A rare story where Zeus isn't being a dick...

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soo.... Zeus showed how mad he was at Lycaon for sacrificing his son, by killing Lycaon's other sons? lol wat

Just like dragons many countries have their own legends of how Werewolf's became.

I was taught a different rendition of the werewolf legend. It involves King Tantalus, and a young goddess named Lyca. It goes like this: King Tantalus was one of the few mortals who enjoyed the privilege of dining with the gods. He abused this privilege one night, by killing his own son and offering him up for dinner. Zeus punished Tantalus by condemning him to enteral hunger in a grove of exquisite fruits he could never pick, and eternal thirst in a pure spring he could never drink. Meanwhile, he forbade the other gods not to eat the human meal. But a young goddess named Lyca was unable to resist her curiosity, and she ate. Zeus punished her by turning her into a wolf-like creature, and banished her from Olympus. Because she was a goddess, she retained her powers and strength, and over time found she could pass her curse onto those she bit or scratched. Those unfortunate souls became known as lycans, where we get the term lycanthrope.

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Ah, this is where the term “lycan” came from I assume.

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The Neuri, a tribe living in Eastern Europe, were said to be werewolves. Interestingly, amongst the Serbs, a people with a high % of native pre-Slavic invasion Balkan blood, the name Vuk (wolf) is pretty common.

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Nicely done. I wonder though if this is truly a Werewolf story, rather than just one of the many transformation stories in Greek mythos, since I've never seen any hint that Lycaon changed back and forth from human to wolf, etc.. That seems to be the defining characteristic of 'Werewolf' lore. Obviously, the argument could be made that this laid the groundwork...

So his name is where the word "Lyca" originated.

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That's where the word lycanthropy comes from a wonder tho arcadium wonder if that inspired redhot chillies on album stadium arcadium

Strange enough that all my life I've had an irrational fear of wearwolves. Turns out my lineage is heavy with greek blood.

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Man, I never thought of there being an actual telling of the first werewolf, buy after hearing this, I'm stunned. Zeus punished the king for a good reason because this king was in fact as you said that in most stories of king lycaon was a monster and if acted like one he would become one. And that's why no king or queen should ever test the gods and what the kings or queens claim that would please the gods that would in the end reward the kings or queens for these actions and/or offerings. Anyway, well said here.

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I hadn't heard this version of the legend before. Quite interesting.

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Very interesting.

Dude I have never heard that before awesome story

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This myth is about the transition from worships requiring or permitting human sacrifice to a more "civilised" worship where human sacrifice was abhorrent. Mount Lykaion had one of the oldest cults of Zeus, if not the oldest, and it has been documented there was genuine effort to eradicate the worship of Lykaiou Dios (Wolf Zeus). It is not by chance that in the story Zeus appears as a traveller; in later centuries Ksenios Zeus (Zeus protector of hospitality) became one of the most dominant worships of Zeus. Basically it is a precautionary tale: abandon Lykaion Zeus in favor of Ksenios Zeus if you do't want to turn into wolves.

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Werewolves are my favorite creature this was great thank you.

The god Apollo also had the epithet Lyceus attached to his name and this could be because he was invoked for protection against wolves or it could be that this god originated in Lycia in what is now Turkey.The Lyceum academy in ancient Athens took its name from this and the word entered into some European languages like LYCEE in French which is a type of school.Liceo in Italian.

Zeus: "How DARE you kill one of your countless sons?! As punishment, I will revive your fallen son, then brutally kill all your other (innocent) sons!"

I think there was a similar story which included more gods and not only Zeus... Do you know that one? Thank you

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As allways gods contradicting themsefves. Nice story anyway, I have no idea werewofves originate from greek mythologi. It may just be me but i found that these myths are great before bedtime.

Could you do a video on the Nemean Lion or any other mythical lions?

I absolutely love this story. Werewolves are very cool and awesome.

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Very interesting

The original werewolf.

Pretty awesome.

The story of Tantalus is similar, you should to a video on it too! New sub! Great work!

Lycaon happens to be the name of the genus that includes the African wild dog, also known as the African painted wolf.

Dang,I forgot that it's midnight for me. Seriously though,I'm glad Zeus didn't tolerate human sacrifice. This reminds me of Athena and Arachne and the only difference is that Zeus wasn't being sour like Athena.

Hey, I looked around on KZfaq, and couldn't find anything on King Lyncus of the Scythians, another greek punished by the gods. Maybe you could cover him.

I'm greek and here we don't have any sightings of werewolves or any other cryptids or monsters.The ironic part is that most of them originate from greek mythology.

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Where do you find your sources? I wanna read them myself

I love your channel my man. But how can you have a channel about mythology without an in depth and comprehensive of the most powerful deity ever. The great Kronos, King of Titans, Slayer of Uranus!

Zeus: stop killing kids! Also zeus: kills all of ol boy's sons

Would be a nice movie

The last few words I got mixed up on. Who is he feeding to who?

When i search who is the most powerful werewolf but no result that im looking for if you search strongest vampire it shows dracula so atleast i know the first and the father of all werewolves

Before anyone started saying that Lycaon deserve what was coming to him, you should look at what Zeus did to Metis. So its obvious that Zeus is just as guilty as Lycaon as well. I am not defending Lycaon by the way.

One version has Zeus turning Lycaon into a full wolf, not a wolf-man.

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Feed Zeus human flesh and turned into a powerful man beast whose only weakness is a sliver Seems a little broken but ok

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By the end of this video, I thought, oh, hey, Zeus is actually being a fair and just god, and then I thought, hey, wait a minute! Zeus is punishing Lycaon for the slaughter of his son, and yet Zeus is allowed to turn one of his own first wives, Metis, into a drop of water and consume her for her wisdom, and no one says a word? LOL Sure, what Lycaon did was horrible, but, uh...yeah, still. :/

I believe the origin of the werewolf story start in Mesopotamia yeah there's is one story of The Legend of the Gilgamesh storyline

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So this where the name 'Lyca' of the she-wolf soap came from🤔😂

Lycan is werewolf name I see y

Note the avatar.

Is this...real?

So that's why the name Lycaon comes from the Werewolf that is known as the Lycan wolf

So that’s where the word lyca came from

Aztec mythology maby

In Greek "λύκος" or in capital letters " ΛΥΚΟΣ " means wolf.

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Louder than are fairies werewolves Origins came from Mesopotamia

Reminds me of the dog people

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Lycaon got what he deserves

So unfair need sub

Lycos (λύκος) is the wolf even in modern greek. Lycaon represerves the conflict between the differences and the conflict between the first Greeks and the previous inhabitants of the peninsula, the Pelasgians. The custum of human sacrifise was allien to the Greeks. So Zeus putted an end to his reign.

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Woah no Zeus impregnating random creatures

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Who else is a lycanthrope im not one yet but im in contact with a lycan who is willing to gimme the “bite ” and yes werewolves are real although i wouldnt call them werewolves because they barely look like that 😂👍

Freaking Eric Cartman, over here.

Not Werewolves, Serpents.