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Miscellaneous Myths: Aphrodite! (Patreon)

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2019-02-15 16:04:01
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one upon a time I was falling in love, but now I'm only falling into an ever-deepening spiral of historical complexities and fragmentary mythology in endless and futile pursuit of the truth

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Miscellaneous Myths: Aphrodite

Okay, so maybe Dionysus was a little more complicated than we expected. But APHRODITE? REALLY?? All she does is set up cute couples and throw temper tantrums! How complicated can SHE be? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉) V E R Y PATREON: www.patreon.com/user?u=4664797 MERCH LINKS: Shirts - https://overlysarcasticproducts.threadless.com/designs All the other stuff - http://www.cafepress.com/OverlySarcasticProducts Find us on Twitter @OSPYouTube!

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Philip Kruse

Yay! Another video WOOP WOOP!

Eagle

Aphrodite is way cooler than I thought and now I'm an aphrodite fan. Goddess pls bless me thx

Erik Eldritch

This dichotomy reminds me of the theoretical relationship between Freya and Frigg. Freya is more of an impulsive character, a symbol of sex and warfare, while Frigg is wise and shrewd and symbolizes motherly/wifely devotion. And yet, there's some etymological confusion that suggests they were once the same person. Possibly because the proto-Scandinavians left the PIE homeland emphasizing the motherly traits of PIE goddess 1, while proto-Germans left the PIE homeland emphasizing the sexy traits of PIE goddess 1. Later, the descendants of proto-Scandinavians and proto-Germans meet and trade deities, and by then, they've basically got two goddesses instead of the original one.

Iochannon

Two things: I freaking love how you use the Greek "Ouranos" rather than the (in English) funnier-sounding "Uranus." Basically, you win forever in my book just for that. Also, as a life long lover of weird-ass Greek mythology, I cannot get enough of your deep-dives into the history of mythical figures. I always learn stuff when you guys do one of these.

Anonymous

So Aphrodite is not really canon in Greek pantheon just a Inanna turn Greek?

Iochannon
>>19921508

I don't think it works that way. Aphrodite was worshipped sincerely throughout Greece, with details changed here and there, for hundreds of years. I dunno what could be more canon than that.

Iochannon

*shrug* Religions change over long periods of time, stuff gets dropped or added. IDK

Theron Gilliland, Jr.

I love your videos mentioning Ishtar! You should also mention that Babylonian "Ishtar" was Sumerian "Inanna." Thanks!