Miscellaneous Myths: Heracles
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Published 2017-08-21
(Should I do separate videos on the Gigantomachy, Heracles's questionably realistic adventures in Egypt, and the whole "saving Prometheus" thing? Let me know!)
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All Comments (21)
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“And do you Heracles take Husband Destroyer to be your wife” Heracles- “ Yeah, What could go wrong”
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I love that most of the tasks boil down to "Go get this thing," and when Haracles does, the response is "Aaaahh put it back put it back!!"
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Apparently, Super buff man gets through a surprising number of problems by just asking nicely and talking to people like an adult.
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Persephone comforting hades after he got shot with an arrow is adorable
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Hercules: oh fair lady i wish to know your name and marry you Dienara: my name is husband destroyer Hercules: thats a metal name what could go wrong
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My favourite part of Hercules: When he fought the Hydra, Hera tried to get him killed by sending a Crab to distract him by pinching his feet while he fights. He stepped on the Crab, killing it. Hera took the Crab's body and placed it in the starts (Cancer constellation) as a memorial for its bravery facing such a mighty foe.
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"He was married four times, with his third wife being the one to kill him." Never change, ancient Greece. Never change
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Greek myth in a nutshell: And then along came Zeus
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The first version of the Cerberus myth I heard involved Heracles literally taking it out for walkies.
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Hades: what are you doing Heracles: I need your dog Hades: .... Heracles: you mind Hades: fine but no weapons (don’t want spot to get hurt) Heracles: k
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Artemis and Hades let their half-brother/nephew borrow their favorite animals because he needed to get redemption and did it so willingly and nothing went wrong in the process. How wholesome.
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"The description of the gods fighting is pretty crazy too Poseidon throws an island at a guy Athena tears off this one guy's skin Dionysus smacks a dude with his ivy staff " Imagine getting into war and killing someone with a stick
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I love how Helios gets shot at and immediately goes: "Aww, aren't you adorable?" I also love how Artemis and Hades are totally chill with Herc coming in and going "Hey man, mind if I borrow this?"
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"He was married four times, his third wife being the one to kill him." Oh That Ancient Greece!
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"Fortunately, Heracles being Heracles, this wasn't too hard. And Hippolyta takes one look at him and quite willingly drops her clothes." When someone's fanfiction makes it into their religion's canon
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“Hey there beautiful, what’s your name?” “Castrator Hubbykiller.” “...so what’re you doing later?”
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Disney: Hera will be his mom! Hera in mythology: I'm gonna end this whole man's career
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"Heracles, the starbucks of Greek mytholigy, wherever you go he's there." - Percy Jackson
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Fun fact: Heracles's mortal half didn't just cease to be or anything, the mortal half went straight down to the underworld where he meets Odysseus. From what I can remember, Heracles seemed pretty depressed, like most shades, but he was still a badass because the shades around him are mentioned as being either afraid or screaming out of fear. I think he expressed sadness and some degree of regret for the life he lived doing the labors.
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What I'm getting from that is that Heracles died just before the Trojan War, which, in hindsight, is really lucky for the trojan because they could have faced Achilles AND Heracles AT THE SAME TIME.
