with them.

  • @bejeweledbedhead1551
    @bejeweledbedhead1551 3 года назад +632

    10:25 "Tammuz, Tammuz, he's our man! We'll start making funeral plans!" MADE ME LAUGH MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 4 года назад +8787

    Imagine being Apollo and your baby half brother's just been born. You're all like "yeah no biggie, I get a new one of those every other week" but then said baby half brother goes and does the equivalent of raiding your snack stash the day he's born

    • @flor2637
      @flor2637 4 года назад +169

      😂😂😂😂

    • @luciusvernus3174
      @luciusvernus3174 4 года назад +154

      Listen I know,because I am

    • @Ledwards007
      @Ledwards007 4 года назад +610

      And he still comes out as your favourite brother

    • @calliopeirwin712
      @calliopeirwin712 4 года назад +672

      @@Ledwards007 of course. any child that can steal an entire snack stash at the age of half a day will become a powerful ally.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 3 года назад +143

      Ah, sibling rivalry.

  • @GioTheVax
    @GioTheVax 4 года назад +5560

    Hermes is the patron god of Barbie
    Source: Barbie has many jobs and degrees at such a young age

    • @hyperkitten2247
      @hyperkitten2247 4 года назад +65

      you have 100 likes and i wanna like, but i dont wanna mess it up

    • @commandrogyne
      @commandrogyne 4 года назад +337

      'Barbara Milicent Rodgers: daughter of Hermes' is a Percy Jackson spinoff I would absolutely love to read

    • @andreafussaro7384
      @andreafussaro7384 4 года назад +6

      GioTheVax 👌

    • @bobross3969
      @bobross3969 4 года назад +17

      Well, you aren’t wrong...

    • @boyojesuschrist4673
      @boyojesuschrist4673 4 года назад +37

      Or miss rabbit in peppa pig

  • @paodepota8373
    @paodepota8373 2 года назад +711

    You know Hermes is the real deal when even Apollo, god of the music and arts, gets addicted to your lyre playing skills.

    • @timjim-ks8gi
      @timjim-ks8gi Год назад +20

      He wasn't the god of music until hermes invented the lyre

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 месяца назад +16

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi Hermes also wasn't the god of messengers until Apollo gave him the title. It's a nice mutually beneficial relationship

    • @colt9836
      @colt9836 17 дней назад

      ​@@timjim-ks8gi In Homeric Hymn 3 (to Apollon), when Themis gives newborn Apollon nectar and ambrosia, he immediately jumps from her arms and states that both the lyre and prophecy shall both be his.
      "Wait," I hear you say, "how could Apollon say that if Hermes hasn't invented the lyre yet?"
      Well, one explanation could be that Apollon, as a prophetic god, forshaw Hermes created the said instrument and basically called dibs.
      Another, which I believe more, is that Greek mythology was a big mess with a bunch of people playing a massive game of telephone. The Ancient Greeks didn't have a cohesive pantheon; we have the benefit of hindsight.

  • @patrickthornton840
    @patrickthornton840 3 года назад +435

    I always like to think of Hermes as the god of the internet. It's one of the most widely used ways to both trade and communicate these days, so it fits him pretty well.

    • @lilj362
      @lilj362 2 года назад +19

      Is this a Percy Jackson reference?

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 Год назад +50

      I'm also certain that like ancient Greece the internet is being divided between the gods.
      Hecate's domain is Deviant Art but for some reason Nyx and Erebus have control over the video game section of Kickstarter.

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Год назад +6

      @@lilj362 Not really

    • @blackjoker2345
      @blackjoker2345 Год назад +32

      It's also one of the most powerful tools of crime humanity has ever invented. It 100% fits.

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 Год назад +40

      @@gothnerd887 Nah I feel like Aphrodite has Deviantart and Wattpad, Ares has control of all the Twitter rants, Hephaestus got those forgong stuff on RUclips, Hermes got Google.

  • @nooneinparticular5256
    @nooneinparticular5256 4 года назад +3823

    When no one was looking. Hermes
    took *fifty* cows. He took 50 cows.
    That's as many as five tens.
    And that's terrible.

    • @dreameater8548
      @dreameater8548 3 года назад +153

      FIVE TENS!!! DAT A BIG LOT O' COWS

    • @gayfish9238
      @gayfish9238 3 года назад +128

      *this is the true meaning of I’m hungry*

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 3 года назад +37

      Ignoring that I ticked it to 69, *nice*, you can think of that as half of ONE HUNDRED.

    • @nooneinparticular5256
      @nooneinparticular5256 3 года назад +67

      @@jonnyofalltrades6620 I was just making a reference to that one Lex Luthor meme.

    • @jonnyofalltrades6620
      @jonnyofalltrades6620 3 года назад +20

      @@nooneinparticular5256 oh dear, finally a meme I don't remember

  • @marceeprime4029
    @marceeprime4029 5 лет назад +864

    Hermes: **is born**
    Also Hermes: *It's Mischief time...*

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 5 лет назад +32

      Marcee Prime *It's Free Real-estate.*

    • @KnittingGirl28
      @KnittingGirl28 5 лет назад +43

      Ah, but of course the minute you are born is the perfect time to make mischief. They would never ever suspect a cooote widdddle baebae~

    • @caseygray2328
      @caseygray2328 5 лет назад +10

      Well he has a lot of time to make up for, after all he spent all that time in his mother's womb

    • @mewsingsbynatk
      @mewsingsbynatk 5 лет назад +5

      🎵HERE COMES TROUBLE!🎵

    • @coffeewolf5789
      @coffeewolf5789 4 года назад +2

      666 likes

  • @quinncosm
    @quinncosm 3 года назад +568

    Red: Hermes was Pan
    LGBTQ+, Japanese people, and Spanish speakers: *visible confusion*

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 года назад +91

      Spain, Portugal, and Japan (who got that word from Portugal): WHAT??? IS THE LORD OF DA BREAD?!?!?!

    • @alannisalarcon7648
      @alannisalarcon7648 3 года назад +28

      You killed me whit the "spanish speakers" part 😂.

    • @inoli3164
      @inoli3164 3 года назад +36

      Any Romantic language: Visisble Confusion

    • @oooooooo8970
      @oooooooo8970 2 года назад +2

      XD confirmo

    • @burnv664
      @burnv664 2 года назад +17

      Hermes is bread?

  • @KHTimeProtecter
    @KHTimeProtecter 2 года назад +271

    About the dong situation: Hermes was actually known to be the paragon of masculinity and fertility (makes sense if he’s an offshoot of Pan). In fact, he had a kid with Aphrodite named Hermaphrodite, who’s an intersex being that encompasses both the most feminine traits and the most masculine traits. Notice how the name is a combination of both of their parents’ names. So the dongs make logical sense.

    • @Oturan20
      @Oturan20 7 месяцев назад +19

      Hermaphroditus was their child's name. Hermaphrodite comes from Hermaphroditus.

    • @addiewest6070
      @addiewest6070 7 месяцев назад +20

      A sentence i never thought I'd read "the dong makes logical sense"

  • @jamiepollard7857
    @jamiepollard7857 4 года назад +3428

    Romans: Odin is Hermes!
    Loki: am I a JOKE to you?

    • @frodoswaggins3132
      @frodoswaggins3132 4 года назад +180

      Odin was far more of a trickster than other head gods like Zeus and capital G God.

    • @yourfriendlytaxonomist
      @yourfriendlytaxonomist 3 года назад +81

      @@frodoswaggins3132 Dude... Odin wasn't a trickster near as much as he was a destructive deity like Zeus.

    • @charlottekraker4152
      @charlottekraker4152 3 года назад +103

      Darkrai Killer Odin tricks people all the time

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 3 года назад +150

      @@yourfriendlytaxonomist Odin is a god of general cunningness, wisdom, mad power and was usually worshiped by the ruling class

    • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
      @marloyorkrodriguez9975 3 года назад +53

      Odin is also a traveler

  • @iwakeupandboomimarat
    @iwakeupandboomimarat 5 лет назад +10041

    hermes just wanted to pay his rent stop judging him and his 83 jobs

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 лет назад +832

      Man, can you imagine working 83 jobs across the breadth of an entire grouping of city-states, and STILL not being able to pay rent on time? That would be a disaster...or New York City.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 5 лет назад +334

      Greek gods pay rent? To Zeus? Or Hera? Hermes might be like "Me pay rent? I've never Hera such nonsense!"

    • @iwakeupandboomimarat
      @iwakeupandboomimarat 5 лет назад +196

      Ronin 6 hermes now canonically lives in new york city

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 лет назад +102

      @@iwakeupandboomimaratThat sounds like it would be a set-up for one of those reality show-type deals, the more I think about it lol XD

    • @sadforever-jz9ln
      @sadforever-jz9ln 4 года назад +21

      This is great!

  • @alexlefay
    @alexlefay 2 года назад +263

    I always thought that the Odin = Hermes thing was pretty weird... When Loki is a thing. The whole "mom, I killed my brother's herd, a turtle, created the lyre but trust me, it's all part of the plan! You'll see! Oh, hello brother! Me? AN INNOCENT BABY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT *wink wink*" screams Loki all around.

    • @theholyduck5520
      @theholyduck5520 Год назад +40

      Loki seems to be a spin-off of Odin's trickster god persona (Odin had a lot of divine functions on his plate), and Loki fulfills the role of the increasingly malevolent trickster. It should be noted that Loki's schemes rarely went as well as Hermes'. Loki in the myths usually had the antagonistic trickster god function of complicating everything, even when he was working for the benefit of the Aesir, on a few occasions simply because he was drunk. He frequently outsmarted himself and was expected to clean up his messes in hilariously humiliating ways, with escalating consequences as he tried to spin events to his own benefit, usually unsuccessfully. This is why he, at various times, had his lips sewn shut, his testicles tied to a goat, was impregnated by a jotun's stallion (giving birth to an eight-legged horse), and was threatened by Thor with grievous bodily harm on multiple occasions. Things turned really bad when he caused the death of Baldur and prevented his resurrection and Odin had officially had enough of his shit, the consequences of which finalized Loki's face-heel turn. Odin's trickster attributes would probably have been viewed as more heroic (like when he seduced a giantess to steal the mead of poetry) and thus more in line with how Hermes was seen. He also spent a lot of time walking the earth in Gandalf cosplay.

    • @manmoy4104
      @manmoy4104 9 месяцев назад +11

      As there are no written records of Loki outside of Scandinavia in the post-Christianized era, it's possible that Germanic peoples outside of Scandinavia probably never worshipped him. Versions of Odin and Freya sporadically pop up in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and charms as well as German and Dutch folklore but no sign of Loki anywhere in these regions. So for some of the Romans, equating whatever version of Odin they encountered with Mercury (the catch-all god of basically everything) was an easy decision

    • @logosimian
      @logosimian 2 месяца назад +1

      Loki and Odin are not as distinct as most folks would believe.

  • @skturbo107
    @skturbo107 Год назад +247

    “For somewhat complicated reasons the nymph Io ends up getting turned into a cow…”
    Not really that complicated. Like most Greek myths, Zeus was horny.

  • @emper1on
    @emper1on 5 лет назад +1588

    Apollo:
    Hermes: *hands lyre*
    Apollo: Friendship ended with cows lyre is my new best friend

    • @agungpriambodo1674
      @agungpriambodo1674 5 лет назад +37

      basically bribing your half brother

    • @epicfail7874
      @epicfail7874 4 года назад +23

      @@agungpriambodo1674 no that's literary what happened

  • @imaginethatravens7815
    @imaginethatravens7815 4 года назад +6556

    Apollo: Hey dad, your son stole 50 of my cows.
    Zeus: Which one?
    Apollo: The one that was born a few hours ago...
    Zeus: ...
    Apollo: Dad, don’t laugh, it’s not funny.
    Zeus: *dying of laughter*

    • @toenailairconditioner7406
      @toenailairconditioner7406 3 года назад +1267

      Zeus: Which one?
      Apollo: The one that was born a few hours ago...
      Zeus: *Which one?*

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 года назад +104

      Zeus:Come on i have like *7 sextillon sons!!!!!!!!!!*

    • @keeva6530
      @keeva6530 3 года назад +384

      I mean soon after Apollo was born he just kind of got up and started like singing

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 года назад +33

      @@keeva6530 *LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON :D*

    • @donovanroundtree524
      @donovanroundtree524 3 года назад +12

      @Kylar Cheng my bad
      edit:better?

  • @DragonxFlutter
    @DragonxFlutter 2 года назад +44

    So Sun Wu Kong, Hermes, and Loki smash down the door to a bar and shout “DID SOMEBODY SAY *_MISCHIEF?!?!”_*

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma 5 лет назад +2601

    He's the god of *Lyres* and thieves.
    Eh? eh?
    I'll see myself out.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan 5 лет назад +51

      **GASSSSP**

    • @capital1867
      @capital1867 5 лет назад +86

      Come back in my friend, with quality content like that you should be praised

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe 5 лет назад +58

      @@capital1867 I was going to "say see yourself back in here and take your f****** prize"

    • @ariesthezodiac7274
      @ariesthezodiac7274 5 лет назад +13

      EEEEEEYYYYYY!! 👉🏻👉🏻

    • @christianw.509
      @christianw.509 5 лет назад +20

      That is actually what I though she said in the first place

  • @krausercruz2780
    @krausercruz2780 5 лет назад +1648

    "DAMMIT ZEUS"
    Greek Mythology in a nutshell.

  • @PieNumber4
    @PieNumber4 2 года назад +121

    Pan is so rare in this series, he feels like a guest star

  • @Cheattoe
    @Cheattoe 3 года назад +203

    “The Dong on a statue is ALWAYS non-negotiable” said every artist everywhere

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Год назад +6

      I found this oddly funny

  • @colecarsten9532
    @colecarsten9532 5 лет назад +4052

    "Hermes used to be Pan."
    Well it was Greece, I thought most Gods were-
    "Now the Greek god Pan-"
    OH.
    WHOOPS.

    • @iceluvndiva21
      @iceluvndiva21 4 года назад +99

      XD is it bad that I immediately thought that a few seconds before realizing what red meant?

    • @user-qb6hm8qw2n
      @user-qb6hm8qw2n 4 года назад +29

      Me, when I hear "pan" before I get the other meaning: The greek god of the wild, Pan!
      Me after: Some old and usually good greek god but still blah, blah, blah... and MAGNUS CHASE, DUH!

    • @soupmayor-themayorofsoup
      @soupmayor-themayorofsoup 4 года назад +16

      Aliksandr
      *ah yes, my favorite god*
      *he makes good chikken nuggies*

    • @dem0nich0ursuwo60
      @dem0nich0ursuwo60 4 года назад +3

      Зоя Калайджиева YES MY FAV PAN BOOK CHARACTER

    • @Luna-zx1fx
      @Luna-zx1fx 4 года назад +8

      You're close enough, considering everything before the 1800s CE was either ace or bi

  • @isabellareny3359
    @isabellareny3359 5 лет назад +510

    Greeks: Tammuz says great god Pan is dead!
    Pan: quit telling everyone I’m dead!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice

    • @1Wintersoldier
      @1Wintersoldier 5 лет назад +7

      @@pumpkinpixie9677 The Percy Jackson books shouldn't be taken for fact and the same as the mythology. Things were changed to make stuff more interesting

    • @soldiaz7261
      @soldiaz7261 5 лет назад +11

      Pumpkin Pixie Did you just... Did you just say Rick Riordan is more of an authority than mythological scholars and the mythos itself...?

    • @evilproductionstudios9659
      @evilproductionstudios9659 5 лет назад

      Isabella Reny pan: because I’m right here dumbos!

    • @berengustav7714
      @berengustav7714 7 месяцев назад

      @@1Wintersoldier Considering how we can't be sure which myth is the original,and a bunch of ancient writers had thier own takes,years from now,Riordan's takes will be considered part of the Mythos itself,and that's okay.

  • @filipevasconcelos4409
    @filipevasconcelos4409 3 года назад +125

    I really wish the parties i used to frequent were so cool that sharing an anecdote about how a greek god's death was just a colossal misunderstanding would be effective on attracting the good kind of attention.

  • @theoverpreparerlamenters3r436
    @theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 3 года назад +85

    "What's the Greek god you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    "...Hermes?"
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."

  • @mootang
    @mootang 5 лет назад +861

    >In the myth of Io, for somewhat complicate reason...
    It's ok Red, you can just say "Zeus". We understand.

    • @benvaughan2171
      @benvaughan2171 5 лет назад +42

      I think Zeus is a swear word for Red

    • @DerplingKing
      @DerplingKing 5 лет назад +28

      Now let's be fair. Hera was also involved.

    • @licasabinaandreea2361
      @licasabinaandreea2361 5 лет назад +24

      Yea, but she got involved only cause Zeus got "involved"

    • @whoknows7968
      @whoknows7968 5 лет назад +32

      *Deep intake of breath* Zeus yet again couldn't keep it in his pants, Hera went to see what Zeus was doing, Zeus disguised Io as a cow so Hera wouldn't know he banged yet another woman who wasn't his wife but Hera didn't buy this cause duh, Hera has Argus watch the cow *wheezing intensifies* Hermes kills Argus then Argus' dead eyes are put on a peacock which is why peacocks are a symbol for Hera. *Collapses to the floor*

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 5 лет назад +5

      @@whoknows7968 And then Io is chased by a fly all the way to Egypt where she is returned to her human form and marries the king.

  • @NeutralDrow
    @NeutralDrow 3 года назад +2374

    "Kinda hope you're not dealing with [elemental mercury] daily, but still..."
    Well, what *ELSE* can I consume to gain immortality?! That damned monkey ate all the peaches!"

    • @irsyadsyauqi3105
      @irsyadsyauqi3105 3 года назад +60

      Bruh😂😂😂😂

    • @XalconKugelBlitz
      @XalconKugelBlitz 3 года назад +21

      Lol

    • @troyjardine5850
      @troyjardine5850 3 года назад +107

      Calm down Emperor Chin

    • @gregsnaidoo2711
      @gregsnaidoo2711 3 года назад +33

      Try the tree of life it has letters ee I'm sure u can figure it out

    • @ShugoAWay
      @ShugoAWay 3 года назад +68

      And all the jars of imortal pills...and like 6 other sources of immortality

  • @lewislake5128
    @lewislake5128 3 года назад +41

    That is probably why Hermes knew his god abilities the moment he was born. He was originating from old pan, with all the understanding he needed, and carried the original pan’s legacy of trickery probably

  • @Kelaiah01
    @Kelaiah01 Год назад +98

    Theory/Headcanon: Hermes' first act being "to annoy Apollo" was to gain Hera's favor. After all, Hera hated that Leto was going to have children by Zeus and tried to kill Leto and her offspring, and later Apollo killed the serpent sent by Hera to kill them. So I imagine Hera would be pretty salty about that... here comes along *another* illegit child of Zeus, only this particular one is stealing from/annoying Apollo, so she decides, "Meh, this one's alright."

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 10 месяцев назад +4

      That wouldn't work because Hera is the goddess of marriage and family and a bastard son of Zeus' affairs while married to Hera wouldn't fit well to her domain and her personality.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 10 месяцев назад +14

      @@BoostedMonkey05 Hera had no problem with Perseus, another bastard son of Zeus. She never once made trouble for him, and even helped him indirectly at one point during his quest. It seems there is the rare occasion when Hera is willing to look the other way.

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@Kelaiah01 because perseus was perfect. Boy was loved by everyone up on olympus that he was showered with boons to get to his legendary status

    • @ninamermaid5467
      @ninamermaid5467 8 месяцев назад +7

      Or maybe is because of his mother, Maya, it's said that Hera was amazed by the intelligenge and beauty of the titaness/goddess. Also Hera could have thougt that she shouln't mess with hermes for being able to outsmart Apollo even when he was a baby and the messanger and thieve god. Maybe he was the only bastard that was a real trheat if she did anything to upset him.

    • @Kelaiah01
      @Kelaiah01 8 месяцев назад

      @@ninamermaid5467 Also fair. XD

  • @swashhustler1326
    @swashhustler1326 5 лет назад +16429

    Greeks: This year we lost our beloved wilderness god, Pan.
    Pan: QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Greeks: sometimes I can still hear his voice...
    Edit: Top comment? Liked by OSP? Mom, look, I made it!

  • @keithkania3810
    @keithkania3810 5 лет назад +2148

    Ancient Greece: Boy we have a pretty cool reli-
    Rome: *DID I HEAR R E L I G I O N*
    Ancient Greece: *OH SHI*

    • @voivodadracula1936
      @voivodadracula1936 5 лет назад +180

      Greek Hellenism: * exists *
      Rome: hey nice religion, can i take it?
      Christianity: * exists *
      Rome "aww $hit, here we go again..."

    • @TheKirbylore
      @TheKirbylore 5 лет назад +49

      ***This is mine now***

    • @inanjarif1388
      @inanjarif1388 5 лет назад +75

      Rome: *_OOH A NEW ONE ABOUT A GUY GETTING NAILED TO WOOD! ME LIKE IT!_*

    • @blossomvines341
      @blossomvines341 5 лет назад +96

      Rome: Sees another religion
      Rome:
      *It’s* *free* *real-estate*

    • @chunghung7951
      @chunghung7951 5 лет назад +11

      Sir Doggo Rome:REEEEEEEEEE LIGION

  • @slugcat6226
    @slugcat6226 3 года назад +51

    I’m sorry but “Tammuz, Tammuz, he’s our man! We’ll start making funeral plans!” Is the best quote in this video

  • @RandoFan415
    @RandoFan415 2 года назад +141

    Hermes was like the spiderman of greek mythology. The young guy that got popularized around the world with a seemingly more down to earth relatable personality then the others. Lol

  • @unnecessaryjourney634
    @unnecessaryjourney634 3 года назад +2927

    Red : Who’s the Greek god you see the most influence of in your every day life?
    Me : Hermes
    Red: WRONG it’s Hermes.
    Me : >:}

  • @this.weird0820
    @this.weird0820 5 лет назад +761

    Hermes: *looks at Apollos cows*
    Hermes: *_I THINK IM BOUT TO STEAL_*

    • @demonguysayshi2666
      @demonguysayshi2666 4 года назад +8

      Everyone: hermes how are you so famous?
      hermes: the secret ingredient is crime. and speed. A lot of speed.

    • @randoeinyoutube3321
      @randoeinyoutube3321 4 года назад +4

      Hermes steal? *NO DIGNITY*

  • @thatyellowmenace9324
    @thatyellowmenace9324 3 года назад +63

    Hermes is like the main character of the anime 'The Devil is a Part-Timer!'
    but his title will be "Greek Messenger God is a Part-Timer!"

    • @yippie871
      @yippie871 Год назад +3

      your comment made me happy

  • @fionagibson7529
    @fionagibson7529 2 года назад +48

    When the Herms transition screen came on and that song started playing, I happened to be drinking water. Before now, I never fully believed that you could shoot water from your nose by laughing. That was perfect.

  • @adumbooctopus1115
    @adumbooctopus1115 5 лет назад +1791

    5:35
    Everyone: It says Panic
    Me, an intellectual: PANK

    • @Sam-bp2dg
      @Sam-bp2dg 5 лет назад +150

      I'm laughing my ass off, 'pank' means 'broke' in Swedish

    • @corylusbluefox9482
      @corylusbluefox9482 5 лет назад +139

      @@Sam-bp2dg Well, I guess that makes sense. I tend to panic when I am broke.

    • @Bluey306
      @Bluey306 5 лет назад +25

      i need this to be the top comment very badly

    • @connordillivan452
      @connordillivan452 5 лет назад +76

      What’s it called when Pan goes out dancing?
      Panic at the Disco 😁

    • @dwiariismurini7544
      @dwiariismurini7544 5 лет назад +5

      I thought that as well!

  • @hanyuu05
    @hanyuu05 5 лет назад +1886

    Red: "What's the Greek gods you see the most influenced of in your everyday life?"
    Me: "Her--"
    Red: "Wrong, it's Hermes!"
    Me: ರ_ರ

  • @Frontline_view_kaiser
    @Frontline_view_kaiser 2 года назад +30

    2:18 I love the look of the Hermes statue after making a fool of Apollo
    Its like "Get a load of this simp"

  • @pan_bacchanal
    @pan_bacchanal Год назад +22

    I absolutely love how the word "shenanigans" describe so well all wild and weird shit that mythical god are doing all around, being as creative as they can

  • @davidchenoweth3457
    @davidchenoweth3457 5 лет назад +2458

    Hermes is the first chaotic neutral dnd character. change my mind.

    • @csweezey18
      @csweezey18 5 лет назад +39

      If Hermes is chaotic neutral, then I guess I'm just plain chaotic. ;)

    • @bonnesuenos
      @bonnesuenos 4 года назад +176

      Sung Wu Kong. He literally rampaged through heaven and fought everyone just because.

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 4 года назад +15

      Vio Ani you win.

    • @q345ify
      @q345ify 4 года назад +43

      @@lordfelidae4505
      hermes is older than sung wu kong although Gilgamesh would seem to fall into the catgeory of chaotic neutral

    • @CeCe593
      @CeCe593 4 года назад

      Kronos?

  • @DefNotThePope
    @DefNotThePope 5 лет назад +461

    If Hermes singing "Country Roads" sounds like Red's cover of it, I completely understand how he instantly gained Apollo's approval.

    • @KitKatHexe
      @KitKatHexe 5 лет назад +13

      the moment I heard that cover I instantly came to the comments to see if anyone had said anything about how amazing it was because hot damn

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 5 лет назад +10

      Yup, Red has a singing voice that'd probably make certain greek godesses jealous...

  • @avataryangchenbl9706
    @avataryangchenbl9706 Год назад +12

    Zeus: YOUNG MAN COME BACK HERE BEFORE YOUR GROUNDED!
    Hermes: *WELL I DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE GOD OF RANDOM SHIT NOBODY WANTED TO BE THE GOD OF!*

  • @MoonClawx
    @MoonClawx Год назад +16

    I like that Hermes was said to be Odin, when in reality he'd be more like Loki, but Loki would love to seen as actually Odin, so makes a lot of sense.

  • @37fishsticks69
    @37fishsticks69 5 лет назад +983

    Hermes:Mom can I be born?
    Maya:To live your life and help people?
    Hermes:yeees
    Actualy steals a bunch of cows like a boss
    Hermes: Mischief Time

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 лет назад +17

      A baby talking before birth just reminds me of Kirikou

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 5 лет назад +1

      I thought it was Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 лет назад

      @@neonayse8803
      I have no idea who that is

    • @neonayse8803
      @neonayse8803 5 лет назад +1

      @@gunjfur8633
      Maya/Maia

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 лет назад +2

      @@neonayse8803
      Ah, yeah.
      Its Maia, not Maya

  • @iluvchess14736
    @iluvchess14736 3 года назад +3151

    "And is unsurprisingly the son of Zeus, like roughly 7% of Ancient Greece"
    Truer words have never been said

    • @corvusnocturne
      @corvusnocturne 2 года назад +78

      and yet still room for improvement, its more like 70% of ancient greece

    • @Chokah
      @Chokah 2 года назад +85

      There's a reason for the joke that like 75% of Greek Mythology is basically "Zeus was horny, hijinks ensued."

    • @fionagibson7529
      @fionagibson7529 2 года назад +37

      The dude was the Greek Myth equivalent of Ghengis Khan. It’s honestly surprising that he was supposed to rule the gods when he can’t keep it in his pants for ten seconds.

    • @ambrosic_shifter8947
      @ambrosic_shifter8947 2 года назад +3

      Yoo 666 likes!

    • @autisticdancer
      @autisticdancer 2 года назад +9

      Only 7%? I would have thought it would be at least over 10% lol.

  • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
    @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 3 года назад +39

    4:54 "Literally legendary dong", "Sex and fertility" so THAT'S why fauns are sometimes portrayed as insufferable horndogs.
    *_-Usually by furries-_*

  • @huldrrrr9486
    @huldrrrr9486 3 года назад +14

    Hermes + Loki + Sun Wukong = the holy tricker trinity (and best bois)

  • @zackovgaming3983
    @zackovgaming3983 5 лет назад +399

    Apollo:How can you prove youreself to be a great god
    Hermes:*grabs his lyre* *COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG!*
    Apollo:You we will be a great god

    • @scottrauch1261
      @scottrauch1261 5 лет назад +2

      Good god yez

    • @danielcharland1374
      @danielcharland1374 5 лет назад +9

      "Almost Elysium/ West Arcadia/ Olympus Mountain/ Styx and Lethe rivers/

    • @leonmercury3732
      @leonmercury3732 5 лет назад +4

      I always imagined it as wonder wall during research. Just for personal laughs.

    • @Chivi-chivik
      @Chivi-chivik 5 лет назад +2

      @@danielcharland1374 West Arcadia fits the best 😂

    • @grimtheghastly8878
      @grimtheghastly8878 5 лет назад +1

      @@danielcharland1374 life is old there/older than the trees!

  • @Taiyama2
    @Taiyama2 5 лет назад +615

    My Therapist: Original Pan can't hurt you, he doesn't exist.
    Original Pan: 7:06

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 5 лет назад +91

      Therapist: He can't hurt you, he's dead
      Pan: Is alive, and also _TWO_ gods now

    • @alecchristiaen4856
      @alecchristiaen4856 5 лет назад +6

      he looks like Wilbur Whately from Red's vid on lovecraft

    • @JustNierninwa
      @JustNierninwa 5 лет назад +2

      10:15 original pan: not only am i not dead but i've split in two
      Also, seriously *Péh2usōn is pretty cool. Can we also link Rowan trees to him? That'd be great. Cause like, it's found all around the world and has been associated with boundaries since at least the Celts?…

  • @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967
    @cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 3 года назад +57

    1:42 I never thought I'd say this, but Zeus is absolutely right.

    • @alisonlazarus5989
      @alisonlazarus5989 2 года назад +10

      The only time Zeus had an appropriate reaction to something

  • @hetrosjistin4837
    @hetrosjistin4837 Год назад +17

    The reason why the dong was non-negotiable (as described to me by my roman history teacher in uni) was that one of the things Hermes was the god of was the god of intersections, including the 'intersection of man and woman' and the dong was the representation of that on the cross roads markers.

  • @Anthintendo
    @Anthintendo 5 лет назад +316

    “Take me home, Country Roads
    To the place, where I belong
    Arcadia, Mountain Olympus
    Take me home, Country Roads”

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 лет назад +25

      You are misguided , all roads lead to roma
      ROMA INVICTA

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 лет назад +6

      @@aneesh2115 Since Rome was in fact not built in a day, how long did it take to build the roads leading to it? :P

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 лет назад +4

      @@loneronin6813 3 take it or leave

    • @loneronin6813
      @loneronin6813 5 лет назад +3

      @@aneesh2115 All jokes aside, I think we can all agree that Rome performed a lot of technological feats that are still impressive to this day given the time they were made in so I'm certainly not one to complain :)

    • @neine999
      @neine999 5 лет назад

      Mount Olympus is in Macedonia tho

  • @GodzillaFan8889
    @GodzillaFan8889 5 лет назад +626

    Nobody:
    Not a single god:
    Hermes: M I S C H I E F T I M E

    • @IceQueen975
      @IceQueen975 5 лет назад +5

      Me, thousands of years later: DO A FLIP, MY THEOI!
      Pretty sure that's why He did it. XD

    • @spoontheguy5397
      @spoontheguy5397 5 лет назад +10

      o h
      w o u l d y o u l o o k a t t h e t i m e

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 5 лет назад +2

      If nobody said nothing, that would mean everyone was talking.
      Think it through next time.

  • @lazycatjansen9442
    @lazycatjansen9442 3 года назад +158

    Red: “Pan is credited for TWO things, both of which share his name”
    The comments: make that FOUR

    • @phastinemoon
      @phastinemoon 2 года назад +18

      Except the “pan” meaning bread doesn’t come from the Greek, it’s from the Latin “panis”, which comes from an Indo-European word meaning “to graze, to eat”.

    • @liamzakhaev
      @liamzakhaev Год назад +1

      @@phastinemoon logic chopping fallacy in action right here.

  • @BigAmericanGirlFan
    @BigAmericanGirlFan 3 года назад +9

    It's hilarious that as Hermes is the god of athletes and thieves, both the Flash and the Rogues (Captain Cold, Trickster, Mirror Master) fall under his jurisdiction.

  • @brennacomstock2602
    @brennacomstock2602 4 года назад +2133

    “Or just read the Percy Jackson books”
    *sweats nervously in Percy Jackson fan *

    • @fictional-girl_05
      @fictional-girl_05 4 года назад +33

      sad happy meal Same

    • @BladeWild2319
      @BladeWild2319 4 года назад +15

      Lol same

    • @elizathesimp
      @elizathesimp 4 года назад +11

      Me to

    • @carolferrao1415
      @carolferrao1415 4 года назад +119

      Damn, the Percy Jackson books (and Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods) taught me SO MUCH about Greek Mythology and references to it!!💙I don’t care if some people don’t like its accuracy, this saga taught me and introduced me to the world of the Greek Gods in such an incredible way! Rick Riordan is an amazing teacher!

    • @fiashlightyear9004
      @fiashlightyear9004 4 года назад +60

      @@carolferrao1415 bruh you mean dam lol

  • @kittymeowmeow7097
    @kittymeowmeow7097 4 года назад +2544

    Me taking Spanish:...
    Red: "Hermes used to be...pan."
    Me: NO WAY, he used to be BREAD?

    • @sjargo11
      @sjargo11 4 года назад +199

      It is in fact also the Japanese word for bread (パン) “pan”

    • @skyew.3939
      @skyew.3939 4 года назад +142

      It also sounds like the French word for bread - pain

    • @cjkelly7536
      @cjkelly7536 4 года назад +87

      @@skyew.3939 Weird. It's not like bread brought pain in France.
      (BTW That's sarcasm)

    • @wooyeah1738
      @wooyeah1738 4 года назад +18

      I was kinda like HIM TOO, and then I was like, shit she meant the god.

    • @shockingheaven
      @shockingheaven 4 года назад +36

      And that may be why the movie Pan's Labyrinth is called El Laberinto del Fauno, not El Laberinto de Pan.

  • @nodmyhead6198
    @nodmyhead6198 3 года назад +20

    2:14 -So Hermes is a Slytherin is what I'm getting. Or atleast, Slytherins would probubly have an affinity to worshiping him.

  • @Manda_Kat
    @Manda_Kat 3 года назад +67

    Historians: Pan is dead.
    Pan: STOP TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD!
    Historians: Somedays, it's like I can still hear his voice

  • @ang1759
    @ang1759 5 лет назад +494

    "What's the Greek God you see the most influence of in your everyday life?"
    Im guessing Hermes.
    "Wrong, it's Hermes."
    ...

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 4 года назад +15

      It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws
      I T ' S N O T

    • @PabloNavarrete5780
      @PabloNavarrete5780 4 года назад +23

      We’ve been tricked, we’ve been backstabbed, and we’ve been, quite possibly, bamboozled

    • @godofnerds761
      @godofnerds761 4 года назад +2

      @@PabloNavarrete5780 RvB references, nicee

    • @julianarwen
      @julianarwen 4 года назад

      Pablo Navarrete I’d even say smackledorfed!

  • @myriadofcolours9861
    @myriadofcolours9861 5 лет назад +1759

    Hermes
    Fetus Genius
    Baby Icon
    Infant King
    The Gucci of Newborns
    Okay, I'll stop.

    • @wyattunrue5354
      @wyattunrue5354 4 года назад +21

      Khano Sera the first one is my personal favorite

    • @petermarsella6537
      @petermarsella6537 4 года назад +27

      Lord of the child

    • @brettshair3151
      @brettshair3151 4 года назад +12

      @Gio Anselmo Intal THIS.

    • @Darkness-eu1tw
      @Darkness-eu1tw 4 года назад +22

      "The Gucci on Newborns"🤣🤣🤣

    • @gianni206
      @gianni206 4 года назад +3

      If you're gonna be corny at least own it

  • @vladlena72
    @vladlena72 Год назад +14

    I love the word "shenanigans” refering all wild and weird shit olympians gods are doing (especially when they young), it fits sooo well

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman 2 года назад +35

    This is one of my favorite OSP videos. Lots of people know the mainstays of Greek mythology (read: lots of people have read Percy Jackson) but studying the origins of the myth is _much_ more interesting in my opinion. Homer and the other Greek poets wrote stories about gods and heroes that were already well known in their day. Why were they well known? Where do these ancient ideas come from? Where and when were they created? Why were they created? What do they represent? How were they worshipped? What can we learn about the people who worshipped them?
    Ultimately the attributes that people chose to deify can tell us about what they valued. People don't tell us about the gods; the gods tell us about people.

    • @niserresin2006
      @niserresin2006 4 месяца назад

      The Aphrodite, Hades and Persephone, and Dionysus vids all have similar histories of gods.

  • @tyrantking9000
    @tyrantking9000 3 года назад +5036

    "Hermes was Pan."
    Me: "Hermes was pansexual?"
    Red: "Pan the character."

  • @ArachCobra
    @ArachCobra 5 лет назад +793

    So Pan got killed by ambiguous syntax. That's new.

    • @wisewillow7530
      @wisewillow7530 4 года назад +69

      i like to think that pan himself told everyone his dead as a tricky joke but it backfired.

    • @iamRageTheWolf
      @iamRageTheWolf 4 года назад +14

      i mean they say words have power

    • @markmayonnaise1163
      @markmayonnaise1163 4 года назад +24

      @@iamRageTheWolf The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; the former killed a god!

    • @Lord_Of_Night
      @Lord_Of_Night 4 года назад +6

      @@markmayonnaise1163 And considering fiction works in general, I'd imagine a lot of literature killed gods. Lol.

  • @templarw20
    @templarw20 2 года назад +13

    One of the very short list of things I didn’t hate about the Percy Jackson movies was them casting Nathan Fillion as Hermes.

    • @BigAmericanGirlFan
      @BigAmericanGirlFan Год назад +2

      Fitting, since Fillion eventually played another famous thief in a fan film later who had a run in with a secret society that is based on Hermeticism in one of his games. What a small world, isn't it

  • @clottedscream
    @clottedscream 3 года назад +45

    Fun fact, Hermes is also central to the religious philosophy behind alchemy, which is called Hermeticism. Which, extra fun fact, also means you’re kind of performing worship of him every time you read tarot.

    • @Chonk_enthusiest
      @Chonk_enthusiest 7 месяцев назад +4

      Alchemy doesn't have a religious foundation, it has been used throughout history in religious context but it's always been just about understanding how the world and body interacts when put together. Hermeticism is also so much younger then alchemy, it came about as people looking back on ancient texts on medicine and thought as well as rural practice which were all covered under asclepius, hermes and thoth, they then merged them into one god.
      Also Tarot has nothing to do with anything, I'm assuming you got that from the famous art for the magician card, but tarot didn't exist until hermeticism was on its way out from scholar circles and was a practice for lower classes not those that had the opportunity to read about the hermetic arts.

  • @picklequeen9795
    @picklequeen9795 4 года назад +2209

    I get it Red. Sun Wukong is literally my favorite character ever.

  • @bachpham6862
    @bachpham6862 3 года назад +6569

    My favorite culture story regarding Hermes:
    In most Western, and Western-influenced traditions, the Rod of Asclepius has been the de-facto representation of healthcare, medicine, healing, ... from the Greek god Asclepius. The rod itself is extremely similar to Hermes' Caduceus (or at least the artistic representation of it) with the exception that the rod only has 1 snake and no wings. However, for some reason, when it was imported to the US, they mistakenly took Hermes' caduceus and used it to represent healthcare-related services and a lot of US still have this misconception and confusion. Given that US is one of the only developed country to not have a fully nationalized public healthcare, this mistakes turns out to be hilariously cartoonishly ironic. Hermes is the patron God of not only commerce, finance and money but also the God of liars, thieves and mischief and his iconic symbol is plastered all over the US healthcare industry somehow is the most beautifully on-the-nose representation I have ever seen.

    • @Jo-sv9io
      @Jo-sv9io 3 года назад +599

      This is a criminally underrated comment

    • @Hello-og7os
      @Hello-og7os 3 года назад +436

      Hermes' caduceus is on the logo of our Department of Health... twice. We're a former territory if the United States. I want to cry.

    • @michaelabbott5999
      @michaelabbott5999 3 года назад +406

      If I read a book with fictional gods and saw this scenario I would think it was the lasiest metaphor ever

    • @satanadev8990
      @satanadev8990 3 года назад +128

      that hurts that really hurts

    • @Maplestarknight
      @Maplestarknight 3 года назад +345

      Did Hermes/Asclepius fucking curse us for using the wrong staff with a snake on it. Is that why American healthcare is still so nightmarish.

  • @watchingtheworlduk5253
    @watchingtheworlduk5253 3 года назад +51

    "Hope you're not dealing with that daily"
    *cries in chemist*

  • @earthdust00
    @earthdust00 Год назад +37

    My cat is named Hermes. I call him Hermz for short sometime. Nice to know I'm calling my cat a pile of rocks 😆

  • @balamugunthbalaji8110
    @balamugunthbalaji8110 4 года назад +766

    Hermes: god of boundaries and borders
    Also hermes: requires all statues to constantly be showing their junk to people

    • @when7573
      @when7573 4 года назад +89

      its a brilliant system if you think about it. nobodys ginna touch your land if you slap a bunch of penis statue everywhere

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 4 года назад +107

      @@when7573 Its the ancient version of "trespassers will be prostituted"

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 4 года назад +16

      @@2MeterLP
      Thanks for making me wheeze.

    • @greywalker505
      @greywalker505 4 года назад +12

      Funny how boundary-markers show no respect for personal boundaries.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 4 года назад +11

      Well, he's also the god of... lyres.

  • @nobertosanchez647
    @nobertosanchez647 5 лет назад +700

    “What’s the Greek god you find the most influential in your life”?
    “Wrong, it’s...
    Dionysus”.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 4 года назад +60

      @Devere Myer I'm not "absolutely hammered" I'm religious

    • @sticks4632
      @sticks4632 4 года назад +38

      @@themostbritishpersonalive868 im not an alcoholic im just really devout

    • @IcestormTundra
      @IcestormTundra 4 года назад +37

      Dionysus, Hermes and Apollo would be a hellish superstar trio of nonsense and shenanigans.

    • @themostbritishpersonalive868
      @themostbritishpersonalive868 4 года назад +28

      @@IcestormTundraApollo: answer us this mortal
      Dionysus:which one of us has the bigger shlong
      Hermes:it's really an easy question

    • @lolballs2790
      @lolballs2790 4 года назад

      I don’t think that’s good

  • @aj.judge09
    @aj.judge09 3 года назад +20

    Red: theres that goofy anecdote you can share at parties
    Me: are you suggesting I get invited to parties?

  • @krystaljava6128
    @krystaljava6128 3 года назад +12

    10:50 why does Hermes look like he's blaming someone for doing something?

  • @spoontheguy5397
    @spoontheguy5397 5 лет назад +468

    Hermes playing country roads on the lyre/guitar while riding on top of a car/train/Charon’s ferry across the Styx.

  • @peffiSC2source
    @peffiSC2source 5 лет назад +514

    Hermes: fanfic of a reboot.
    Romans: Hold my wine

    • @queenalice7483
      @queenalice7483 5 лет назад +2

      Red: Hermes and Romans both have an M and S
      Also Red: Coincidence? I THINK NOT

  • @CreatimationStudios
    @CreatimationStudios Год назад +11

    4:27 I fr thought Red meant Pansexual until I pieced together that she was talking about a god

  • @cookubanana
    @cookubanana 3 года назад +13

    Let us not forget also that the most famous Speedest super hero are based on Hermes/Mercury. The original Flash himself (The Jay Garrick one) used Hermes's helment as part of his design.

  • @Salemwaaa
    @Salemwaaa 5 лет назад +462

    Mortal Women:
    Zeus: CAN'T KEEP MY HANDS TO MYSELF!

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 5 лет назад +27

      *I MEAN I COULD BUT WHY WOULD I WANT TO*

    • @gumballz.9259
      @gumballz.9259 5 лет назад +21

      More like, "can't keep my D*** to myself"

    • @KnightsWithoutATable
      @KnightsWithoutATable 5 лет назад +9

      @@gumballz.9259 "If it becomes dry, the world ends! At least, that's what I say when the girl is iffy about it" -Zeus

    • @privatepessleneck
      @privatepessleneck 5 лет назад +5

      estrus cycles: *exist*
      Greek Gods: "Its free real estate."

    • @lady_sir_knight3713
      @lady_sir_knight3713 5 лет назад +5

      CAN'T KEEP MY -HANDS- DICK TO MYSELF!

  • @justinm.9426
    @justinm.9426 5 лет назад +153

    Red: What's the greek god you see the most influence of in your everyday life?
    Me: Hermes?
    Red: Wrong it's Hermes
    Me: Dammit

  • @sarahcole9661
    @sarahcole9661 Год назад +31

    Fun fact, after Argus’ death, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of a peacock, giving the bird its distinctive bling and also making the entire species sacred to Hera in the bargain

  • @LunDruid
    @LunDruid 2 года назад +9

    So the whole Healthcare association is based on a misunderstanding... *and* the idea of Pan being dead is *possibly* based on a misunderstanding...
    Given that one of his primary domains is deception, that actually fits extremely well. XD

  • @jacobhamilton2473
    @jacobhamilton2473 5 лет назад +282

    Hermes: Invented the lyr, then became the God of liars.

  • @samskeegan4018
    @samskeegan4018 5 лет назад +204

    • Awsome musitian
    • Super mysterious
    • Screams at random people in the woods for fun
    • Thicc legs
    Pan sounds like he has it all