Prometheus - Origins - Greek - Extra Mythology

Let's start at the primordial beginning. The first "peoples" on the earth were Cyclops and Titans. Prometheus was one of these titans, and in fact just one of two remaining after an unfortunate conflict with, you guessed it, Zeus...

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♪ Music: "Extra Mythology Theme" by Big Giant Circles

[extrahistory]

Joe Maslov returns from his work on Extra Politics to do the Extra Mythology art for us! Thanks for the stunning work Joe!

[joaovitorfarinabraga]

things that Zeus did through his entire life:

Good things: freed his brothers and sisters - 1
Bad things: literally all the rest

[IcaroMendonca]

"When Chronus cast his father's flesh into the sea..."

His scrotum. Chronos attack on Oranus was a gelding, and aprodite is literally born from sperm.

[felis]

I grew up with the Greek myths as a bedtime stories. I like the version where Typhon is a giant dragon and Zeus chases him down to Sicily, defeats him and crushes him under the Mount Etna. That's why the mountain spews fire and smoke :)

[seth]

I love the element of Young Adults around the camp fire telling a story of Mythology rather than the typical Extra History way of presenting it as you are in the time. Great job again!

[extrahistory]

With a lot of mythology there will be a ton of different versions. I tried to remain as faithful as I could to the most common threads. That's usually how EM is going to operate but I totally encourage everyone to check out all the alternate versions of these stories as the deviations sometimes provide amazing insights into how these cultures changed!
-JP

[mopippenger]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the art on this one? It was really phenomenal

[anttibjorklund]

Half a minute in and I'm already loving this series. So artistic.

[mureithikivuti]

Earth: Im pregnant
Everyone else: Oh s**t

[JohnnyElRed]

I prefer the version were the flesh of the sky that spawned Afrodita was his genitalia. Makes a lot more of sense, and at the same time, makes even weirder.

[liam-ethanwallis]

2:28 You mean Cronus. Chronos was a separate deity, representing time in general, while Cronus is a Titan, representing time in regards to humans (or maybe time towards people in general, not sure.) Edit: They were only combined in later depictions, during the Renaissance I believe

[sofer]

Calling Gaia's paramour "The Firmament" or "The Sky" seems like an odd choice... but at the same time, I can't imagine anyone saying "Chronos chopped off Uranus with a sickle" with a straight face.

[cheezkid]

_Prometheus was punished by the Gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast to the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds._

[Gamingchairenthusiast]

Zeus always looks like the hero until we found out how he bill cosbyed woman all the time.

[hayden]

"When Chronos cast his father's flesh into the sea"

"Flesh"

[patronofdragons]

There were a lot of other Titans who didn't fight in the war or who fight on Zeus's side, like Helios, Selene, Leto, Hecate and so much more. Fun Fact: the Titans were released. Cronus became the god of the blessed afterlife and pillars were built in order to support the sky after Altas was freed.

[lordcawdorofmordor]

Gaia: Kronos, avenge your brothers' imprisonments by killing your dad
Kronos: *Kills *
Also Kronos: *Re-inprisons bros *
Wtf

[afunnymonkey]

Can't wait for this series. Mythology is so interesting but usually goes unoticed. This is going to be great :)

[truefailure]

I love how Prometheus and his brother continue to look worriedly ascant at Zeus like: “Ahh shit dude”

[shadoww]

damn, I really love all the artistic muscles being stretched here. The epic tone and campfire really helps lull you into the narratives as opposed to your other shows which are more fact based. It makes doesn't leave much room for interpretation but this is how the stories were originally told so I'm not complaining.