I like this.

Missed so much of the story, this isn't fully accurate. Adi Para Shakti is the source of all that is. She is power and she is Mahadev's power. You left out Sati and all that too. It would be insanely large so anyone who is curious read Devi Bhagwata Mahapurana by Veda Vyasa...

I agree, he made me want to research it for myself

Considering most religions are largely open to interpretation (see the discussion above about whether or not the Christian Holy Trinity are really three separate people), I think he did a really good job overall.

@@Xentrolis and there are often stories and interpretations that do not match given your location even amoung practitioners of a religion ignoring just hiw much more variations arise over time

Ty for your insight...

Different temple tell different story. There are about 15 (that i have read so far) misinformation comment about Goddess Kali in here, somehow its so important. And they all different to one another... really not helping your goddess case. and the clips he is showing is not his own. he pick the video from Tamil movie, you mean india film industry insinuated their own Gods? And the people is okay about that?

Barhiya bhai

thank you for explaining that.. i have always wondered and have often mistook shiva and kali to be the same entity or being..shalom

@@faznanbadri9752 stupid

yep and his daughter is not called HELL, but Hel and the "e" is loooooooong spoken :)

Would love to see Hel

Hel(l) yeah - that would be soo cool :)

lop90ful1 It's gonna happen on November 3rd, just not in this series. I'm, of course, talking about Thor Ragnarock.

True, but its likely the origin of the word Hell, since "go to Hel "in norse mythology means, go to the ruler of the underworld, Hel, that might have evolved into meaning the the christian Hell.

Try getting into spirituality as a whole might be a god or goddess reincarnated

I am too

i dont remember but what was his wish?

@@MadMuss It was basically just to not be a failure. He wanted a different life from the one he had, so the djinn gave him a new life.

@@taken-for-pomegranted its Jin

@@khonsu7629 nope it's not.

@@rosiederhoter it is am middle eastern and they are jin

WIJ WickedInsaneJuggalo II

The creator in hindu religion is brahma

yes many religions don't call them gods, the thing is that people "worship/pray" for them

Hebrew's invoke Angels and Christians believe in one god but pray to many saints and angels like Saint Mary and Saint Michael.

Comedy God okay comedy God

possible

Globalization, but not so much Captalism, hence his name, Mr. World AKA Mr. Global. In the books there are a separate group of new gods who represent Captalism more, in the form of the stock-market.

Capitalism

Did you read the book? Mr. World = Low Key Eye Smith = Loki

Why. The . Spoilers.

in the west? most likely not, but in India, it's a different story altogether. M just glad Amazon prime has it haha

Borgias, Futurama ...list goes on T.T

Rishi Raj Mitra fuck that, it's the truth, forget all the man made bullshit...

Rishi Raj Mitra jesus. go away and learn english

As a Christian it is hard to see it displayed as such in the show and of course monitoring the explicit adult material is hard and not for the unfaithful Christian or those without the fast forward button. But I respect mythology and traditions. I love to learn and I always see where a moral lesson is at. I'm also an actor and skit writer so for my local community so I appreciate some of the great acting I've seen. However the depiction of Jesus is so far off from the Bible it is bothersome. Funny thing is the depiction of Jesus isn't far off from how Americans few Him. Its wrong and not Biblical but its kinda true society wise. Jesus isn't a clueless and gullible hippie not afraid to speak out against people or call them out or turn tables Or even whip them out the temple or talk smack to the devil. All of these He did in the Bible. He speaks with authority that is why the Pharisees killed Him. Yes He is love as God is , He is the literal embodiment of God's word. The father is in Him and He is in the father. He is the vine(example and connection to the Spirit) which our fruit comes from. The Fruit of the Spirit or the true marks of a Christian. Peace, Joy, Faithfulness, Self control, Forbearance, kindness, goodness, gentleness and love. (Those are the fruit of a Christian each moral has deep definition that deserves to be fully explored. Each one is ruined by misconceptions and society's definition which often is very different. But Spiritual fruit is beautiful and plants seeds in the minds of those who really need them to conquer their problems.) However God the father has given Christ all authority in heaven to judge. As a Just Judge He has wrath against the wicked. As the Good Shepherd He has a rod to rebuke his sheep and a staff to beat off the wolves. "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, your rod and your staff comfort me." So I like the show as a fiction and I don't take myself too seriously. I'm not here to debate religion but to show you at least one religious persons perspective. I don't think the show will be cancelled anytime soon.

I believe Gods can upgrade into different forms. I also think a few numbers of believers can carry one version of a God to other places. I believe Odin divided into two once Santa Claus was Created. Santa Clause ate Five other Gods 1) Dutch: Sinterklass, 2) Christ Child Present Giver AKA Chris Kringle 3) Three Wise Men 4) Victorian England: Father Christmas 5) Saint Nicholas 1. Sinterklass: Dutch Patron Saint of Children. And the Dutch Translation of St. Nick. Sinterklass is now negativley associated with White Men in Black Face Playing Zwarte Piet 2. Christ Kind/Chris Kringle: Martin Luther's version decided the Catholic was sinful so decided Baby Jesus should bring Presents. Jesus was aged from birth to 12 years Old 3. The 3 Wise Men: Who first started the Christmas Giving tradition 4. Father Christmas: The Victorian English Personification of Christmas invented in the 15th Century. 5. St. Nicholas who was a Greek Saint in modern Demre Turkey. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students in various cities and countries around Europe.

well said.

Kali character was so poorly done , her name is mamaji and she is waiting tables in usa and she found herself it that situation after migrating to usa . I was like rofl

lol he doesnt grant wishes. what he did was go against his own nature and have a one night stand. and then go back to his true nature basically destroying the dudes life by making him want for something he would never have. nothing more destructive then a broken heart

@@thewizardoftech5075 they didn't have a one night stand they were a couple and he was freed at the end by swapping places djinn want nothing more than to be free and megalomaniacal men with god complexes want nothing more than to have the power of an elemental being and are too busy worshiping themselves to see the true divinity in others (this is how you know they are blind, oppressed, kept from perceiving the truth in front of him. Samael blinds these men)

@@thewizardoftech5075 such a strange interpretation you never saw the episode also you sound like you have a god complex and have deluded yourself into thinking one night with you would leave an impression. I once knew a guy like that he was mad bc we met 5x and I never remembered who he was bc he never left much of an impression.

@@jennpark8559 they did have a one night stand. they werent a couple at all. buddy .he never even seen the djinn again for a long time. if you meet someone sleep with them the same day and then basically never see them again until the future. thats a one night stand. after it they never eve came close to one another. and they never switched places either. the djinn just cant choose to be normal. he is who he is forever. all he did was leave his shit. and buddy took it. buddy became obsessed from being with basically a god. and buddy also didnt have a god complex. almost the opposite . a god complex is basically thinking your powerful and stronger then you are. he thought he was worthless and didnt deserve anything.

He's Baldur.

Shadow is half-god, half man. Son of odin and a female mortal. It's explained in the book

Bardia I'd like that too!

what if wednesday try to recruit Yato.

or even Bishamon! Munshi Rastro

I think it more likely versions of Hindu gods will show up, due to the polarity of Bollywood. Most Hong Kong action flicks, or any movie featuring Jet Li or Jackie Chan, or even Japanese Samurai films that might have enough of a 'cult following' to register with Americans, won't name the actual dieties in a way that will stick. the exception maybe being the Jade Emperor and the Monkey King. Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest probably have a nice collection of Polynesian and Native American dieties. I wouldn't be surprised if other versions of some pagan good exist in Washington and Oregon, thanks to all the Wiccans. It will be interesting to see if Odin takes on an his Horned King aspect during the war to come.

as wee seen in the episode where we meet Vulcan, they will be going to new and unexpected places in the show, especially if they wanna draw out the story for 5 seasons:) $50 says the Chinese gods will be found in a Chinatown of a major US city and to keep with how foreign gods came to America and how said gods evolved specifically to the American mindset the Japanese gods may be blatant bastardizations with heavy Anime influence since that's how most of America learned about Japan. hell I could see them being converted to the new gods by way of cheap Chinese manufacturing producing gaudy and tacky Kawaii merchandise.once great and powerful legends are now reduced to shallow parodies in order to be remebered. or soemthing.

The young guy actually stands for technology in general, not just the internet. That's why they call him the Technical Boy. (Good one about the comments section, by the way.) Media, yup, the media, though I think the fact that she's female is arbitrary (same with the Technical Boy). Mr. World... can't say anything about him without spoilers. NO SPOILERS, FOLKS!

Actually, I think that is dead on--makes a lot of sense.

Two of them, media and big brother are the oldest of the three. Born around the time of the first government modern conspiracy, probably around ww1 and ww2 or maybe after JFK's assassination. And media's creation was modified after radio took off. They're new in the sense they are not hundreds of years old. The new kid was an early embodiment of the internet but was slightly outdated compared think today. Maybe?

Seeing the new trying to take over the old gods it's a super idea that's why I love this tv show also it is a little scary to think how close to reality everything is... I think the bee gods are awesome and I can't wait to see how the story will be... Personally, artificial intelligence, the media, the Internet is already reality so for me even though I love my ancient gods I still think the new ones are pretty awesome as long as at the end the ancient controls the new.... Thanks for this video, I didn't know this was based on a book (every time I fall in love with a series like this it comes from a book)

Kali, Shiva,vishnu,bramha hindu has 330 million gods and goddesses.

@@debpratimkundu4266 what is the relevance of your comment?

@@debpratimkundu4266 33 types not 33 crore.

Luscalov Vlad I was impatient for season 2 as soon as the credits rolled on episode 8. :)

ArchWizard CJ Lucy is called Media

I actually think Mr. World is the god of bureaucracy because of his lines about knowing everything about Shadow. It makes sense when you consider that the goal of bureaucracy is to efficiently collect and use data with forms and voting. Another think that stuck out was his overarching goal to streamline worship as if it was a resource, I think this need for control over resources also fits into the theme of Mr. World being the god of bureaucracy.

I think Mr World is an extension of world wide web and being inclusive to all information. Also his constant comments about branding and re-branding makes me think he might be relative to marketing which is a culmination of gathering demographic information and is much older than media itself

D Cc Maybe Tech Boy assumed the form of a millennial as an avatar in order to hide his true form.

Ah, fancy seeing you here.

so much fiction based on fact---more truth and stranger than

THEN START CALLING IT BY ITS REAL NAME .. HISTORY :-I

Me too.

and instead of just referencing the greek gods, they incorporate Roman ones? i guess it's easier, i mean the gods' names are easier when referenced as Roman, Vulcan is easier to pronounce than Haephestus.

Panagiota Avdoulou I would think the Roman versions of the deities would show up because thee are more relevant to Americans. They show up in our pop culture. in school we are taught that the Greeks were the first step in democratic culture, then the Romans followed, spreaing civilization, which eventually comes to America. Plus, the gods in Disney movies tend to use the Roman names, not Greek.

David Patrick no wonder the level of ignorance among you

though i agree mostly, and we are pretty much saying the same thing, i just realized that even the names of the greek gods sound more roman and still, i get why. even Hercules and Hades or haephestus sound more Latin to be easier on pronunciation , with the latin suffix -us ( also werent they characters in a disney movie, i never much liked disney movies. ) but you cant say that they dont show up in pop culture, what with all the movies these past years: 300, all the Hercules versions, even percy jackson (a moment to gag) or god of war.. or the fraternities in colleges? (is that still a thing? ) it's just a bit sad overall.. that it's mostly a matter of 'convenience'

Panagiota Avdoulou θα μας τρελάνει αυτός

Kali is not forgotten god. She still worship by 1 billion people in India. more people than usa

Forgive me, for I'm only at Ep.7 of season two. But.....As is the way of this shows providers and with the very few references that they have provided thus far. I can predict or perhaps suggest this. It is my determination that Shadow Moon is "Baldr". Odens "Other" son. Everything considered it is not that hard to determine. Season three will be something. Indeed. Why else gift the spear to anyone else. But how was he recomposed? Is the question? A spoiler. Perhaps. I really could not care less. Or could I? Fuck me, I'm drunk. Who the fuck knows WTF is going on in this show.

Nice work on the Vulcan limp. Very good.

@Mor MacFey Yet similarly "white man" has become an oversimplification of your specific race. Are you trying to make a counterpoint? Because if anything, your experience (with being called something you seem to dislike/not use is being used) would been similar to mine, which is why we can all be adults and calmly say "My race is actually referred to as ____". ";)"

Thus, many forms of media, from books to movies, refer to persons as being Lakota Sioux...instead of one or the other. But, I'm Choctaw. No one ever seems to get that wrong...or the fact we aren't very friendly. Lol!!

If I'm not mistaking Sioux is an exonym that means little snake

@@leafpratt yeah, if I remember my history lessons, it's a name given to them by another tribe (the Shoshonee?) One who didn't like them very much anyhow (after they got horses, there were no shortage of those lol). Thus it is kind of rude to call them by the name their enemies gave them. Also, "Sioux" refers to both the Lakota and Dakota, who are related but very much distinct tribes (Oglala refers to a particular band of Lakota). Being specific if you can is better.

@UCer75mQUTCn-mVXA_bZArkw Technically its a french transcription of an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) term, but I'm pretty sure it meant "little snakes". There's many Dakota/Lakota who don't mind the term but I personally prefer Lakota since both groups have diverged extensively through colonization.

Not on the first date you won't.

but eventually...with patience.

Well. I don't show my anus to just anyone......

Well, it makes sense that Technical Boy is most different from his description in the book. The book was written in 2001 and since then, technology and our use of it chanced a lot. Back then the idea of the internet and computer was a overweight weird boy in a basement and now it chanced to the guy that is always a step closer to the future

I actually loved the change. When I was doing a re-read a couple of years ago, I came to the same conclusion, that the internet has changed so much that the book description doesn't work for a current on-screen character. I just don't particularly care for the actor. I thought Anton Yelchin would have been great but sadly he passed away.

lareinagordita how does one follow the lives of others to the point where you know them so well, you can see them filling roles in movies? Like the people who call off the birthdays of the Stars off the top of their head. Like why do people care? And where does the time and memory come from? What drives one to remember random Stars from across the globe?

I haven't read the books but I can tell you I can not stand Laura Moon in the show, her character arch makes no sense to me as well as the actress playing her is doing such a bad job IMO

Christian Cobian I second your statement ! In french : Wednesday = Mercredi which is quite close to Mercure

Same in Romanian: Miercuri is Wednesday, and it derives from the name of the planet Miercur or Mercury.

Also mercury is a liquid metal that vaporates fast, leaves no trace and its vapor makes you forget things and go insane.🤷‍♀️

Odin shares far more characteristics with Mercury than with Zeus.

Alexandre Martins agreed, and hermodr shares more characteristics with mercury or hermes

That's an interesting theory but it does leave one question, why does Mr Wednesday remember him? Is it because he's a god and Shadow is human?

@@GrimmShadowsII didn't think that far into but yeah that I would imagine that would be the reason Mr Wednesday remembers him. N think about it aswell a charcoal suit? What burns? Charcoal. Who is it that's to burn in eternal damnation? Devil

I think the theory in the video is more likely honesty. I would think the devil would wear either a red suit or a pitch black or coal black suit. Maybe he's suppoesed to be some god thats forgotten or atleast almost forgotten. That would be kind of cool and explain Shadow's lack of memory of him there just enough memory/warship to keep him alive but not enough for him to be reconized or remembered later.

It's Long too but way better... You've said everything accurately...But you're an idiot, you know... And your grammar is bad... 1st - It's 'Shiva knowing his wife' not 'her wife', 'her wife' would make Shiva a female, idiot.... 2nd - Deva literally means God not Angel, not some dumb shit, but GOD e.g. Mahadeva = Great god (Reference to Shiva) In Indian mythos Angels are referred to as devdoot, ever heard of that shithead? 3rd - Raktabeeja doesn't mean 'Seed of Blood', it literally translates to 'Blood Seed', what's the difference? Well Seed of blood means seed made of blood, whereas Blood seed means blood is the seed.... Dumbfuck...

If i remember correctly, Kali is the destructive counterpart/aspect of Parvati. So yes Kali is Shiva's wife.

To be fair, part of the reason why hardly anyone looks past a couple of the bigger gods (mostly Shiva and Kali) in Hinduism is that during the Raj, when most of India was under British rule, many Indian Hindus themselves did the same. See, the Brits considered anyone who wasn't a Christian as automatically less civilised and anyone who wasn't at least a monotheist as completely *un*civilised. Leading to some Indian Hindus claiming that Hinduism really only had one god (Shiva) and that all the many gods in Vedic writing were all either just aspects of that one god (in similar fashion to the Trinity, but larger) or angels. And also that Shiva just happened to be an aspect of the Christian god and that all the angels were Christian angels (except Kali, who was relegated to being a disguise of Satan). Pretty much the same way that for the Germanic/Nordic pantheon, most people really only know Wotan/Odin (equivocated with 'God'), Thunir/Thor ('the son of god') and Loki (equivocated with Satan)... And why the story of Ragnarok even exists. (It's essentially an attempt at a story about the end of the Norse/Germanic pantheon and the rise of Christianity. Hence why it ends with an 'Adam and Eve'-like couple becoming the new parents of humanity.)

Robbert van Eijndhoven This actually supports my 'lazy' claim. It has been 70 years since India became a nation independent of the British. Almost 3/4th of a century. It's ripe time to dig deeper and bother learning/researching more into Hindu mythology and get more enriched story telling ideas. They can dig up dirt and half truths about historical figures like Shivaji and Gandhi, but can't be bothered with a surface level research into mythological figures that make for great storytelling. It's so lazy. When the only Gods they prefer to highlight are Gods of death and destruction, or an elephant headed one, it limits the scope and richness of possible storytelling. Take the series at hand. The creators/the author bothered to do a deep dive in Norse mythology, which as you say also tried to retcon it's mythology to fit monotheism. In contrast, the followers of monotheistic Hinduism are very few. If Norse, then why not others?

Don't be hasty! Vulcan wasn't in the novel. Queen of Sheba's role was also trivial. The series might head into a different direction.

Robbert van There's is plenty of literature and poetry about the Germanic pantheons, people only focus on the top tier gods because they are the top tier gods.

I had a difficult time doing that part because I kept cracking up.

But that doesn't explain why is then looking for the jinn.

Vermbraunt he is obsessed with the Jin, the Jin created such an impact on him that he feels he has to see him again, I think he feels love for him, but he is definitely obsessed

THE LAST

Salim didn't become a Jinn. A Jinn is basically an evolved human being (they were created like humans but got another "DNA"). Salim rubbed that Jinn's bottle and gave him freedom in exchange for a new life.

+Vermbraunt Because he obviously fell in love with him.

Please don't start this convo, the trinity is just too fucking complicated.

MayBug yup and then there is to deny one is to deny them all

and that is fucking stupid

JLmoodHD​ i personally dont believe so bc i understand what they mean but many share ur opinion as well

I think that there were more Jesus'es (that sounds wierd lol), because Christianity is about that Jesus will look how people wants him look, everyone sees him differently

Amanda Goldsbury It would be hard yo personaifiy them, plus it would defeat the whole purposw of Lovecraftian Horror, althought i'd be cool to hear a refrence or maybe an easter egg.

Dont know about the show, but in the novel shadow has a dream that shows him the god's and deities who perished along the ages, and one of the depiction is portrayed in such way that it can be a Babylonian god. Not all the Gods in Gaiman Universe made it to the time novel takes place.

Made-up myths, like Lovecraft and Bunyan, are explicitly nonexistent

Lovecraft did make them up, and the ones he borrowed from actual myth (i.e., Dagon), he put his own spin on them. He said so himself in his letters. And I think the book actually mentions Shadow dreaming of octopus-faced gods, which certainly sounds like Cthulhu.

Yes, I must look like a complete lunatic, what with my spamming profanities at random people, picking fights for no reason by taking what they say out of context. Tone it down a bit, you're getting crazy juice on everyone. Why are you asking me to name whatever made-up source the aliens beamed into your head or your dog told you? We have the dude's own notes and voluminous correspondences with other writers. Case closed, genius.

I think Mr. Town represents the ideal of town or village life. So, he would be "worshipped" every time that some politician referred to "Small Town American Values" and such. But of course, he would be as old as human civilization itself. As for Mr. Wood and Mr. Stone: well, both the timber industry and the mining industry are largely responsible for the growth of America AND both industries are also doing well in the present. New technology and sustainable practices have made timber as a building material prominent again, while the rise of computers has led to demand for minerals previously considered waste (silicon and quartz particularly).

I think he's just the common man that we relate to and see what's happening through his eyes. It would be harder and make less sense for the story to just be about old gods meeting up to take on new gods, plus it adds the extra layer of giving the new gods someone they can tempt into joining them who's already in the old gods', atleast Mr Wednesday's, confidence.

I'm counting on him being an old god that's forgotten he's a god. Wednesday is recruiting him.

If you are talking about the man they meet at Las Vegas, that man was based on the Hindu god Kubera, the god of Wealth and Mind. He has control over money and people's minds...that's why they meet him in Vegas (source of more money) and for the reason his name is forgettable is entirely the author's addition to show his claim over people's minds. He also has a liking to the Vedic drink Soma. There is a similar deity in the same pantheon called Budha(Planetary deity associated with the day 'Wednesday')

I thought he was Pluto. God of the Underworld and Wealth.

Yeah, but this "gray man" seems to have a supernatural component to his ability to not be remembered because not even gods or other supernatural beings can remember him.

I thought that the Mandala effect in question was with that comedian... uh I can't remember his name now but it's an obvious connection.. oh man what is that dude's name?

Tommy X Lourdes Sinbad

That's Kazaam not shazam